Results 6,501-6,520 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: ——put forward by the Deputy, which are spurious——

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: A number of issues are under discussion within Ballymun on which the RPA has given an inordinate amount of time to the Deputy and others in trying to find a resolution. However, the Deputy has a fixed position and has presented it in a manner that suggests that not putting the metro north underground at Ballymun constitutes foisting a lesser facility on it.

Public Transport. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: That is utter nonsense.

Rail Network. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: The provision of improved rail services to commuters in Kildare is an integral part of the upgrading of rail services in the greater Dublin area and is one of the important elements of Transport 21. The operation and timetabling of services is a matter for Iarnród Éireann. However, I have been informed by the company that the new and additional services operating between Clonsilla and...

Rail Network. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: A total of 15 new services now operate each day on the Maynooth-Connolly-Pearse line. That is in addition to the 30 original services operating on that line. Services have increased by over 60% in the past few years on that line. The investment in the budget this year in public transport is over €777 million. The investment cannot all be made in just one area. However, the investment...

Rail Network. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: The level of investment demonstrates that we recognise there is a huge issue in terms of the commuter belt and the growing population there. The addition of the Docklands Station means there are an extra four trains at peak times, which cater for an extra 2,500 commuters. That figure can be improved in the future to 10,000 extra commuters at peak times. The expansion of the population in...

Air Services. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I understand from the Dublin Airport Authority, DAA, that the company will use slot co-ordination and operational planning to reduce congestion at Dublin Airport during the 2007 high season. The Commission for Aviation Regulation announced its decision on 12 February last to designate Dublin Airport as a co-ordinated airport for the summer 2007 season and the DAA is confident that this will...

Air Services. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I disagree with the Deputy. With regard to area 14, the DAA invested €15 million to transform what was a basement storage area into a new, modern check-in zone. It was never used as that previously. It will accommodate 25 check-in desks and eight new ticket sales desks, and it will be capable of handling up to 4 million passengers per annum. This is significant additional capacity.

Air Services. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy accused me of not making decisions, which is strange.

Air Services. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I was appointed to this Ministry at the end of 2004. I have taken all the decisions on aviation and with regard to Dublin Airport. We launched the plan for the development of the airport. The Deputy could help me by talking to the people who are lodging objection after objection and trying to delay, stop and impede the development——

Air Services. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: Regardless of whether the Deputy likes it, we live in a democracy and there are processes and people are entitled to object to particular developments. Unfortunately, many people have objected and that is causing us difficulty in terms of the delivery. I congratulate the management and staff of the Dublin Airport Authority because, as the Deputy rightly noted, they are coping with an...

Air Services. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I am currently focusing on terminal two, which is the immediate priority. I know the company has had discussions with some of the land holders at Dublin Airport. It is looking at the configuration and reconfiguration of the airport and the possibilities beyond the immediate delivery of terminal two in less than two years' time. Although I have seen no plans, I am aware that discussions...

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: As the Deputy is aware, the Road Safety Authority, RSA, is responsible for developing a new road safety strategy for the period from 2007 to 2011. It went to public consultation in October last year and I understand a substantial number of suggestions and proposals have been received as a result of this process. The RSA also engaged in a process of direct consultation with key stakeholders...

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: What the Deputy has said is extraordinary. First, I wish to put on record that I have enormous respect for the chairman, the chief executive and the board of the RSA, which has carried out an incredible amount of work since it was put in place. Deputy Shortall's view is that I should ignore it or beat it up to deliver something she wants simply because she wants something to talk about.

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: I am far more interested in the quality of the work being carried out by the RSA. My view, although it may not be the view of Deputy Shortall, is that part of the qualitative process is to have very extensive public consultation with all the key stakeholders. That was the right——

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy should at least show me some respect and allow me to answer the question. A face-to-face public consultation process, which I attended, took place in December. I will not say that the RSA has been snowed under with submissions, but it has received very substantial submissions, all of which are very good. There is no point in producing something for the sake of it, and that is...

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: That is correct. I explained to the Deputy why I have not got it.

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: So the Deputy has no respect for the Road Safety Authority.

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: It is highly regrettable that Deputy Shortall, representing the Labour Party view, wants to politicise this issue in the way she has presented it to the House.

Road Safety. (3 Apr 2007)

Martin Cullen: We have a well respected road safety authority which is exceptionally well led. It is committed from top to bottom to what it is doing. I have explained to the Deputy what the Road Safety Authority has been doing in preparing for a new road safety strategy. It has received substantial observations and submissions on what should be in the strategy. It is painstakingly going through all of...