Results 12,001-12,020 of 14,090 for speaker:Marc MacSharry
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Will the National Transport Authority have any role between now and then in instructing Irish Rail, or rail providers, to introduce other emergency measures to deal with the major capacity problems that are causing the commuting misery people are suffering? I will again use the example of the Sligo line. By the time the train gets to Longford it is full, but some 50 passengers are trying to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: The recruitment of-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: There is a shortage of drivers and rail carriages. Are there enough buses, if one could manage to find drivers?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: In the short term. There is potential, should Irish Rail agree, for the National Transport Authority to provide encouragement and the Government to fulfil whatever its role is to provide buses at all of the stations which are flashpoints in ensuring capacity at peak times.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It should be done. Staggering journeys is not practical for working people. They cannot state they are going to catch a later train to a factory and request that production be delayed accordingly. We are not going to be able to have the diversity of industry and businesses that would allow the staggering of hours to facilitate a solution to the problem of the deficit in public transport.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Possibly and we encourage them to do so, where possible. The National Transport Authority oversees this sector, from a PSO perspective, and we urgently need to come up with options to increase capacity. Having extra capacity in 2022 is not really a solution. If people do what we are asking them to do in dealing with climate change, these problems will get much worse by 2022. Providing...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Is there a programme in place to ensure all PSO vehicles, including Bus Éireann buses, are wheelchair accessible?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I have just one question remaining after dealing with this issue. What is the timeframe for achieving 100% coverage?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Five or ten years.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: It will be at least ten years before there will be 100% coverage.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Achieving wheelchair accessibility on public transport services will take ten years, given current funding levels. I appreciate that the National Transport Authority is not in charge of the funding it receives. My last question concerns Leap cards. How many are there?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Is it true that by the end of next year there will be more Leap cards in existence than people living in the State?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: How and why could that happen? I do not have a Leap card.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Ms Graham is right, I have to get with the programme. I should have one.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I am just wondering how there could be 4.3 million cards. How could there be more Leap cards than people in the State by the end of next year? Are people getting two and three cards?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Anyone lucky enough to receive an invitation to Mr. Gaston's home has free travel.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: I am sure it is not vast. What is the increased cost to the National Transport Authority of so many cards not being used?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: Would it be better if everybody just had one card?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Marc MacSharry: That is fine. I thank the witnesses.