Results 4,981-5,000 of 6,044 for speaker:John O'Mahony
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: Senator Byrne is looking after his now anyway, as well as Deputy McEntee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I ask Senator Byrne to continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: Mr. Slye, do you want to take the questions in order, starting with Deputy Colreavy's question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: A one-to-one meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: The point has been made, if Mr. Slye wants to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: Deputy Durkan has left but Mr. Slye may put his response on the record.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: Will Mr. Slye clarify the implications for Northern Ireland if the North-South interconnector does not go ahead? He mentioned there would be a saving of €30 million but with regard to the provision of power in the North, if this does not go ahead for various reasons, such as if planning permission were not granted, what is plan B in the short term and the longer term for the North?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: Is there no plan B?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: On behalf of the committee, I thank Mr. Slye, Ms Steen, Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Norton for attending. Everyone will agree that the questions strayed a little bit from the Grid Link project and I thank the delegation for answering all of them. We look forward to developments in this area. It is important that public representatives express their views on the various issues in terms of...
- Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The country has been on a difficult roller coaster of a journey for the past seven years and every citizen and family has been affected by the economic collapse, the hundreds of thousands of job losses, emigration, mortgage difficulties and negative equity, etc. In 2010, with the arrival of the troika, we lost control of our destiny....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: The purpose of the meeting is to engage with the National Transport Authority on the business case appraisal for DART underground and DART expansion projects as well as the impact of the Minister's decision to delay the underground tunnel project. Members of the committee would also like to discuss funding for community transport, such as the Kerry Flyer, which is a charitable company which...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I thank Ms Graham and I invite Deputy Dooley to question the witness.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: We will move on. Deputy Griffin is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I will let the Deputy back in at some stage. Those are very clear questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: The point has been well made at this stage. There will be developments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: The Deputy has raised it on numerous occasions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: There is a vote and I want to let Senator Mooney in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: Yes, but we will have to suspend and come back to get the answers. I just want to let Senator Mooney ask a brief question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: We will resume with responses to Deputy Patrick O'Donovan and Senator Paschal Mooney. I will then go to Deputy Martin Ferris.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I think the following matter was raised earlier, but it has also been brought to my attention in recent months. I refer to the rural-urban divide. It has come to my attention in Galway where private bus operators from Tuam, Loughrey and parts of County Mayo operate daily services into Galway which is a university town and has a hospital that the licences or the pick-up points used to be...