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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: 211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte will consider the sale of cleared lands (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: We have apologies from Deputy Catherine Murphy. I ask everybody to turn off their phones. We will go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: Before we begin can I remind everybody in the room to please turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment. We now turn to consider the situation at Bus Éireann and the issues of the rural transport programme and the free travel pass scheme. I welcome everybody to the meeting today. This is the fourth meeting in a series of meetings we have convened...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I now invite Mr. Tim Duggan to speak on behalf of the Department of Social Protection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I have a pressing issue as well. The Deputy has only two minutes left to ask his questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: To clarify, the Deputy is saying that the NTA has a number of routes on which Bus Éireann Expressway service is clearly making a loss.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: We are well over time now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: We are considerably over time now, to be fair to other members and the other people who are waiting to come in. Ms Graham should answer those questions quickly please. I have raised the issue of front-loading questions previously. It is not fair on the other members. You are eating into other people's time; people who are waiting and have other business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: As a committee, there are questions that we try to ask as a committee. One cannot ask a list of ten questions and then expect to get the ten answers in the time he or she is allocated. I have raised this a number of times before. It is not fair on other members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I will allow discretion on this if we can get an answer in no more than 30 seconds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: At the outset, I mentioned identifying third parties and people who are not here. We do not want to do that. If the Deputy has an example, he can give it without referring to or identifying individuals involved. We would be conscious of these things. Maybe we could strike the reference from the record?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I thank Deputy Barry for sticking to the time. Regarding the question Mr. Duggan was asked, what legislation are we talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: Is that the regulation that prohibits the witnesses from addressing the matter raised by Deputy-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: Be very brief because there are other speakers waiting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: We have covered this already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: I am sorry to have to rush the Deputy but we have a lot of members waiting to speak. Senator Conway-Walsh has been waiting a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The Deputy was not here a few weeks ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: The Deputy should ask a question because others are waiting to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: We have to leave Mother Teresa out of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Brendan Griffin: Are there are any questions relevant to either of the delegates?