Results 1,001-1,020 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Road Network. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: There is nobody better than the Minister at notional debate. Is it not true that the saving of â¬2 billion in the short term costs motorists about â¬5.5 billion in the long run?
- Road Network. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: I am not objecting to tolls, but to the use of tolls to have the private sector build and own the roads indefinitely.
- Road Network. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Government is now buying a road back for â¬900 million.
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding bus transport policy; when same will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3567/06]
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: I take it the Minister does not have a bus policy and is just thinking about one. I know Dublin Bus is carrying out a review. A review was undertaken in 2000, the Scott Wilson report, which recommended that by 2006, this year, Dublin Bus would need around 1,500 buses. Of course that was a gross under-estimation of requirements, but nevertheless it has nothing like that, with just over 1,000...
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Has the Minister a policy?
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: There is not a mention of a bus in Transport 21.
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Never mind referring to us as "ye". There is nothing about buses in Transport 21.
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: There is nothing in Transport 21. The Minister should stick to the truth.
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: I can try to ignore that.
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Is the Minister living in a different world from the rest of us?
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: So it is our fault now.
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister and the Government promised this in 1998.
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: When will it happen? When will there be buses on the streets?
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: What does this have to do with the Minister's job?
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: In other words, the Minister is going toââ
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister had nine years to put the plans in place.
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister knows as well as I do that this is nonsense; it is a time-wasting exercise. He has been in Government for nine years and there has been plenty of time to prepare any plans or value for money assessment that is required. Since 1998 it has been Government policy to liberalise the bus marketââ
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: No, we were not.
- Public Transport. (1 Feb 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister cannot count either. In 1998, the Government decided to liberalise the bus market. It is now 2006 and the Government has been in power consistently over that period. When will the bus market be liberalised? There are thousands of new communities consisting of newly married couples and new house owners. These communities have no buses; they are utterly bereft of any form of public...