Results 11,021-11,040 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Nolan did, however, mention it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That goes to the issue of whether there is a need for one person who would be accountable for all of these issues in the greater Dublin area. Corporately, they meet as different bodies but who is responsible? The bodies each do their job very well but is no one saying that it needs to change? Is anyone knocking heads together?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of all the good points made by people today, who will take them up and ensure that they will be delivered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Where do local authorities come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Should the two organisations be a single organisation? Would that make sense? It seems to me that only one organisation is needed there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: To be fair to the witness, we know he refers to access between Bray and Kilmacanogue - I have travelled that way myself, and know it well - but we did not have this on the agenda for today's meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Absolutely. That is a matter that we might bring the Minister in to discuss.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Let the witness answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: We are at the interface of that pot or furnace. Does Mr. Nolan wish to add anything or move on to Deputy Munster's points?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy O'Keeffe wishes to make a comment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: On that point, would we be talking about the outer orbital route suggested some years ago from Gormanston around by Naas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The reason Gormanston was proposed at the time was that there was to be a new port there, but I would certainly accept it from Drogheda. Mr. Nolan can say that again out loud.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will put that in my election literature. I am sorry, Deputy Munster, but Mr. Nolan said it to me first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Hold on a second, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I ask the Deputy to listen for a moment. In fairness to the witness, this is not what he is here to talk about as such. As far as I am concerned, we are talking about Dublin traffic issues. Specific contracts are a different issue, and I appreciate Mr. Maher is doing his best to answer the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: If it is helpful to the Deputy, I was going to suggest that presumably, the matrix on which the points were awarded between the different companies in the making of the evaluation is something TII should have. I do not see how it will help us in dealing with the issue of traffic congestion in Dublin, however. I just wanted to answer the Deputy's question without being-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy was asking. That is fair enough.