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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

John O'Mahony: I do not want to cross any borders but I want legitimately to find out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

John O'Mahony: If I could clarify what I asked, I understand an investigation is ongoing so it was not a specific question on the accident. It was a general point about mapping and charts. That is fine if it is to be addressed later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

John O'Mahony: It is not to raise fears but to allay fears.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

John O'Mahony: The legislation will allow the passenger be charged. It can get to the end of the line. What will be the practical implications of that if this goes through, which it will? When a person books a flight will it be a hidden charge, an increase or will it be added to the cost of the flight? The cost will be minimal in Dublin Airport, which has 30 million passengers, but is there a bigger...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

John O'Mahony: If there are fewer passengers there is a lower charge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

John O'Mahony: Might all airports in the future have a development charge on top of the flight charge?

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

John O'Mahony: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for addressing this important issue. Whatever about the figures and not meeting targets, the public at large is very much aware that doing nothing is not an option at this stage. We were all disappointed in recent days to see the headlines reporting a 3.5% increase in Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions. This is the second year in a row that...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: I ask the Deputy Leader to update the House on the report of the working group on the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology campus in Castlebar, which was established in May or June of this year.I understand that the report has been completed. The future of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology is hugely important to Castlebar and Mayo in both educational and economic terms. I ask the Deputy...

Seanad: Department of Rural and Community Development: Statements (5 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: I thank the Minister. I do not think that anyone could accuse him of not knowing his brief. That concludes statements on community and rural development. When is it proposed that we sit again?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology (12 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this topic and thank the Minister of State for attending to reply to my queries. All of us in the west know that the campus of GMIT has played a huge role in the economic, educational and social life of Castlebar, Mayo and the surrounding regions over the many years since it was founded in, I believe, the 1980s. Issues have arisen in recent times in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology (12 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I presume I can take it from her response that the report will be published in the next few days. Can I also take it that the suggestion is there will be a pathway announced early in 2018 and there will be investment in the Castlebar campus?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology (12 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: Yes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology (12 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: I want to raise an issue with regard to the funding for maintenance for national and regional roads. Obviously, the recent news that the budget for capital investment in the road infrastructure is to increase and the budget for regional and local roads is to increase was welcome. However, one of yesterday's newspapers reported that the maintenance grant for 2018 was to be reduced from...

Seanad: Permanent Structured Cooperation: Statements (13 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: We will now move on to statements on Permanent Structured Cooperation, PESCO. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Defence, Deputy Paul Kehoe, to the House and invite him to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: I apologise for my intermittent attendance. I have all of the presentations in print form but because of votes in the Seanad have been unable to be present for all of the discussion. I was in earlier and heard some of it. It was frightening to hear of the ways in which many of the delegates are discommoded on various forms of transport. I was under the impression that huge advances had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

John O'Mahony: I apologise for interrupting the Chairman, but may I get a brief answer to my question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

John O'Mahony: I will be very brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

John O'Mahony: As the Chairman said, the statements are very comprehensive. At our previous meeting, disability groups outlined many major problems. The witnesses today have told us that they obviously have a lot done but have more to do and funding also seems to be an issue. I will address my first question on private coach hire to Mr. Traynor. He referred to shared use of infrastructure. Perhaps this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

John O'Mahony: Why?