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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee (28 Nov 2023)
James O'Connor: Does Deputy Matthews mind? Is he in a position to?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee (28 Nov 2023)
James O'Connor: If it suits Deputy Matthews, it suits me grand.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: From the outset, I apologise to the Minister, the clerk and my Oireachtas colleagues, because I just caught up at another meeting. I want to start off by agreeing with the points made by Deputy Kenny and the Minister around what happened last Thursday in Dublin, which was appalling. As part of the violence on O’Connell Street and other areas of the city, public transport...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: I wish to make a suggestion. The United Kingdom, for example, has Cabinet Office Briefing Room A, COBRA, which provides a set cabinet structure for reacting and the UK Government can meet in crisis and bring in the relevant stakeholders. In Ireland, there are systems in place to cope with weather events that are under the remit of the Department of Defence, which was changed previously from...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: I agree. Obviously flooding is very separate from an outbreak of violence, or people who are intent on causing damage versus reacting to a very serious natural disaster. I appreciate that the Minister visited Midleton. The Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy, CMATS, is the first project of significance. The Minister referred to the strategy in his opening remarks. The strategy is...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: The timeline in respect of the station is the most important matter. I would like to establish that. People have a great interest in this and I do not mean anything negative with this question.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: I described that at the outset. I am trying to establish something else. I do not want to cut across the Minister.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: Containers.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: That matter arose during one of my meetings. I have a great deal of stakeholder engagement with the Port of Cork. It has done fundamentally positive work in improving the facilities at Ringaskiddy. The Minister has been down to see them.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: The Port of Cork officials were complimentary of the Government’s engagement. However, they stated that there was a great urgency around the M28 project. I wish to move on to road projects, as it is important that we discuss them. The M28 project was one of the barriers to what the Minister just described. It remains so. The officials did not knock the Government in any shape or...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) James O'Connor: This is my fear. Any public representative who cares about a capital project wants to see that it gets the Humphrey Appleby treatment by the Department and relevant State bodies. All we want is to push it along and get it done. When it takes 12 months to effectively get paperwork done, it is very obviously going to be the case that questions are going to arise from that. I am also...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
James O'Connor: I am conscious that today's discussion does not necessarily pertain to my constituency, so I will be brief. We have a room full of people who had to deal with a very difficult situation last Thursday. For the workers and passengers involved, it was not a pleasant experience. I wish everyone well in the work that needs to be done as a result to improve safety to some degree. Without going...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
James O'Connor: That is fine. We have six or seven minutes. I will motor through it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
James O'Connor: Yes, I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. The other issue is between Ballygiblin and Mitchelstown. The Bus Éireann services from there to Cork city are popular. Will Bus Éireann look at improving them? The beauty of this is simple. People want to use the services but they need to be reliable and arrive on time. People arrive at bus stops in Youghal after 8 a.m. to find they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
James O'Connor: I know. I am literally-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
James O'Connor: I am literally being saved by the bell. I have to go to the Chamber shortly. I will not put the witnesses on the spot but I would appreciate if they were to come back to me on those two matters.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (29 Nov 2023)
James O'Connor: 34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the powers available to gardaí to seize vehicles which produce excessive noise due to a modified exhaust silencers, under SI 190/1963 - Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963; if he will confirm that gardaí currently have sufficient powers, means and resources to...