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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When I first entered the House, if a Department had a statutory duty, great cognisance was had of that and it was done. Over time, there has been an erosion of people's respect for statutory duties. When computer systems were being introduced, a wise person told me that, if I had a paper accounting system that was in a mess, all that the computer would do would be to multiply the mess. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sorry, Minister-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have a final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the lack of resources meant we could not comply with the law, the law must be changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: National Archives (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We cannot have people ignoring the law.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome the Minister. I appreciate that the Minister and the two Ministers of State, Deputies Michael Ring and Seán Kyne, live in rural areas, but I think this debate is unrealistic. The action plan is not an action plan. The system got the better of it. It took everything it was doing already and put it into the plan because there was nothing new to be said. The €60...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is for somebody looking for €50,000. I am talking about the necessity to invest millions of euro in companies. That is what it takes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Minister talking about the sums like €100,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am talking about sums like €1 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: They need to be bankrolled.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is what the Bill is for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: JobPath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If we get short answers we will get through a lot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister confirm that his role is one of laying down policy for transport in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister confirm that he has given no policy direction whatsoever to Bus Éireann since he was appointed Minister last year? No policy direction has been given to the NTA in relation to Bus Éireann since he was appointed Minister last year. That is what the NTA has said to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The answer is yes. The Minister should not waste time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Short questions and short answers. Will the Minister confirm that the subsidy to Dublin Bus per head of population is four times that of Bus Éireann? The subsidy is approximately €11 per head per annum to Bus Éireann and approximately €46 per head per annum to everybody who lives in Dublin and uses Dublin Bus.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will explain it for the Minister. Will the Minister confirm that the subsidy to Bus Éireann last year was approximately €40 million, and that even if we discount Dublin, despite the fact that Bus Éireann does come in to Dublin, about 3.5 million people live outside of the greater metropolitan area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If he does not know these figures he should not be in the job. He should know the subsidy. The population of the country outside of Dublin is about 3.5 million. A schoolchild would tell him that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: One would expect a higher subsidy because of lower use in the rural areas. That is exactly the point. The Minister gave €60 million to 1.3 million people in Dublin. That is the reality. I am all in favour of what is done in Dublin - 150% in favour. Will the Minister tell us if it is his policy to provide rural bus services after 6 p.m. outside of the major towns, for example, on...