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Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: Deputy Lahart said there is no vision. The vision is there. The Deputy should tell it to the people of Ballycullen because BusConnects will happen.

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: The money is committed-----

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: -----and the project has started. There is a cycling budget. Is the Deputy aware of that?

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: Cycling infrastructure has been enormously improved and enhanced.

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: Some €110 million is promised for cycling in the coming three or four years.

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: That is a huge amount of money and a huge commitment.

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: That is part of the vision, but I do not-----

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: Perhaps the Deputy could stop interrupting every sentence. Perhaps he could leave me two sentences-----

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: -----for every one he interrupts. Would that be all right?

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: Elsewhere, has Deputy Lahart heard of metro north?

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: That is part of the vision. It is a big vision. It is a vision of over €2 billion and it is a commitment. Has the Deputy heard that we will introduce a DART expansion programme?

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: That is part of the vision. These things will not come tomorrow morning-----

Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: -----but visions do not come immediately. That is part of the vision, and another part of the vision is already there in the Luas cross city. When part of the vision is actually implemented, the first thing I will hear the Deputy come back and say is that there is something else happening that I did not anticipate and that it is all a complete mess. It is not. It is co-ordinated, it is...

Topical Issue Debate: Aer Lingus Staff (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Clare Daly for bringing this matter to my attention. The aviation sector has been an important employer in Ireland for many years. It supports 26,000 jobs directly and a further 16,000 in the supply chain. Ireland's tourism industry, which is heavily dependent on aviation, accounts for a further 180,000 jobs. Aer Lingus itself, now a fully privately-owned airline within the...

Topical Issue Debate: Aer Lingus Staff (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: I understand what the Deputy is saying. When I was in opposition and this deal was taking place, I would have had views which were sympathetic to hers at the time. We are now in a situation where Aer Lingus is a private company, and the managing director to whom the Deputy referred, Stephen Kavanagh, said he did not foresee any outsourcing when he was taking over. We have to take that as a...

Topical Issue Debate: Aer Lingus Staff (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: On a point of order, I have another item on my list in the name of Deputy Rock. Has that been removed?

Topical Issue Debate: Aer Lingus Staff (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: Okay, I had it down as the second item.

Topical Issue Debate: Aer Lingus Staff (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: Yes.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Lowry for raising this matter. I apologise to the Deputy as the Minister of State with responsibility for older people is not present but I will convey the Deputy's remarks to him. I will also convey the remarks to the senior Minister. I am well aware of the Deputy's long interest in this hospital in Cashel. I seem to be on the opposite side from people from Tipperary all...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (25 Jan 2018)

Shane Ross: I once again take the opportunity to apologise on behalf of the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people, Deputy Jim Daly, and acknowledge the case made by the Deputy. We may have political differences but everybody in the House acknowledges the needs of older people and those with mental problems, as well as the underprivileged and vulnerable. This certainly...