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Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: Fair enough. Anyhow, the witnesses will take my point with regard to the economic situation and the effect of these cuts in rail services. The NTA's briefing made specific mention of rural transport at the end. My constituency has a very well developed rural transport system. It has worked very well and is well managed and administered, and people use it. There has been talk of a model...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: I get the concept. Where I live we have been talking about this for a long time. I am wondering about its status. We have spoken about integrating school, health care and regular transport services for years. I understood some counties were to be picked as models to begin this process. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: Where are we?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: Again, I get the concept.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: I can well imagine the kinds of issue about which Mr. Murphy is talking. I was a councillor and have been around long enough to understand the difficulties that might arise in that kind of situation. Will Waterford be part of the pilot?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: That is no good to me.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: In my home town of Dungarvan - it just so happens that the lightening-rod issues are where I live - €7 million is being invested in smarter travel over five years. It is working really well. As petrol gets more expensive, people have taken to the entire programme. One issue has arisen, although it is not a huge issue. Of that €7 million, approximately €1 million is...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: The specifics.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: My presumption.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: My main point concerns the economic situation in which a city such as Waterford finds itself and the impact of cutting rail services. I do not believe Irish Rail takes into account the overall effect this has on a city suffering a 25% unemployment rate. It is very significant. We have seen an alarming number of jobs and services leave the city in the past ten years and this needs to be...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011 (24 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: It is one on which the NTA needs to keep an eye because it is of real concern. When I pick up the local newspapers and read about more train services being cut and the justification for it, I might think it is fine in some cases, but it has a long-term effect that must be taken into consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (31 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage greater take up of broadband in view of the estimated 426,096 households here that have no internet connection, according to the 2011 census. [5014/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (31 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the context of Ireland's newly signed Memorandum of Understanding with the UK for the export of wind generated electricity, the number of wind farm developments that have been granted planning permission, by county, over the past five years; the number of proposed wind farm developments that have been refused planning...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (31 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to help develop the wave energy sector in view of the fact that Ireland's ocean generated power potential is estimated to be enough to supply as much as three quarters of our energy requirements; the benefit that accrued from the €22 million set aside in 2009 for ocean energy development; and if he intends...

Public Accounts Committee: Enterprise Ireland - Annual Report and Financial Statement 2011 (31 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: If Mr. Ryan does not mind, I will stick with Mr. O'Donnellan on that very relevant point. When one hears news reports about many AIB bank branches around the country not having computers or not being linked up to the Internet, one may not be surprised by what Mr. O'Donnellan has just said. People will be concerned about State-owned banks having that kind of skills deficit. He picked out...

Public Accounts Committee: Enterprise Ireland - Annual Report and Financial Statement 2011 (31 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: In respect of the more fundamental mainstream issue of lending in its purest sense, I know every company is different, as Mr. O'Donnellan explained. He spoke about the percentages with regard to companies with which Enterprise Ireland deals and the credit facilities they were given. Dealing with those three main banks, what kind of problems exist with regard to that element? Are companies...

Public Accounts Committee: Enterprise Ireland - Annual Report and Financial Statement 2011 (31 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: I am asking whether problems exist. What are the problems with our banking sector with regard to the fundamental issue of lending to these kind of companies?

Public Accounts Committee: Enterprise Ireland - Annual Report and Financial Statement 2011 (31 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: Mr. O'Donnellan also mentioned our competitors in other countries who have access to government-backed risk sharing schemes. Is there a deficit here with which we need to deal?

Public Accounts Committee: Enterprise Ireland - Annual Report and Financial Statement 2011 (31 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: What needs to happen?

Public Accounts Committee: Enterprise Ireland - Annual Report and Financial Statement 2011 (31 Jan 2013)

John Deasy: I wish to address with Mr. Ryan the proposal to amalgamate county and city enterprise boards within local authorities through the establishment of local enterprise offices. I voiced my concern about this on the floor of the Dáil and I am surprised others have not raised it. My experience of local authorities and their association with the commercial world is not good. The last place...