Results 561-580 of 2,450 for speaker:Kevin O'Keeffe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The legal limit is 50 mg, so people are happy enough when it comes to law.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Minister is changing it. He is putting people off the road for three months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: He is keeping the level at 50 mg, but those below 80 mg will now go off the road also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Three months off the road.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: There is a big difference. The Minister knows that. He is making a big change in people's livelihoods-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I do not think I mentioned tourists.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: There is no call for that, Chairman. The Minister is pre-empting an outcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Minister is pre-empting an outcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: On 8 February this year, the Minister made the comment: "I am concerned that in certain cases where people have breached the alcohol limit while driving, the awarding of three penalty sends out the message that it is not a serious offence." In other words, he was saying that people do not take any notice of the three penalty points, that they are not a deterrent. The Chairman asked the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It is. The Chairman asked the Minister a question, which I have also asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, about whether there have been repeat offenders in the 50 mg to 80 mg range bracket.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Minister said drivers are not acknowledging the awarding of the penalty points as a deterrent to being caught in the future. I asked him if there have been repeat offenders and he cannot answer that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Minister has made that blatant statement and he is making a joke of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (5 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will expedite the provision of a school project (details supplied). [17736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (11 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 696. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport Ireland Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 746. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grant aid is available for a person (details supplied) competing on behalf of Ireland but not receiving funding from the Sports Council. [17742/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: insertheading (12 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will liaise with the Cork Education and Training Board, ETB, with a view to ensuring the specific courses are being held at a college (details supplied) for 2017 to 2018; if his attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of the commitment by Cork ETB that many students who are in receipt of social welfare benefits or allowances will have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Civil Registration Documentation (12 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist in providing a document to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [18388/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications (12 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that no delay occurs in issuing a payment to a person (details supplied) under a specific scheme. [18483/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I welcome the witnesses. On the comment earlier, while we do not want to do so, we have to take the emotive issue out of this discussion. I commend the witnesses on coming before us today. I am a rural Deputy. The media try to portray it as if it is Dublin against rural Ireland but it is an issue that affects the whole country. We talk about dairy farmers who live a few miles out from...