Results 11,821-11,840 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Apologies have been received from Deputy Ruth Coppinger and Senator John O'Mahony. We will go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I ask members to switch off their mobile phones as they interfere with the broadcasting and recording equipment, even when left in silent mode. The first item on the agenda is correspondence. No. 2018/356 is an email, dated 13 November 2018, received from Mr. Jim Ryan which was forwarded by Deputy Munster. Mr. Ryan asks if the joint committee will conduct a serious investigation into the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine. Is that agreed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The concerns expressed about the behaviour of cyclists. The Deputy will have received a copy of the email from him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It might be useful to forward the email to the Road Safety Authority.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is an important issue. Often cyclists come up against others when cycling the wrong way on a road. It is a serious hazard, particularly on dark evenings in Dublin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: One might not see them and it is unexpected.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is very clear to me, although it might not be clear to the Deputy. Perhaps twice a week, I see cyclists cycling the wrong way in traffic, breaking the lights, coming towards me and travelling in the opposite direction to the traffic. One does not see them in time. I do not know if that is the Deputy's experience, but it is certainly mine. It is an important issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is a good question too.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I do not know if the Deputy has had his lunch, but Deputy Munster asked that this issue be raised. We and the Deputy agreed that we would include it in our work programme. I do not know what the problem is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is a matter for the committee to decide.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is not the case at all. The email was sent by the gentleman in questin and forwarded by Deputy Munster and discussed here. I do not mind what the Deputy does. If he does not wish to come in for the discussion, he can do that; it does not matter. I am just trying to help people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of road safety.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I would not take from the citizen who wrote to express his concerns. It is good that he recognises it as a serious issue for him and it is also a serious issue for us. In that context, the Deputy is absolutely right. Deputy Munster proposed that we include it in the work programme for 2019 and that is what we agreed to.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Okay. Is Deputy Troy happy with that, or does you want to object to it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: As long as the Deputy is happy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is a very good idea and the point has been well paid, but I commend the gentleman in question for writing to the committee. No. 2018/357, (A) and (B), is an email addressed to me, dated 14 November 2018, received from the office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, concerning the general scheme of the Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018. A copy...