Results 8,521-8,540 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: There is no saturation at the moment. Quite the opposite.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: Yes, but in some ways it is a reflection of the great success of the expansion in the bus market that so many licences can be sustained.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: Yes, except for Expressway. The Deputy is right. This is the problem with which we are wrestling. There is an expanding market with many more customers and one particular-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: -----route that is not working.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: Be careful. Do not be silly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: I cannot-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: No. That has not gone anywhere because it was not a precondition. What was said was-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: Let me finish my sentence, please, Deputy. I told them to go into the negotiations with a blank piece of paper. I am not saying to anyone not to hold those beliefs. I would not ask the trade unions or management to do that. They should not discard what they believe in for a second, but they should go there with a blank sheet of paper. Those are not preconditions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: No. It is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: I thank the Deputy, but I am sorry that he mocked my commitment to rural Ireland. It was not phony. It is a commitment that has been given solemnly, not just by the Government but also by the NTA. The Deputy heard me in the Dáil last night when I stated that it was a top priority. It is. I do not want myself or the Deputy to send out the message that connectivity is in some way...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: I am not going to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: The Deputy should let me finish my sentence. I did not interrupt him, nor would I. I am not going to give commitments in detail on individual routes. However, there is a pledge that there will not be a loss of connectivity. As evidence of this and as members will be aware, the NTA has stepped in previously when commercial operators moved out. The NTA can extend-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: I am not going to micromanage this solution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: This is very important, given some of the comments that have been made and the vulnerability of the many people around the country whom I have met. They believe they are going to be abandoned because of some of the things that are being said, which are misleading, about their communities. What I am saying is that the NTA will consult local communities, as it has in the past, in order to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: I am not going to get into the details of the statements issued on the industrial relations dispute or ask Mr. Hernan or any trade union leader to set or withdraw certain conditions. I am not going to ask Mr. Dermot O'Leary to withdraw anything he has said and I am not going to ask Mr. Hernan to withdraw anything he has said. I do not want to see the two guy setting preconditions but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: I really have no comment to make on that suggestion. I cannot do so as it would be inconsistent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: Off hand, I cannot give the Deputy a figure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)
Shane Ross: It is a scenario no one could countenance with equanimity.