Results 3,101-3,120 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Dublin Port Tunnel (25 Sep 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and his office for allowing this debate. It is critically important and is a matter of deep concern. The Dublin Port tunnel is the largest piece of infrastructure in the State and cost over â¬800 million to build. The operating system is called Scada â supervisory control and data system â and I shall refer to it as such. First, I wish to get the timeline...
- Dublin Port Tunnel (25 Sep 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister of State said he did not know. Until RTE got the information nobody knew.
- Dublin Port Tunnel (25 Sep 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is because the Scada system had failed.
- Dublin Port Tunnel (25 Sep 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.
- Dublin Port Tunnel (25 Sep 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: No, they represented the same company.
- Dublin Port Tunnel (25 Sep 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister of State is waffling.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (30 Sep 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: We cannot discuss a proposal without knowing what it contains.
- Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a refund will be granted to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32126/08]
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Transport if additional public expenditure is requested or planned for the Dublin Port tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32959/08]
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: There is serious concern regarding the cost of the port tunnel project in view of the several significant changes that have been made by the NRA. These changes have not been identified individually to me but there are clearly cost implications. They arise as a consequence of an internal report compiled by the port tunnel operators, EGIS, which indicated the existence of serious issues...
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Did the report to which the Minister referred involve an independent audit or was it an in-house report? Will he publish it or offer us a brief summary of its findings? Is he absolutely satisfied there are no safety issues in regard to the operation of the tunnel, particularly in terms of the Scada system? That system cost â¬30 million to install and the evidence of the internal report...
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Minister make the report available to the House?
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Will he provide a summary of the findings?
- Public Transport. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to open the Dublin bus market to further competition and to increase bus capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32957/08]
- Public Transport. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister's commitment to reforming the 1932 Act. This matter was raised during the DTA debate. When will this legislation be before the House? Will it be this term? The second issue I wish to raise concerns Dublin Bus abusing its dominant position in the marketplace. The Circle Line company went out of business under the present system. One of the reasons for this was that...
- Public Transport. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: I acknowledge what the Minister is saying but I do not accept that he cannot take action against Dublin Bus. Even if the action results in a court fine, whatever that is, the Minister and the Government must say to Dublin Bus that it will not get away with abusing the rights of consumers to have a choice, the rights of private operators to run these buses and the right of people to stand at...
- Public Transport. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister put the statutory powers in place.
- Public Transport. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: It did, but there has been no action.
- Public Transport. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: In the first instance.
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.