Results 6,221-6,240 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Acting Chairman should not apologise.

Marine Accidents. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The recommendations referred to by the Deputy are contained in a report published by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board, MCIB, on 28 May 2007. The report relates to the tragic capsizing and sinking of the fishing vessel the Rising Sun in fishing grounds off the County Wexford coast on 29 November 2005, with the loss of two lives. I convey again my sympathies to the families on their...

Marine Accidents. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: As I explained to the Deputy, the priority since the publication of this report was to get the regulations in place for the larger 14 to 24 m fishing vessels. That decision was made in view of the circumstances and because they are likely to have more people on board, with a greater risk for crew. In that sense I support what the Department has done in prioritising that area. There was no...

Marine Accidents. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: It is both unfair and untrue to say that my Department has done nothing about the safety of fishing vessels, and I cannot accept that.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 18 and 35 together. I refer Deputy O'Dowd to the reply to Priority Question No. 3. Plans to introduce competition into the Dublin bus market have not been abandoned. The Government is committed to seeing the further expansion and enhancement of public bus services and wants to see a world class service delivered to all citizens. Moreover, the Government...

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Currently a private operator can submit a licence application for any route he or she believes money is to be made on. There is no problem about that. In recent years in particular, the Department has tried to streamline procedures. The 1932 Act, to which the Deputy refers, is very outdated. It is very much a subjective type of approach to bus licensing, there are no appeals mechanisms...

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I am delighted Deputy Broughan got that off his chest. I was wondering how long it would take him today. I am surprised the Deputy believes my view that we should have a public transport system akin to that in Germany represents right-wing ideology. It is more to the left.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I am probably to the left of the Deputy on many issues, despite all his semantics and rantings in the House.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I will not buy extra buses given that, because of a variety of practices, I am pretty certain I am not getting value for those in the fleet at present. I will not provide them to Dublin Bus——

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I will not. The Deputy should consult some of his friends in Liberty Hall or some such place.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: They might be able to tell the Deputy some of the factors. I talk to the commuters and they say exactly what the Deputy says, that is, they do not care who provides the buses and just want them on the routes.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I happen to believe we should have the public service buses on the routes. If the Deputy wants me to start putting buses on routes, I can do so at his request, but——

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Who says the existing ones are being used effectively? Neither I nor the Deputy knows the answer to that and I will not spend taxpayers' money — €250,000 on every bus and €80,000 in current expenditure — until I know I am getting value for the buses currently in operation. I agree with the Deputy that we need a good bus service. We need more routes, including radial and orbital...

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Nobody is stopping anybody from using the tunnel. It is open to any operator provided it has a licence and approval. We licensed the operation of a bus service between Swords and Dublin city via the tunnel. Dublin Bus has been advised that a proposal to reroute four of its six services on the 41X route from Swords through the tunnel must be considered under section 25 of the Transport Act...

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: It must be a delaying tactic. I cannot understand why Dublin Bus would introduce a delaying tactic by not applying for consent.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I cannot make a decision on a licence or an approval when they do not apply. It would be better if, instead of writing in to me, they wrote to Bus Átha Cliath and sent e-mails, or wrote to Mr. Joe Duffy or somebody else. If they sent them in to Bus Átha Cliath, they could state that they wanted the company to apply for this so that I can approve it.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: On the other operation, nobody in this House should condone anybody who is breaking the law, even if the law is inadequate. The 1932 Act is not being adhered to. It is an offence and it must be dealt with accordingly. All the reports I received about the service were that it is top class, but it is an illegal service.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I do not know.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: It will depend on the progress we make on the DTA.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: If the Deputy wants me to bring it in, he should consult a little more widely before requesting me to do so.