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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

John O'Mahony: Okay, that is not a problem. I will go through the four. I shall now turn to Mr. Cormac O'Rourke of Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Mr. O'Rourke has said that the cutbacks, or savings as he puts it, were estimated at €3 million and they were up at €10 million. Mr. O' Rourke believes that it had gone too far. What practical effect has this had? Mr. O'Rourke said that it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

John O'Mahony: When the European Commissioner for Transport appeared before the committee she indicated that TEN-T was not due for review until 2020 but that that would probably change owing to changing circumstances from the Commission's point of view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

John O'Mahony: I will be brief and will defer to all of my colleagues, who are probably affected by this seven days a week. I want to give the outside perspective on some of the points that have been made. It looks like more planning or agreement should have gone into this in advance rather than now. I will ask everybody a global question. Is it possible to tinker with this in some way to solve it or...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Feb 2018)

John O'Mahony: An issue relating to the Citizens' Assembly has been covered in the media today. It has been announced that there was an issue with people who voted on 13 and 14 January and the how they were selected. They were the personal contacts of a recruiter. Obviously everybody would agree that the Citizens' Assembly has done a useful job in the past couple of years since it was appointed....

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

John O'Mahony: Senator Horkan has eight minutes.

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I am deputising for Senator Joe O'Reilly. I had not intended to speak but I am glad to contribute briefly to the debate and to signal the opportunities and challenges posed by our relationships in Europe and with our colleagues throughout the world. I will not go into the detail of individual issues that have been raised here but whatever criticisms there may be of Irish participation,...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: We have until 1.45 p.m.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: The Minister of State has five minutes left.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (8 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: That concludes statements on flooding. I ask the Acting Leader to propose the suspension until 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (21 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: Ba mhaith liom míle fáilte a chur roimh Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. Is cuairteoir cáiliúil, speisialta é. Tá meas faoi leith ag muintir na hÉireann air. Micheál is heartily welcome to Seanad Éireann to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge. I am more than familiar with meeting him over the years, mainly in Croke Park and around the country,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I support Deputy Rock's proposal. This is a major and urgent issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I thank the Chair. I will be brief. I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and the Department for outlining the issues with the sports capital funding. I think everybody acknowledges that it has played a key role in improving facilities for sports clubs for all the different sports around the country. It has really made a difference and increased participation. I am interested in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: Will it be available to those schools free of charge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: That is what I wanted to clarify.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Funding for Minority Sports and Sports Capital Programme Expenditure (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: For balance, I want to return to the schools issue again. In a previous career, I was a teacher in a school where there was no funding or one could not apply for sports capital funding as a school. That was changed a few years ago, which was a good move. It meant that the facilities are available 12 hours a day, that is, they do not close at 4 p.m. when the school closes. Schools got...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme: Discussion (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: As Deputy Robert Troy has to leave soon, I will allow him to go first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme: Discussion (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I thank each of the governing bodies who have come in as well as Sport Ireland and the Federation of Irish Sport. I was one of those who proposed this would happen. I come from a background of involvement in the majority sports of Gaelic games and so on, but there is a huge need for support as the economy recovers. I realise the problems faced by the sports council in that they cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme: Discussion (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: I am sorry to interrupt, but what would the cost of affiliation be for a tennis club with around 100 members? Have some of those unaffiliated clubs received sports capital grants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme: Discussion (28 Mar 2018)

John O'Mahony: Is it the case that if the membership fee of the club was €50 per person Tennis Ireland would ask for €10 from that?