Results 7,081-7,100 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I hear what Deputy Boyd Barrett is saying. I am not in a position either to contradict or confirm what he said about the legal action. My information is that there is a legal action going on, while the Deputy says there is not. I will resolve that in the next two or three days by checking up on what the Deputy is saying. I am not suggesting in any way that either party is acting in bad...

Other Questions: Harbour Authorities (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I share the Deputy's view that if there is an operating loss of the size he mentioned and the chief executives and directors are getting huge sums of money that is wrong. I do not feel comfortable with that and never would. I accept that on the last occasion we discussed this issue I said I would meet with anybody the Deputy wished to bring in and I would be delighted to do so. However, as...

Other Questions: Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Murphy for his question. He is pretty fast out of the traps. ​Following the referendum in the UK on leaving the European Union, the UK remains an EU member state for the time being. It is the understanding of the Government of Ireland that the UK intends at some point to invoke Article 50 of the European treaties, following which there is a two-year period...

Other Questions: Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I will do that. There are two distinct matters at issue: driving in other jurisdictions on a temporary visitor basis and exchanging driving licences on taking up residence in another jurisdiction. On the issue of driving in another jurisdiction on a temporary visitor basis the right to drive in another jurisdiction on a national licence is based on international road traffic conventions....

Other Questions: Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: My Department is vigorously addressing the difficulties which we face as a result of Brexit. I will ensure that the issue raised by Deputy Murphy is among those addressed by it.

Other Questions: Rural Transport Services (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: ​I thank Deputy Connolly for the question. My Department had no input into the preparation of the Galway transport strategy. While we would be supportive of the objectives contained in the strategy to promote more sustainable forms of transport for Galway, the development of the strategy is a matter for the local authorities concerned and we have no...

Other Questions: Rural Transport Services (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I will address the issue of light rail first. I know that Deputy Connolly has been a very keen crusader for light rail in Galway for a long time. The issue of light rail was considered in the preparation of the draft strategy. However, it established that there is insufficient demand to justify the significant additional cost of developing a light rail system and the public transport...

Other Questions: Rural Transport Services (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I will ask my Department to furnish it to the Deputy.

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Clare Daly for substituting for Deputy Wallace. I am not sure who is the more formidable adversary in this House this time, but I will give her the same answer I would have given Deputy Wallace. The Deputy will be aware that the daa holds statutory responsibility for the management, operation and development of Dublin Airport. In line with this responsibility, it is a matter...

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: The Deputy will probably be aware that at the moment, the daa is in the process of examining the scope of a further EIS for the purposes of seeking a review of the operating restrictions foreseen for Dublin Airport under the existing planning permission for the north runway and has recently gone to public consultation on this matter. This consultation provides an opportunity to contribute to...

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: The issue of emissions is obviously separate from the issue of noise. Both issues must be separated and will be rigorously addressed. I assure the Deputy that I will watch very closely the activities of the daa in mitigating noise. I can give her the assurances I gave her previously in the House that it is imperative that the interests of the residents are looked after, that the...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Ó Laoghaire for the opportunity to address this issue . As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. The construction, improvement and maintenance of individual national roads, such as the N28 Cork to Ringaskiddy scheme, is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, under the Roads...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I apologise for that. I did not mean to do so. I understand what the Deputy is saying, but I come across people putting similar cases for their own areas every day. I am utterly sympathetic to the needs of the Cork area, particularly its need for jobs, but we are working within very serious financial constraints. We would prefer not to be working within financial constraints, and this...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: I am sorry.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry Regulation (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: ​The derogation permitting a maximum weight laden limit of 42 tonnes for 2 axle tractor units towing 3 axle semi-trailers expired on 30 June last. Under the Road Traffic (Construction and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 2003 (SI. No. 5 of 2003), the upper weight limit for these vehicles was set at 40 tonnes with an initial derogation in these Regulations permitting such vehicles...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: ​I am formally meeting with the Chair and Chief Executive of the Road Safety Authority on Monday 25 July 2016.  I have of course met her already at the launch of the RSA's June Bank Holiday Road Safety Campaign  at which the recent RSA report on Alcohol as a Factor in Fatal Collisions, 2008 to 2012, where we informally discussed the implications of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Health and Safety Inspections (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: ​I have not received any offer of the kind referred to by the Deputy.  Moreover, the statutory responsibility for carrying out health and safety inspections on fishing vessels, to the extent that they are places of work, lies with the Health and Safety Authority, which is under the aegis of my Colleague, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: The greatest potential for increasing the numbers of people cycling is by improving the cycling experience and a key element of this is direct investment in the provision of safer cycle routes. In this regard, the Government is making significant investment in cycling infrastructure​.   Safe cycle routes have been delivered in a number of towns...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (19 Jul 2016)

Shane Ross: ​The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads in its area is a statutory function of local authorities in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993.  Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The initial selection and prioritisation of...