Results 6,141-6,160 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: Yes.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: I said earlier that Ireland is the only country to have been allowed an increase on 1990 levels. I understand that Spain may have been granted an increase as well, although I am not sure. I may have been wrong to say that Ireland is the only country in that position — it may be one of just two such countries. We have been given permission to increase our emissions by 13% because the base...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: To what pilot project does the Deputy refer?

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: It is an international pilot project.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: I am glad the Deputy has raised this issue. There is a perception that we can go to the shelf to buy buses with all the modern environmentally friendly facilities needed

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: Such buses are not freely available. We will pursue the pilot project in conjunction with our European partners. It is interesting that four prototype buses have been developed by the Wright Group in Northern Ireland. The first of the buses — a hybrid bus — is in use in London. I am not sure where the others are. I congratulate the company, which is based on this island, on that...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: I am talking about a hybrid bus from Northern Ireland.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: Just four such buses are available in Europe. The Deputy should not pretend——

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: I am not deluded. Four hybrid buses, which have been developed by the research and development unit of the Wright Group in Belfast, are available. I recently met some members of the group's workforce. One of the buses is being used in London and it is intended that another one of them will be used in Dublin. That is a statement of fact.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: There is no point in the Deputy pretending to the people that loads of hybrid buses are available.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: They are simply not available. That is a statement of fact.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: As I have said on many occasions, rail freight works best over long distances when large loads are carried. We do not have that natural configuration in Ireland because the distances are short. Iarnród Éireann has tried to maximise its operations in areas of growth. I have given some examples of how that is being done, for example in container traffic. A private company, Norfolk Line,...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: There are many demands on the taxpayer and the Exchequer on behalf of the taxpayer to make investments in health, education, social services, infrastructure and a whole range of other areas.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: It is a fundamentally flawed policy.

Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: Transport 21 provides a very large funding commitment for the delivery of an extensive rail-based public transport network in the greater Dublin area in the period up to 2015. This network is based on the Dublin Transportation Office strategy, A Platform for Change. It also includes funding for feasibility studies on those elements of A Platform for Change which are not included in...

Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: Are we in agreement?

Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: I remind the Deputy it was in the plan.

Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: I will show the Deputy.

Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: Does it go through the Deputy's constituency?

Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)

Martin Cullen: I will give the Deputy a copy of what I said when I announced Transport 21. Three feasibility studies and three projects affecting Dublin were announced in Transport 21. These are the orbital route, the eastern bypass and the Rathfarnham-Terenure Luas project. That last project was included in the plan on the day I spoke at the announcement in Dublin Castle. I am glad the Deputy welcomes...