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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that, in the context of the new Harbours Bill 2015, Dún Laoghaire harbour should be transferred to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, with the dissolution of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, to make it a fully integrated department of the council; and that decisions regarding its future should be made by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The last few weeks, today in particular, and the next couple of weeks mark a significant time for Dún Laoghaire Harbour. A four week long An Bord Pleanála hearing about the controversial cruise berth proposal is still not complete. Today, the Harbours Bill 2015, which deals with Dún Laoghaire Harbour and other regional harbours is being dealt with in committee. I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Minister will be aware, the due diligence process has already run into trouble and has stalled because of so-called commercial sensitivity issues. This speaks volumes about the problem that I have been trying to convey to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and his predecessor for the past four years. We do not know what is going on in Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company and we do not know...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My amendment, which as the Minister said we will discuss later, proposes that the elected members and not the CEO as set out in the legislation would have the key say but only following consultation with the stakeholders group. I urge the Minister to support the principle of this amendment. There is major dissatisfaction about the current situation. I am not commenting on the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is necessary to increase the levels of public subsidy to public transport services in order to safeguard public service obligation routes and, more generally, to increase the attractiveness of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that the unreliability of Dublin Bus services, in terms of meeting timetables or failing to turn up at all, may be related to inadequate time being allowed for bus routes; and that a major review of the time allowed for buses to travel their routes needs to be undertaken, consulting with all relevant stakeholders and experts,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the due diligence that was requested by his Department into the finance of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39253/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider including a specific category for Dún Laoghaire in the Harbours Bill, given Dún Laoghaire's historic and cultural importance, and given that it is not purely a commercial port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39252/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assure the persons of the greater Dún Laoghaire, Sallynoggin and Loughlinstown areas of County Dublin that any changes to the local bus services will not result in a reduced service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39546/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours and Piers Development (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the correspondence between his Department and the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company regarding the plans for the proposed cruise berth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39254/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I want to thank everybody who has presented their views here today. It is interesting, although I had not thought a lot about it coming into this meeting. It has occupied us all in a more general way in recent years with tribunals and all of that. Fair play to the witnesses for thinking about it and for briefing us. Hopefully it will prompt me, and maybe all of us here, to think about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I think that is vital. SIPO sends us a lot of stuff to fill out every year. I have been late a couple of times, I have to confess, but it is right and proper that it is sent to us. That, in itself, is an improvement. However, I do not actually know what else SIPO really does. Is the proposal here that SIPO and the whistleblower's office would all become part of one big standards in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Okay. That is a useful piece of information for me, apart from anything else. That does not just relate to elected representatives, but also to people making disclosures or whistleblowing in relation to public officials generally. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I must think my way through it, but we definitely need a whistleblowers' office. The question before us then is whether that should be integrated. As Mr. Tyndall stated, the need for streamlining of the legislative role is unquestionable. We are probably all on the same page there, but then, as well as having the best possible legislation, and streamlined so that it is all in one place,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is Mr. Tyndall in favour - maybe he is not allowed to say - of integrating all of these offices into a single one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Is Mr. Tyndall venturing any particular opinion on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept that. I tend to lean towards a commission. Maybe none of the witnesses are allowed to say because they are all being very balanced and neutral, even those who are veering one way or slightly veering the other. I can see the advantages of the commission only because, when one is dealing with a fairly broad range of areas, including quite controversial issues, it is good to have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Dr. Byrne stated that Canada was a good model.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Market-based whistleblowing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I see the point but alarm bells are ringing a little bit. It is not because of ideology but a genuine concern that there will be a financial incentive to make allegations that have no substance. How does one guard against that?