Results 5,101-5,120 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: This is the essential dilemma for the Green Party and whoever it might want to be with in Government.

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy presents all the advances made in the economy as negative. The answers to some of his questions are issues of which we should be proud. For example, our employment numbers have doubled from 1 million to 2 million people and prosperity has come with that. Ireland has one of the most modern, efficient and open economies in the world. Demand for our goods and services has gone...

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: I agree.

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: We are taking all these actions.

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: It is clear that the Green Party would crush this economy if it were in government with Labour and Fine Gael. I do not know how they will figure this out. They would crush the hopes and dreams of people in this country.

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: It is clear the Deputy has not read Transport 21 because all the projects to which he referred are not only no longer dreams on paper but are becoming a reality. Work has begun on all those projects in terms of design, looking at alignment, land routes and so on. More resources have been provided by this Government than any other in the past. Given the size and scale of this country, the...

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: It is a challenge for all governments to find a way of harmonising economic advancement with respect for the impact of that development on the environment. I am committed to meeting that challenge.

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: It is not doing so.

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am the first Minister for Transport in decades——

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: ——to restore the rail network and build new rail lines.

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am answering the question. On Monday of this week we began the launch of the western rail corridor. The rail link to Navan will be opened and we will develop other commuter routes. It is now open to the private sector to participate in rail freight.

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am as concerned as the Deputy that companies are choosing not to use the rail system for their freight. The truth is it is expensive when compared to the road network.

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: If Deputy Mitchell gives me details of the infrastructure that is being sold off, I will be happy to deal with it.

EU Directives. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: The fifth motor insurance directive, No. 2005/14/EC, in regard to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles was adopted on 11 May 2005. The directive amends and expands on the previous four motor insurance directives. The fifth directive must be implemented by 11 June 2007. It requires each member state to establish a national motor insurance information...

EU Directives. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: As I said in my reply, this database must be in place by June of next year and I intend that to be done. I have obtained solutions from the technical experts and they are currently working out the detail of that. A pilot scheme will commence early next year and the full system will be in place by June. The funding implications will be finalised on the basis of the working solution that is...

EU Directives. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: The funding arrangements will depend on the solution reached. However it is funded, the funding agreement will be finalised in time to allow this system to be in place for June 2007, as agreed.

EU Directives. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: Others have responsibilities also. I am not convinced that all the costs should be borne by the taxpayer exclusively. I am sure the Deputy would agree on that point.

EU Directives. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: We have a timeframe and an objective and we must tackle this.

Rail Services. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: There has been significant investment in infrastructure and services on the DART network and on the Dublin to Rosslare inter-city railway route serving Greystones in recent years. Notably, Greystones has benefited from expansion in the DART fleet, with the number of carriages almost doubling from 80 to 154 since the year 2000. In conjunction with the €176 million DART upgrade project,...

Rail Services. (28 Sep 2006)

Martin Cullen: I thank the Deputy for his acknowledgement of the investments made and the increases in services in the area in recent years. However, Iarnród Éireann faces capacity problems in trying to enter Dublin from commuter routes, DART routes and inter-city routes. We are bursting at the seams. The planning involved in the new docklands station in Dublin is an example of how this is being...