Results 321-340 of 2,450 for speaker:Kevin O'Keeffe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I refer to last week's meeting of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Trump syndrome, where people do not get the answers they want to hear. I commend Mr. Galvin and Mr. Treacy and their other colleagues here today on their interesting deliberations. As one can see, it all boils down to money again. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has already put down...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: There is no point in us being first if we do not get it right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I thank Mr. Paul McDermott for his views on track and field events at Rio last year. We came home with some very good results. I remember watching television one evening and seeing an Irishman in the diving finals. It was a great achievement. I am also a big supporter of the cyclists. We did not come home with our weight in gold, but I will come back to the earlier question. In his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: What type of sports events should we be seeking to attract? Our IRFU colleagues are currently trying to get the rugby world cup here, but could we try to get other events, including athletics, in future? We all focus on the European football championships but we do not hear anything about having the world boxing championships or the European athletics championships. Are we working on those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I had a comment about obesity, which is a growing problem. How do the witnesses hope to tackle this problem? Mr. Galvin mentioned physical education while Mr. Treacy spoke about local sports partnerships. These are up and running. Are we back to money again because obesity is becoming a big problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I welcome Mr. Hernan and I also welcome Mr. Boland and his colleagues. We all see the dilemma Mr. Hernan is in, and he seems to have been thrown in at the deep end. It is ironic that this week the Taoiseach launched a programme for the rejuvenation of our town and villages and spoke about the importance of services being kept in place and here we have the threat of a reduction of services,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: This is my first question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Going back less than ten years, the Croke Park agreement would be more satisfactory than what is being asked of the workers in this document. The cuts have been covered, but I am at a loss because one part of the document states what is in the retirement pension and another part of the document states the pension issue must be addressed by the overall CIE group. I want clarification on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I seek clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Cork to Waterford route could lose up to 130 services per week with regard to Youghal and Midleton. On route 51 from Cork to Limerick, services to Mallow and Buttevant could be reduced by 206 services per week. This is an astronomical cutback, when it provides a social service more than a transport service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Mr. Hernan mentioned insurance costs. Every transport operator is being affected by insurance premium increases and claim increases. They cannot just go back to their customers and stop the service or increase prices. Surely Bus Éireann has a mechanism to overcome this so that given time it will roll over and come back to normality. Why is insurance a big issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (25 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Why is Bus Éireann prone to extra claims?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Administration (26 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in making the TAMS scheme available to the tillage sector; and the timeframe for when same will be opened. [3630/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Reports (26 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the realignment works on the N73 at Waterdyke and Annakisha, Mallow, County Cork. [3622/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (26 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 224. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when members of the Naval Service who participated in the international rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea will receive payment for their full overseas service. [3621/17]

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The events of the past few weeks have been a hallmark of the Fine Gael-led Government in the past six years. When an issue in the public eye issues develops into an all-out crisis it wants to avoid intervention at all costs in the deluded notion that the issue will somehow resolve itself. 10 o’clock Tonight, when we look across at the Government benches, we see that the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (31 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the commencement of Parts of an Act (details supplied); and if her attention has been drawn to the hardship and complicated process being experienced by persons affected by this Act. [3940/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (31 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 449. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the commencement of Part 8 of an Act (details supplied) and when a director will be appointed. [3940/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (31 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 633. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is legal to confine some Irish mares' horse races to Irish bred horses only. [3934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (31 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 634. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date that the agriculture cash loan support scheme will become available for farmers to apply for. [3937/17]