Results 2,081-2,100 of 6,541 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (24 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate the Minister of State's response and will follow up with the Minister on the matter. We all accept the benefits of district heating systems when they use overflow heat, which would otherwise be waste, but that is not the case here. From an environmental point of view, they are a complete disaster in the sense that they must use 100 units to get 50 units of heat. That is not...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (24 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was probably remiss of me not to state we have already started chasing this up with Energia, which is the gas supplier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Much of this has been dealt with. In fairness, IALPA could not have synopsised its asks any more than in the four at the back of the submission. Mr. Brereton spoke of the R116 report into what was an absolute tragedy, but he said it also shed a light on the culture. Could he get into the ins and outs of what he means, what the difficulties are and what needs improvement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Correct, a cultural organisational failing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was definitely worthwhile questioning. My knowledge of airline safety is probably derived from Matthew Syed and Malcolm Gladwell. My general notion in relation to airline safety was that a determination was made. They may correct me where I am wrong - it happens quite often. It was the idea that if you were dealing with near misses-type scenarios, there was an amnesty so that you...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Obviously, not doing it can lead to disastrous situations. In fairness, even though that individual felt unsafe, that person did what many people would not have done and went to find a solution himself or herself. However, it is not good enough that we put those sorts of obstacles in front of people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Nothing to see here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is all very frightening. Mr. Cullen is talking about increased regulation and catching mistakes before they become real problems. By looking after the pilots, it will look after the wider flying public. The baseline, what is it, the section 32-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine this is the idea is that by looking at everything we catch all the mistakes thereby improving the system into the future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: IALPA's difficulty now is that the law will allow for a greater amount of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Regarding the mapping problem, Mr. Cullen has stated that he believes we are in a better place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: At some point, the information containing heights and everything else is received from the software companies that produce the mapping material. I do not know how we ended up with the height differentials and all the rest of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Cullen referred to the Skelligs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am still somewhat confused. I obviously accept that due diligence was not done and that we had systems that were not fit for purpose. I am not still sure how that happened technically. Am I right in thinking that somebody made a technical mistake with the heights regarding taking it into the correct-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: If I may come in before that, and Mr. Cullen must excuse me if I am slightly off-tangent here, could he also tell us how that information is derived and how these mistakes would have occurred?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I still do not understand how exactly that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am not very good at navigation myself. I have it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Nothing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with the Irish Air Line Pilots' Association (15 Feb 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes.