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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: My question is on where it is actually being spent rather than about the €103 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: Would Mr. Allen have an issue with furnishing the figures of where that is being spent?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: I had a couple of other questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: Mr. Allen says superior service. If Irish Rail leaves some stations unmanned and a passenger arrives in a wheelchair who needs assistance boarding the train, how will that work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: By another passenger?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: Ramps are currently located in train stations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: If, for example, a passenger rings up and the station is unmanned, a staff member on the train will, hopefully, look out for the passenger when he or she is boarding and disembarking. Will the ramp be located at the station?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: I understand that. With Irish Rail moving towards unmanned stations, the last thing we need is for the company to make it even more difficult for people who need assistance to access rail services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: No, that is not what I am seeking. As matters stand, passengers who need assistance often have difficulties with manned stations and Irish Rail is moving towards unmanned stations. Mr. Allen is saying we will see what happens and if there is a member of staff on the train, he or she will help mobility impaired passengers. He has not given thought to exactly how this will work considering...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: I raised the issue of pay rises.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: Is Mr. Allen of the opinion that a 1.7% pay increase is decent and reasonable for a worker who has not had a pay rise in ten years? Does he agree that the financial position of Iarnród Éireann is caused by underfunding by government and is not the fault of workers? Would he wait around in a company for ten years to secure a 1.7% pay increase and accept new rosters and have his...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: I do not understand Mr. Murphy's point. Will he explain it again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: Has the absenteeism rate always been so high or has it arisen since the new rosters were introduced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: Is Mr. Murphy still confident that the new rosters will be implemented given the rate of absenteeism?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: Mr. Murphy referred to 120 voluntary severance packages. Was the figure not equivalent to 10% of staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: I have a final question that Mr. Murphy may have overlooked. How many drivers have actually left, not taken redundancy, in the past 12 months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: Could we be furnished with that information in the next-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: I thank Mr. Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: I would be interested in that.
- National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)
Imelda Munster: I wish to make a few comments in general on the plan. I accept it is in draft form but it is quite aspirational and very vague on detail in terms of targeted delivery and specifics. The plan will go out for public consultation, but we have seen once too often with county development plans that they are merely aspirational and they lie on a shelf gathering dust. I hope there is far more...