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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: I am glad the Leas-Chathaoirleach spoke first because he teased out the main reason we are here today. It is obvious where we need to focus our attention. I ask the Leas-Chathaoirleach to indulge me because some of the questions I want to ask are a little parochial. I thank Mr. Edwards and Ms Swords for their responsiveness to any queries my office has put to them. It is obvious that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: Maybe Mr. Edwards can respond first, and then Mr. Hann.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: North and north-west Balbriggan do not have any bus routes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: In Taylor Hill, for example, a lovely estate that is probably four or five years old, people have to do their own thing. It may be a first world problem to have to walk for 15 minutes to get a bus but the idea is to have a bus stop within five minutes. There is just no service in the north of Balbriggan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: I asked this question, but I ran out of time. I would like to ask Mr. Hann what factors contributed to the delay in the installation of e-charging infrastructure that has all of our electric buses stored up and not able to be used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: Okay. I have one last question. I am not really sure if this is for Go Ahead Ireland or Dublin Bus. I am not sure if Bus Éireann has anything to do with BusConnects. The charge has been made that the new BusConnects routes are actually going to increase our carbon footprint as opposed to decreasing it and improving services. Is there any truth to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: Yes, but we do not give our farmers carbon credits. I do not have much hope of them getting them anyway. Where did the notion come about - maybe it is just a journalist's article - that BusConnects is actually going to increase our carbon footprint?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: Will the offsets be included in the rating, or will it be like our farmers, that you will only be rated on the fact that your carbon footprint is up and someone else will get the credit for their carbon footprint being down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: Thank you.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences against the Person (Amendment) (Spiking) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, for coming to the House. I welcome my Young Fine Gael colleagues who are in the Gallery today, who are co-sponsors of the Bill. Despite the fact that we are only talking about section 1 today, I am grateful that we are progressing the Bill. I acknowledge that the Minister wishes to consult with the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Protection (13 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I wish everybody a good recess and break, as well as lots of work in their constituencies. I thank the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, for coming here this morning. Members are aware that we have two unanimously-supported motions in support and on behalf of the victims of major sexual abuse and rape in St. John's Ambulance Ireland. I know the Minister has been very...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Protection (13 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: I appreciate the position the Minister is in. This is not about him per se. However, the two outstanding years that had nothing to do with Covid, 2018 and 2019, come to the sum total of €200,000. I would be very grateful because the Minister would find out about this far quicker than Senator Seery Kearney and I would. I had the privilege of being Minister for Employment Affairs and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: The ambassador is very welcome. Today is our last Order of Business before we break for the summer recess. I acknowledge the hard work and dedication of all the staff who look after us in this House, be they ushers, catering staff, those who clean our offices or those who keep us in check. I thank everyone for their hard work in the year to date. I wish colleagues a happy summer, a good...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: For Senator McDowell's information, the Taoiseach is coming in to hopefully talk to us about Seanad reform on 27 September, arising from the invitation issued last week by the Senator’s colleague, Senator Boyhan. I note Senator McDowell's request for a debate on illegal gambling and slot machines. He explained this to me before. I will ask the Minister to come in for a debate but,...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: I ask the Minister of State to excuse my ignorance, but as regards the report we are going to produce on availability or access for households, will we have consultation with the households? Will the report just be on the basis of what people have harvested for the past number of years? How will we compile the report and what will it be based on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister of State and his colleagues for coming to the committee today. I have three questions, all of which are related to aviation given my proximity to Dublin Airport and my liking for going to different countries. He said that the aviation sector in Ireland plays an enormous role, and not just in one sector but in lots of sectors. How does the Government intend to balance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: It does but does the Minister of State see Ireland as having more than one SAF plant and, if so, what kind of timelines are we envisaging? I appreciate we are very much at the infancy stage of this but sometimes these things have an accelerator and tend to happen much faster than we expect them to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: I want to go back to the issue of the SAF pathway for a moment. The Minister of State may not know this because it may not be in the public domain yet, but SAF use currently stands at 0.05% and we hope to get to 2% by 2025.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Regina Doherty: Yes, I do not mean in Ireland. Looking at the ambitions of Aer Lingus and Ryanair, they hope to achieve rates of 10% and 12.5%, respectively, by 2030, which is only a few years away. The Minister of State said the regulatory changes were going to provide incentives or security to the investors to allow us to get there. I am assuming the investors are Aer Lingus, Ryanair and all the other...