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Job Protection. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Minister show a bit of decency and graciousness?

Job Protection. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister wants to talk.

Job Protection. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to let the Minister finish.

Job Protection. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I accept that the Minister has a different interpretation of information which I have and which his colleague gave me also.

Job Protection. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I accept the Minister was reporting in good faith if he withdraws his term.

Job Protection. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: We will have a question later.

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the public service obligation to CIE; if he will ensure that the fleets and services of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are protected and maintained and that the current programmes of cutbacks are halted in view of the role that the bus services play for urban and rural commuters and workers; if he has encouraged the State bus...

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister accept that, as clearly shown in the Deloitte report, at 29% the public service obligation, in other words the subsidy received by Dublin Bus, is among the lowest in city bus companies in the European Union? It is bottom of the old 15. The subsidy of 12% is the lowest of any major regional company. Was the Minister informed or did he have discussions on the huge range of...

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Exactly.

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Deloitte told me it considered the capital.

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister have confidence in the management team at Dublin Bus? Is he confident it can lead an innovative and dynamic bus company given that we have been waiting for almost 20 years for a range of technical measures such as real time information and integrated bus ticketing? When does the Minister expect the industrial relations issue to be resolved? The Minister has a grave...

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: When, 20 years ago?

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Some passengers have gone home to Poland.

Road Traffic Offences. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Government is totally knackered at this stage.

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I agree with the Minister in that PSOs will be necessary for a range of routes. In his first answer on this issue, he confirmed that the public subsidies for Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann were among the smallest in Europe. The latter's 12% subsidy could be contrasted with, for example, two or three companies in the Netherlands that receive subsidies of 50% or 51%. TEC in Wallonia receives a...

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister regulates the fares.

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: He regulates all of them.

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: He is the regulator.

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The main fares.

Public Transport. (2 Apr 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Would the Minister accept——