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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: What kind of tests does Revenue do when it goes onto a forecourt? Is it a visual test or does it entail taking a sample to bring back to the State Laboratory? Are all these tests merely spot-checks? For instance, does Revenue operate at the weekend or in the evening when lots of deliveries can be made at a time away from normal working hours or whatever? Mr. Moran might provide an outline...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: Does Revenue take them at random times? Does it take them at weekends? Does it take them at bank holidays?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: Can the Revenue Commissioners stop a tanker along the roadside or do health and safety issues arise such that it is only possible for Revenue to take samples at forecourts? Can Revenue do this on the roadside for tankers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Moran and Mr. Butler for their attendance and for informing members of the issues as Revenue perceives them, as well as for answering members' questions. I hope the joint committee has conveyed to them the frustration of the public in this regard. Moreover, this frustration is increasing rather than decreasing because there do not appear to be solutions on the horizon. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: While consumers have been mentioned as victims, the legitimate petrol stations are also victims and obviously we will also consider getting them involved in this regard. I thank the witnesses and reiterate that the joint committee will continue its hearings on this subject.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: I welcome the opportunity to assert confidence in this Government and in our Taoiseach. The Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and Ministers have outlined how the economy has been repaired, how our credibility has been restored and our economy has moved from being a basket case in Europe to being the fastest growing economy in Europe. Legacy issues have been dealt with and we have learned from...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: According to a newspaper report, a copy of which I have in my hand, Sinn Féin Ministers in the North have approved 100 school closures in the past eight years.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: I note that most Sinn Féin Deputies have left the Chamber. Perhaps they have done so to process the membership applications of their new recruits.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their disadvantaged area aid payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46931/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may ask for a review of or appeal a deduction in a single farm payment if the person has not been provided with details or supplied with maps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47029/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: The purpose of the meeting is to engage with the chairperson designate of the Dublin Port Company, Ms Lucy McCaffrey, to discuss the approach she proposes to take if and when she is reappointed to the role and her views on the challenges facing Dublin Port. By this stage, members are well aware of the Government's decision in 2011 to put new arrangements in place for the appointment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: Thank you. I can see why Ms McCaffrey has been very busy and why she will be very busy, with all her plans and other roles. She talked about a €200 million investment to redevelop a large section of Dublin Port and she might elaborate on how that will be financed. What are the other elements of Dublin Port's masterplan? I see Ms McCaffrey has a vision to double the throughput from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: That is well thought out. Obviously, Ms McCaffrey is saying there are no major issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: No. That is fine. In terms of Ms McCaffrey's plans, there is the view that Ireland will mean Dublin and the east coast and that it would impact on other parts of the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: I will allow my colleagues to develop some of those points if they wish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: I thank Ms McCaffrey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: I have a few questions on job creation. Have advances in technology, including automation and so on, had a huge influence on the port? There are 137 port staff and 3,000 otherwise employed. Have these numbers varied much in the past ten to 15 years? Did the numbers employed drop, even though productivity had increased?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: Does Senator Terry Brennan wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: I sincerely thank the chairperson designate for coming and engaging with us and responding to our questions. The debate has been very informative. I propose that we send a copy of the transcript to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. On behalf of the committee, I wish Ms McCaffrey well in her term of office. As I said at the beginning, she is very much on top of her brief and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

John O'Mahony: We were delighted to meet Ms McCaffrey whom I again thank her for her attendance. I inform members that the select sub-committee will meet later this evening to discuss the Supplementary Estimates.