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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: No one is against competition, but oversaturation is different and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: -----is creating a financial loss for Expressway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: The Minister has given a firm commitment today that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: -----this document is gone for the time being.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: To allow negotiations to take place, this is gone and there will be two blank pages at the start of the negotiations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: No. I-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: We can play with words, but the world and its brother know that they are. For negotiations to take place, the unions will not commit to any of these. That is what the Minister is saying. Two blank sheets of paper.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: Then the Minister is back to square one and creating chaos the length and breadth of the State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: It is not clear.

Bus Éireann: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 3:(a) To insert the following after “struggled to compete with new market entrants in recent years;”:“ — Bus Éireann’s commercial service, Expressway, has suffered from falling revenues in part due to saturation of the market owing to poor licencing practice by the National Transport Authority;” and(b) To insert the following...

Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene in the crisis at Bus Éireann in view of notification from unions of an impending all-out strike from 20 February 2017 and the potentially disastrous effect a strike would have on public transport across the State; if he plans to change his approach of non-involvement in the matter in view of his position as...

Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: I ask the Minister, in light of notification from unions of an impending all-out strike from 20 February next, if he will intervene in the crisis at Bus Éireann, given the potentially disastrous effect a strike will have on public transport across the State. Is it his intention to change his approach of non-involvement, particularly in light of his position as Minister and the dire...

Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: Prior to the inflammatory ultimatum sent out by the CEO of Bus Éireann to the workers, I repeatedly called on the Minister to engage with all the stakeholders, to sit around the table and find a resolution to this and he repeatedly refused. I asked the Minister to meet with all the stakeholders - the Department, the NTA, Bus Éireann and the unions - and he repeatedly refused. The...

Priority Questions: Bus Éireann (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: To play this out as an industrial relations dispute is morally wrong to say the least. As I said earlier, the Minister was repeatedly asked for engagement of all the stakeholders and he repeatedly refused. I do not know if it has actually dawned on the Minister the chaos that will ensue on 20 February. Workers, commuters, college-goers, tourists and people right across the board, including...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in conjunction with the National Transport Authority (NTA), he will carry out and publish a full review of loss-making routes on which private bus carriers currently operate, including the number of private licences issued on these routes, when these licences were issued and when these routes ceased to make a profit due to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Review (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's and the National Transport Authority's plans regarding a review of public transport policy, as mentioned in Realising Our Rural Potential: Action Plan for Public Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6103/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason provided to him by the National Transport Authority regarding the decision it took not to adopt legislation passed in Dáil Éireann in December 2016, that is, an amendment to the Road Traffic Act 2016 allowing for the regulation of rickshaws; if he plans to sign the amendment into law; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Immigration Controls (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has contacted the relevant departments in the United States administration regarding the ongoing matter of the recently introduced travel ban, especially its implementation in Irish airports through preclearance facilities, in order to discuss the matter and its effect on persons who travel from Irish airports; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the local and regional roads funding allocation for County Louth of €5.1 million, representing an increase on the previous year of €384,000 is adequate, in view of the serious deterioration in roads throughout the county over the past number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6099/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: In his opening statement the Minister said there is no silver bullet to fix this but there are solutions and options that would help. The RSA said that the construction of new roads and the maintenance of existing roads were contributory factors in casualties and deaths on the roads. I know he secured an extra €25 million in the budget for this year but in the context of the cuts in...