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Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Dublin Transport Office produced a plan some time ago, in which it outlined diagrammatically the massive growth in the GDA and compared that to what might have been if proper land use planning had been adopted. Does the Minister agree a radical plan is needed for the GDA, particularly inside the M50-metro west corridor with all the brownfield and greenfield sites developed first before...

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to implement all recommendations of the Deloitte report on the cost and efficiency review of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; the timeframe he expects to be assigned to these actions; the action he will take in the event of non-compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6021/09]

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is it not the case that even at the height of the boom the number of people travelling to work by bus was dropping? I believe it decreased by approximately 3% in 2005. It is anticipated that the number travelling by bus will decrease further and now 290 Dublin Bus workers have been made redundant and 120 buses that the taxpayer bought are to be mothballed. What will happen to those buses?...

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Gabh mo leithscéal a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I do not believe I have had my three minutes.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: However, it is my question.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thought there were six minutes for the whole question.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: If I have had one minute——

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have not been speaking for two and a half minutes, surely.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Therefore, I still have half a minute left. I may be working by a different clock from everybody else. If I may I will put the boot in, in the political sense. The job losses could be reversed by reorganising the routes and allowing private enterprise to come in and re-employ those people on buses that are to be mothballed.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have no problem with that. However, listening to Deputy Broughan, I thought he spoke for much longer on his question. Maybe I got it wrong.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: OK, teacher, I take my pain.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I appreciate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's fairness. The key point about the Deloitte report is that significant work practice changes are required. I accept that the Harristown garage is one of the issues on the Finglas route. Dublin Bus is losing €2 million each year on that route. If it were to reorganise it, some €2 million could be saved. If there are 14 generic routes, Dublin Bus...

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin, is on his way to Cuba. He will pay an entry and departure tax of €25 to visit poor old Fidel's country. The departure tax is a penalty that should not be in place. Ryanair and Aer Lingus both have weight limits of so many kilograms. Once one exceeds a limit of 8 kg, 10 kg or whatever it may be, one pays a penalty. Is anyone checking the...

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a real issue.

Cycle Facilities. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister for his reply. Between 2002 and 2006, 427 cycling collisions were reported to the Garda. Sadly, 11 were fatalities. Of those, eight cyclists were killed by left-turning lorries. We must address this serious issue. Of the other three, one involved a vehicle hitting a cyclist while changing lanes, another involved a vehicle rear-ending a cyclist while the third was...

Cycle Facilities. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: They will be on them for a long time.

Cycle Facilities. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Ministers would not be safe on their bikes.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: In the past five years, €1.5 billion has been spent in a taxpayers' subsidy to CIE. The Minister has stated that while he has again increased the subvention this year to Dublin Bus, the service will worsen, jobs will be lost and there will be fewer buses on the road. In 2000, the Minister was part of a Cabinet that proposed the opening up to competition of Dublin's bus routes. The...

Written Answers — Smarter Travel Policy: Smarter Travel Policy (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's work place travel plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5856/09]

Written Answers — Smarter Travel Policy: Smarter Travel Policy (17 Feb 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her Department's work place travel plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5849/09]