Results 14,081-14,100 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I agree.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I will come back to it. The rail link to Foynes is first because we will, I hope, have another major quarry or mining development in the region.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: We are not going to truck everything through the towns such as Adare or elsewhere. It is best to put it on rail freight. Second, I will say to the Chairman the same thing I would say to the people in Tipperary. The plan for Tipperary is to expand from Cahir to Limerick Junction, and TII is looking at that. One of the potential solutions is to do the bypass first. I am not saying the...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: The review of that is looking at all options, including, I understand, rail options between Cork and Limerick.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: We are not going in and saying "this project is gone" and "that project is in" because that would not be appropriate. I-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: Going back to what I said at the beginning of this hearing, when the Chairman asked what the difference is between this NDP and the previous one, the key thing in this NDP has to be delivery of the national planning framework, balanced regional development, compact development and low-carbon development. It is absolutely essential that we develop Cork and Limerick and connections between...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: -----of big infrastructure. There is only a limited funding-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I will reiterate what I said to the Limerick city manager in our discussions on the Coonagh to Knockalisheen project and in my earlier response to Deputy Carey. This is influenced by the fact that if we were to proceed with phase 2 and complete along the alignment suggested, that would drawdown a €200 million compensation requirement for us to pay the contractors of the existing...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: The construction time will depend on the outcome of the planning process. There will be options in it, I expect.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
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Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: The airport complements the property side.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I do not expect that to be finished. It has to be done. We have to look at the rail options as well as the road options.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I expect it would, but all projects and the decisions around them have to be in the context of prioritising balanced regional development, compact development and low carbon development.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: In the mid-term Estimates we are looking back somewhat into this year. What the Deputy is discussing is, in a sense, part of the budget discussions for next year and they have not concluded yet. Our bilateral discussion with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, has yet to happen. It will happen in the next few days. We will look for the resources we will...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
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Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: No. It is the same plan but trying to accelerate or bring certain areas through quicker so they are not-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I look forward to that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I mean no disrespect to the Chair, but getting back in lane is tricky because the lane I am looking at is what the UK Government is doing about its postal services. I am not too sure how that relates to the Estimates.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I was being slightly flippant. The Deputy made a valid point. An Post has seen a dramatic and massive expansion in its parcel and packaging business. That is very much to be welcomed. The company has shown real resilience and capability. There is a continuing reduction in its traditional mail business but an expansion in new products. From talking to its representatives recently, the...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: We are an island behind an island. The more the UK is cut off, the more we are cut off.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I was at a meeting of the EU Energy Council last week. We looked at energy co-operation, which we need for energy security and decarbonisation, but the UK was not at the table. The long-term strategic difficulties of Brexit as well as the short-term problems become more apparent by the day.