Results 4,081-4,100 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Rural Transport Services. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that he will maintain the level of funding as set out in budget 2009 for the rural transport programme in view of the level of anxiety among passengers on the rural transport network regarding the proposal to abolish the programme in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes; his views...

Rural Transport Services. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister appreciates that the rural transport programme provides a wonderful service. It represents the beginning of what could be a real programme of rural transport in this country. As I said the other night, the Government seems to have forgotten that rural dwellers have as much right to public transport services as urban dwellers. The Minister mentioned that 1.5 million journeys...

Rural Transport Services. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: We did not read anything about it in the papers.

Rural Transport Services. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister refers to the support the Labour Party has given to rural projects. My party, particularly the Leas-Cheann Comhairle when he was in Government, gave a considerable impetus to local community groups that were self-funded. I know this because I took on a role in this regard outside this House. That is why I am so sympathetic to the bodies in question. With regard to the safety...

Rural Transport Services. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Will it be before the budget?

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: In the two most recent budgets, particularly the one introduced in April, the allocation in respect of transport was severely cut. There was a major cutback in the provision of public transport and some 300 buses were removed from the road. I was recently lectured by both Deputy Ciarán Cuffe and the Minister in respect of the Dublin city bus gate. However, both of them voted for a...

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: In light of his track record as he perceives it, is the Minister prepared to inform the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance that if they do not retain key elements of the public transport and road safety budgets, he will resign? Will he take a strong line, indicate that he will not tolerate cuts and insist that the transport be protected?

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: By the way, I thought the Minister was off to Europe.

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: That is not what the Deloitte report says.

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister is misleading the House.

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister is misleading the House.

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Deloitte report states that Bus Éireann is an efficient company. It is ridiculous.

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I was seeking them for both companies.

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: It was 29% of total revenue.

Transport 21. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: It has been reported that expenditure on metro north to end September was approximately €134 million, including legal fees. Is that the position? Is the Government wobbling on metro north, one of the flagships, after the inter-urban routes, of Transport 21? The process is well under way in terms of the railway procurement order and there remains only two bidders involved, Celtic Metro...

Transport 21. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: After the general election.

National Cycle Policy. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: It is tragic that cyclists are still being killed on our roads. I echo the Minister's comments in that regard and sympathise with the relatives and friends of the people who died so tragically. There have been 11 cycling related deaths in this city over the past seven or eight years. The Dublin cycling campaign, the Galway cycling campaign and other cycling campaigns with which I have...

National Cycle Policy. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Did he not threaten to lie down on the beach until he got the funding?

National Cycle Policy. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I asked a parliamentary question about the bus gate, but a response was not allowed. The Minister lectured us outside with the media, but now he has answered the parliamentary question he refused to answer. The bus gate will return in mid-January. There are issues also with regard to jobs. The bridge should have been open, but it was not.

Haulage Licences. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I have the Farrelly report here and it is shocking. The Garda did not check for past convictions when granting a HGV licence and awarded a licence to a notorious drug dealer. It was an appalling situation. Has it been remedied? Is the new regulation in effect? Does that mean people with convictions for murder, manslaughter, drug trafficking and sexual offences will not be allowed a...