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- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected date on the commencement of the Ardee bypass; the expected length of time before completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51062/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister of State. I have been in politics for a long time. When I started in 1974-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: Not 1874, although that was a very interesting year for local government. In 1974, councillors did not get paid at all. There was no money and that is the truth. One did not get paid for attending meetings of sub-committees either. Meetings then were very active and vibrant. That is still the case. People do not get involved in local government for money. Most people want to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: Be careful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: Carry on.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I want to refer to the White Paper we received today. This is an entirely new section of the Bill and we have not had an opportunity to discuss it, or even to see it, until this evening. I want to talk about issues that arise from it and expand upon views about which the people who vote for me feel strongly. I welcome the principle of what the Minister of State is bringing in. He is...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I do not have knowledge of the eight urban areas.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I was not invited to any briefing, not that I am complaining.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Minister of State please repeat that?
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The lads can laugh if they like but this is very important for me. I will be able to inform the Deputies of something that actually happened in County Louth.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Can we be serious, please? In counties Louth and Meath the two county councils met and decided they needed an area plan which covered both jurisdictions. When that happened, the plan was produced and published and people on the councils bought into it. However, the local district committee did not agree with it because it did not like the zoning provided in it. The legal decision was that...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is the truth.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I usually do not speak for long at these meetings but I want to make a point I feel strongly about. The areas I mentioned earlier have experienced some of the problems in the areas the Minister of State has identified. Drogheda and Bray are on that list but Swords, Dundalk, Navan and Kilkenny are not on it. Those are the biggest towns. The point I raised earlier holds water. The reason...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, and his officials. Apologies have been received from Deputy Catherine Murphy. I remind members to switch off their mobile phones completely for the duration of the meeting as they cause interference with the broadcasting and recording systems in committee rooms, even when left in silent mode. This meeting has been...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister. I am in the hands of the committee as to how it wishes to deal with this. The proposal suggested to me is that each member would ask generic questions on the Minister's statement and then we can go through each heading. It is up to the committee as to how it wants to do this.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I am happy with that and it would be my choice. Is everybody happy with that? That is fine. I call Deputy Troy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: It is aviation and regional airports and the additional funding is €1.5 million.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: I call Deputy Munster to ask a question under that heading of aviation.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Fergus O'Dowd: Has Deputy Coppinger a question on this area?