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Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: I commend the Regional Group on introducing this motion. It is now ten years since the mobility grant was taken away. Successive Governments have continued to promise that it will be replaced and that something would be done, but nothing has happened. I welcome the Minister's reference to ambition to deliver on this, but unfortunately ambition has been very lacking among his predecessors....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: The situation in west Tallaght is an example of the kind of problems we have. Many people depend on having a proper public transport system to be able to get to work and do their normal day-to-day business. We are encouraging people, especially those who live in urban areas, to use public transport but we find it often arrives late. Buses, in particular, have huge problems with delays. It...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: Another aspect of this is the retention of staff. It is a problem. There is a shortage of drivers across the country and across the world, especially for public transport utilities. The issue for many is that they do not particularly want to drive a bus, tram, Luas or whatever where they will be attacked or abused by people on a regular basis. Alternative employment is available to them....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on safety measures for staff and passengers on board public transport. [20790/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: I wish to hear the Minister of State's views regarding safety measures, particularly for passengers and staff using public transport. For some time, in my previous role, I called for the establishment of a Garda transport division to protect people on public transport and the staff who run it. In many cases, there have been serious incidents of what is sometimes described as antisocial...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Policy (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on development plans for the ports. [20789/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Policy (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: I wish to ask the Minister of State about the plans the Government has for the upgrading of our port system across the country. There are two aspects of this that we need to get to grips with. The first is the opportunities there are for wind energy at sea and the issues around infrastructure given that many of our ports, particularly those on the west and south coasts, do not have the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Policy (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister of State. It is remarkable that a recent report said that Belfast Port is the only port on the island that has the infrastructure in place to facilitate the construction and maintenance of offshore wind energy generation. For a long time in this House we have talked about the opportunities that lie off our coast, and particularly the west and south coasts, for the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Policy (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: The whole issue of putting this infrastructure in place and the development of the capacity we need is completely beyond the ambition of this Government, which seems to be really lagging behind in developing the ports system in the State. It is one of the great disappointments that this opportunity exists and yet the Government is talking about publishing plans, doing reports and getting...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ports Policy (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: Is the Minister on board with that?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline a timeline for the commencement of the Metro North/Metro Link. [20792/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (4 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the roll-out of EV charging points for the northwest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20791/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Regulatory Impact Assessments (3 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a regulatory impact analysis will be conducted on the sale of alcohol Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20276/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (3 May 2023)

Martin Kenny: 273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering carrying out a public health assessment on the sale of alcohol Bill 2022, as recommended by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice in its pre-legislative scrutiny report of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20277/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (27 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: On the report that was done, I am long enough around to know that when consultants are employed to carry out reviews, they very often have in mind what the result is going to be before they actually carry it out. That is very much the case in regard to the reviews that were put in place here. There has long been a reluctance on behalf of the Department of Transport to have anything to do...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (27 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: The opening of the western rail corridor line would bring huge economic benefits to an entire region, particularly in terms of addressing regional imbalance and bringing economic development to the entire western corridor. A reopened western rail corridor would link every population centre in the west to the rest of the country and enable more people to commute sustainably. It could play a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: I want to raise the issue of early intervention youth mental health services. Yesterday I met representatives of Youth Work Ireland in Buswells. This issue came up with the North Connaught Youth and Community Services, NCYCS, which has applied for funding for this initiative that provides brief intervention and support for people aged 12 to 25 who do not reach the threshold for the child...

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: What happened 25 years ago when the Good Friday Agreement brought all sides together to work out a better future was a landmark for this island. I certainly was much younger then but, like many others, I was running around at the time trying to convince people of the merits of the agreement and explain what it was about. I also tried to explain how we could advance the possibility of a...

Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: We can do that together. The Good Friday Agreement is the template for that. We must not move away from it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I come from a rural constituency, namely, Sligo-Leitrim. To follow up on the Leas-Chathaoirleach's remarks on one-off rural housing, I live in a rural parish. We do not have a town. We have a small school, which was a three-teacher school five years ago, is now a two-teacher school, and will close in another five years, because we have an...