Results 10,281-10,300 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: He certainly knows about it, and that is good in itself. On the question of the northern cross route in Drogheda, which is a link road to the motorway linking up to the other bridge Mr. Nolan spoke about, if he does not have a note on that I can send him a communication on it because it is a very important issue for the development of the entire area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It links up to the old M1.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Did you?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The junction is there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is a non-national road so therefore it is a matter for the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, and that would be funded directly by the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Somebody's phone is ringing. I apologise. We must find out whose it is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry, but somebody's phone is interfering with the communications equipment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am not saying whose it is, but it is not mine. I am not accusing anybody, but we have to be fairn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: As somebody who travels to Kerry - my ancestors came from that wonderful county - I know that after many years, significant improvements have commenced on the road from Tralee to Dingle. They made the journey somewhat safer this year and I hope they will continue. It is very welcome. Going from Tralee to Dingle takes at least an hour and if there is a slow-moving vehicle in front, one is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Very rarely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to finish my point. I compliment the TII on the work it is doing in the area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: There is generally worse weather in those places.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I would prefer to take Deputy Kelly's questions now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I do not want to get into an argument with anybody. For the moment, we should restrict ourselves to Nos. 1 and 2 and when we are finished, if there is a problem we will deal with it. We will deal with issues on the national roads or the service stations and then we will deal with the other issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I fully agree with the Deputy. The purpose of today's meeting was to discuss three specific issues. I appreciate Deputy Kelly was not here at the beginning but I made it clear that we want to get the TII in here again. I spoke to my clerk about it and about having it as soon as possible to deal with all of these and other issues that have arisen. I am with the Deputy 100%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I could not agree more with the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: We all agree on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is the Deputy talking about the Obama Plaza?