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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Imelda Munster: All right.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Imelda Munster: I seek clarification from the Minister on the routes that currently are going out to tender and which the Minister has stated are not profitable. Can we have information concerning what private operators currently have contracts on those existing routes that could have possibly led to those routes in the public transport service becoming unprofitable?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Imelda Munster: I am not saying anything about the private operator and the competition. Where there are routes where private operators are operating and we are putting our public network routes out to tender, I wish to ascertain whether there are private operators currently operating on those routes that may have led in some way to those routes becoming unprofitable, as the Minister stated a few moments ago.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Imelda Munster: I refer to the 101X, Drogheda-Dublin, route.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Imelda Munster: That is one of the routes that is going out to tender.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Imelda Munster: That is why I am asking.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Imelda Munster: Could we have details of whether there are other operators operating currently on any route that is going out to tender?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Imelda Munster: The NTA give out the contracts.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Imelda Munster: Yes.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: I want to raise the matter of the change to the name of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital proposed by hospital management without any prior public consultation whatsoever. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital was founded and built by the Medical Missionaries of Mary. The hospital build was funded by the people of Drogheda over many years through fundraising events and weekly door-to-door collections....
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency (11 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: 581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Abhaile scheme granny flat pilot project in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; his views on whether the concept will be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51984/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (12 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: 2. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to put in place in order to tackle the increasing number of attacks on the public transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52270/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (12 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: What measures does the Minister intend to put in place in order to tackle the ever-increasing number of attacks occurring on the public transport network? There were reports in the media that the Government was considering the establishment of a dedicated transport police to deal with crime on public transport and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport was meet the Minister for...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (12 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: As the Minister is aware, public transport companies are already under-resourced and need additional support from the Government to deal with this. It is my understanding it costs Iarnród Éireann upwards of €3 million per year to provide security services. The Minister also knows that security personnel do not have the power of arrest and it is arguable that the presence of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (12 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: The additional funding is welcome. Is Iarnród Éireann satisfied it is sufficient to bring about an effective deterrent and curb the rise in anti-social behaviour? Are the unions satisfied that the funding is sufficient? The Minister should be aware there have been more than 1,000 anti-social behaviour incidents in the past 18 months and the rise in incidence across all...
- Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. Dublin Airport is experiencing something of a boom currently, with record passenger numbers year on year. A second runway is due to be in operation by the end of 2021. While a second runway is needed at this stage, it is important that the needs of local people are respected and that flight and noise limits are imposed to ensure that their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (12 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: The Chairman has clarified that it is not going to go ahead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: It has been reported that approximately 30,000 written submissions have been made. Has the NTA placed those submissions into broad categories like accessibility to routes or corridors, electric vehicles or disabilities? If so, does it intend to make that information available to us? Are any changes planned on foot of the submissions? Ms Graham did not say a lot about the written...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: I was going to share my time, but Chairman, that is no problem.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)
Imelda Munster: Does the Taoiseach ever take a walk around this city and see people living in tents outside the Garden of Remembrance or sleeping in tents outside shopping centres or just around the corner from the House, on Nassau Street, where one practically has to step over human beings huddled in sleeping bags? How does he think their Christmas will be? Does he think they will have a happy Christmas?...