Results 11,881-11,900 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: They will need a licence so they should probably do a test of knowledge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: On that last point, it would not be unreasonable to expect that there would have to be a mandatory test of knowledge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Rock wishes to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: We were talking about you earlier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Rock is counting the wheels on the vehicles.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: If we agree the heads of the Bill then the legislation comes into the Oireachtas. The Minister will then have a commentary on what we said and on the main points that we made. If anything is not changed in the Bill that we wanted to change then we can change it while the Bill is progressing. That is the way things work.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: And protect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Did some people contact the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I hope that this debate will do so. This is our second discussion of this topic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: In terms of the legislation, anybody who is a rickshaw user, rickshaw owner, rickshaw cyclist or whatever one wants to call them given the different combinations of rickshaw, can write to the committee or the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: We will make sure that the Department knows.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I suppose due process allows them to have the opportunity of listening to our dulcet tones in here but, more important, they can read or listen to the debates and this discussion. In the Oireachtas if we pass the heads of the Bill, which I presume we will now, and they are agreed, then we can move on to the next Stage where the Minister will bring in the legislation and then we will have the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Taxi Regulation (Amendment) (Rickshaw) Bill 2018: Discussion (28 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that totally. Whenever it is, we can inform the debate as we go along. I think everybody is happy with the situation. I thank the witnesses for their attendance today. The committee is now able to conclude its consideration of the general scheme of the legislation and, accordingly, report back to the Minister.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vehicle Registration (29 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will receive a reply; if the number of vehicles required on roads will increase, which would be contrary to emission reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49920/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Establishment (29 Nov 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed LMETB headquarters project in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49952/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (4 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: 181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the north quay, Drogheda, will be included in scheduled flood relief works in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50753/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for HSE addiction rehabilitation programmes in all CHO areas to date in 2018;the average length of time a person is granted a HSE addiction rehabilitation programme in each of the CHO areas in 2016 and 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of private clinics the HSE works with in each of the CHO areas; the number of beds it has...