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Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It is in silent mode.

Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Will 2010 be the end of the further development of the inter-urban routes? Will Sligo, Letterkenny, Donegal, Westport and Wexford be allowed go without being part of an inter-urban network? The Toyota motor corporation has recalled several million of its cars, including the Prius, the official car for the Ministers for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Communications, Energy...

Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It is related to road safety.

Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Their official cars are Prius. Some of us are concerned that these Green Ministers might be in danger. Are they safe with their sticky pedals and other problems with the Prius? Will the Minister tell us their whereabouts and if they are driving safely?

Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: As if we really care about them anyway.

Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Will the NRA carry out a performance audit of the local authorities?

Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister said that in 2002, some eight years ago.

Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: These parliamentary questions were tabled before the Toyota recall.

Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I want to make this point to the Minister for Transport. I am a Toyota driver. Has the Minister given any consideration to calling in the Irish Toyota franchise, as the American and English authorities did, to ask what game is it playing with the safety of Irish drivers? That is a serious question addressed to the Minister for Transport.

Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It is never the Minister's responsibility.

Public Transport. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Transport the 2010 public service obligation allocation for Bus Éireann; the position regarding the recommendations by a company (details supplied) on Bus Éireann; if he has been briefed by Bus Éireann management on plans to axe and reduce service frequency on as many as 100 key Bus Éireann routes and to cut 250 jobs at the company; his views on the...

Public Transport. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Would the Minister agree again that the Deloitte report on Bus Éireann stated that there was little scope for savings and that the company was largely efficient, after a rigorous examination? The Minister also agreed with me that the subsidy given to Bus Éireann is among the lowest in Europe for a regional public transport company. One can look to a range of jurisdictions, such as the...

Public Transport. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I received many letters from around the country of people who are so upset by this. In one, from Lifford in Donegal, a constituent writes that she and her daughter with Down's syndrome used the Stranorlar bus every week to get to Raphoe where they got a connecting bus to Letterkenny to meet with speech therapists and other appointments about her daughter's health. She does not drive and now...

Public Transport. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Fine Gael is no help to the Minister on this because if that party was in power, we would have no national bus service.

Public Transport. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister is responsible. The Minister, Deputy Gormley, and the disgraceful Green Party are equally responsible. They are hypocrites.

Public Transport. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: That is just one example.

Public Transport. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: There are hundreds.

Public Transport. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister read out the reports of the number of passengers on different routes. Did he know about the 100 routes before Bus Éireann put any proposals to its workforce and did he make any recommendations to Bus Éireann as to how it should try to maintain a national bus network?

Transport 21. (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Many people were glad to see the beginning of the outline tendering process for DART underground starting today. Has the 2004-14 light rail investment strategy been totally shelved by the Government? While I accept the point the Minister made about commercial costings, could there not be a general report to the Dáil on indicative costings in regard to major transport projects? In regard to...

Drug Rehabilitation and Youth Services (10 Feb 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for finally allowing me to raise this important issue in the House. The Rehabilitation and Support Programme, RASP, is an outstanding community-based anti-drugs programme based in north Coolock, Dublin 17. Sphere 17 is a local youth service catering for young people aged 10 to 21 who also live in Dublin 17. Even though both RASP and Sphere 17 provide absolutely...