Results 3,301-3,320 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (11 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 644: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the public transport services used by his officials since 2007 on official business; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39820/08]
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Transport the way the 7% cut in the public transport investment programme will affect the roll out of public transport infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40252/08]
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: I protest at the absence of my two priority questions, which the Minister refused to accept, and with no appeal to the Ceann Comhairle. They related to the â¬10 travel tax and alsoââ
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that. That is the problem, that the Minister can arrogantly refuse to deal with the key issues of the day.
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: The absence of that issue, and the question on the â¬200 car parking levy is not acceptable to us. On the Minister's response to this question, I do not accept that cutting back money means that all the projects will continue as proposed. He is spending â¬70 million less on public transport in this year's budget than he did in last year's. Clearly, something must suffer. What are the...
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Ceann Comhairle does not have a role in this. The Minister refused to take the questions.
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: The sums do not add up. I repeat that the Minister is spending â¬70 million less on public transport initiatives and new works. Clearly, there are cutbacks, there are delays or there are contracts not being signed. Is it perhaps that Dublin Bus will not get the buses it is expecting? It got 100 buses so far this year and it is expecting another 100. In the fine print of the budget there...
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: ââwithout reference to me, to Deputy Broughan or to the Ceann Comhairle. The Minister has refused to face the arguments on the travel tax and on aviation policy, which will bank up.
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Aer Lingus will lose â¬30 million on this.
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister is refusing to debate them here.
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of what is the Minister afraid?
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: I tabled the question to the Minister, Deputy Dempsey.
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: These are the transport initiatives in the budget.
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: We are entitled to raise them with the Minister because he is the competent or incompetent Minister, as the case may be.
- Public Transport. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am happy to have spent the seven years here.
- Road Safety. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.
- Road Traffic Offences. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce reductions in the BAC level of drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39888/08]
- Road Traffic Offences. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome what the Minister of State has said. It is important we keep to the timetable to reduce the blood alcohol content level which I understand is for the second half of 2009. I welcome the new legislation. One of the key points is that disparate views exist on how the reduction will impact on people. At a recent conference at Croke Park, Dr. Declan Bedford presented frightening...
- Road Traffic Offences. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: When a repeat drink driving offender gets back his or her licence a lock is placed on the car whereby if he or she has had alcohol the car will not work.
- Road Traffic Offences. (12 Nov 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Other issues are raised with regard to having a lower blood alcohol level for younger drivers rather than for the youngest cohort of drivers. Issues are also raised with regard to people who carry passengers for a living such as taxi drivers, bus drivers and commercial drivers of HGVs. Recent surveys done throughout Europe showed that a significant number of drivers of commercial vehicles...