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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: Deputy, we want to finish this section. We have people waiting and I have allowed the discussion to drag on longer that I should have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: If there are questions that Mr. Mullins has not answered, will he respond to them in correspondence to the committee secretariat. I thank the witnesses for appearing before us. Given their viewpoint, it was well worthwhile for the committee to hear them. We will certainly have more interaction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I welcome the officials from Bus Éireann who are here to brief the committee on changes that were made to bus routes recently. I welcome Mr. Martin Nolan, who is the chief executive of Bus Éireann; Mr. Rory Leahy, who is the north-west regional manager; Ms Miriam Flynn, who is the south-west regional manager; Mr. Joe Fitzgerald, who is the south regional manager; Mr. Joe Kenny, who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Nolan. I will move on to questions, which can be grouped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I ask members to refrain from asking questions on specific areas. The regional managers are present and members can speak to them individually after the meeting. We could get bogged down on specific points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: As Chairman, I need to run the meeting properly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: How much was the saving?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I invite Mr. Nolan to make a concluding statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Nolan and his team for their excellent presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Nolan for the information he has provided. I hope it will assist us in our deliberations on public transport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: We are joined by representatives from the National Transport Authority, NTA, who are here to brief the committee on the authority's role in respect of the bus routes operated by Bus Éireann and private operators and on the public service obligation tendering process. I welcome Mr. Gerry Murphy, CEO of the NTA, and Ms Anne Graham, director of public transport services. Our guests are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: Regarding rural transport, which I know has been covered in several questions put by members, the witnesses say there is a review taking place. What is the timeframe for that? Will it involve the Health Service Executive with regard to transport to and from day care centres? That is something that needs to be developed and urgently reformed and if that is not done, the subsidy will not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Murphy and Ms Graham for attending. This morning's exercise was well worthwhile given all the information we received from all sectors. I thank the members for their interest.

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (18 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Gathering 2013 project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44955/12]

Order of Business (23 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I refer to the proposals on the low-cost selling of alcohol. Will the Taoiseach enlighten the House on what will happen in that regard? There is much concern among parents about binge drinking and the different reports on the issue. The former Minister of State, Deputy Róisín Shortall, was to bring a report to the House. Perhaps the Taoiseach might update us on the matter.

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards Eligibility (23 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise the very important issue of medical cards for persons with cancer. Medical cards have dominated much of the debate in recent months in that there was a proposal to cut their number and so on. I find it one of the hardest things in public life to get an answer stating a person suffering from cancer cannot be given a medical...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards Eligibility (23 Oct 2012)

Tom Hayes: I accept that matters have improved. I should have taken the opportunity earlier to thank the staff of the primary care reimbursement service unit who have adapted to the changes to their work practices and made the process much more efficient. The Minister of State referred to a new unit. I am not seeking that such a unit be established. I accept that the Minister of State is new to his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Tom Hayes: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing the single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when payment will issue. [47353/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (7 Nov 2012)

Tom Hayes: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance claim will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48910/12]