Results 13,101-13,120 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross

Priority Questions: Driver Test Waiting Lists (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I think I addressed that.

Priority Questions: Driver Test Waiting Lists (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: An extra 120 overtime tests per driver tester who participates have been delivered. To date, 6,600 extra tests were delivered in the six months to the end of March 2018. There has been a reduction in the number of applicant no-shows at driving tests. The RSA contacts applicants it identifies, from previous behaviour, as being likely to not show. In other words, people who have not shown...

Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is a statutory function of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on such roads are a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by Exchequer road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be funded from...

Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I understand, as I do with regard to Deputy Munster, special pleading because I know the roads in Deputy Brendan Ryan's area are in dire need of repair. The local road allocation has been made for this year and there were very large increases, particularly for restoration. I will provide some figures, which might indicate to the Deputy the importance the Government places on this and the...

Priority Questions: Roads Maintenance (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: There are cries coming from every local authority on this issue. It is indicative that the plea for more funds came very soon after the large increase they got. Every local authority was told that it should make provisions for road maintenance and restoration or contingency items of this sort. They have been given notice of this. That is cold comfort to them because I know the local...

Other Questions: EU Regulations (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank the Deputy for the question, which I hope will recur every time I am here because it is a matter of vital national importance and a regular update is necessary. With regard to spending to date on EU Regulation 598/2014, I can advise the Deputy that as almost all of the work has been of a policy and legal nature, it has been carried out as part of the work of officials assigned to the...

Other Questions: EU Regulations (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: The Deputy may have misunderstood me. Funding will be made available. There is not going to be a lack of funding to Fingal County Council for this. I have made it clear that while it is not yet clear what amount will be necessary, Fingal County Council will not be left short of funding because this is a matter of huge national importance for which we cannot afford to say there are no...

Other Questions: EU Regulations (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: We will not be found wanting either with regard to resources or meeting the residents.

Other Questions: EU Regulations (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: If there is a misunderstanding, I apologise, but no funding has been expended since the decision was made, although I am sure all sorts of funding was used before with regard to the IAA and when the choice was being made. I think Deputy Clare Daly is being somewhat unfair in saying it is all very vague. A decision has been made. It is absolutely a final decision that Fingal County...

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Curran for the question. As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in regard to public transport. The National Transport Authority, NTA, has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport in the greater Dublin area. In 2016 the NTA published its transport strategy for the greater Dublin...

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: We have had an awful lot of special pleading today, for various areas, including the question of SDZs in County Louth and elsewhere, and I understand that. However, a sensitive response has been given to what is happening in the area. It is being given the special treatment which is often accorded to such zones and it would not be fair to suggest it is being neglected. I understand the...

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: The Deputy does not get a sense of that in my reply because I do not know the answer.

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I am constantly asked for detail of that type but the question should be addressed to the NTA.

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: In due course, the NTA will supply the Deputy with an implementation plan and he knows that.

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I am not going to dictate to the NTA-----

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: -----the operation of services which we have designated to it.

Other Questions: Public Transport Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: I will convey what the Deputy has said to the NTA and I will try to extract a certain amount of further information. The NTA has said, quite clearly, that a bus service will serve Clonburris in the short term and that it is intended to provide a new orbital bus service through the SDZ lands linking Blanchardstown to Tallaght. As part of the BusConnects network review, a number of...

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: In relation to the appointment of Fingal County Council as the noise regulator under EU Regulation 598/2014, I wish to advise the Deputy that officials from my Department and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government are working on draft heads of a Bill. That work is primarily focused on the interaction among noise regulation, the EU environmental noise directive and the...

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: This is a bit of an old record from Deputy Troy, telling me I have got to meet this, that and the other person. The Deputy is fishing out there. I have met the chief executives of any airlines whom I have wanted to meet or who have wanted to meet me. There is no problem about that whatsoever. I am continuously doing this. I had a meeting with a group of all the major airlines in the...

Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (24 Apr 2018)

Shane Ross: If the Deputy Troy has a wish to meet my officials or me on this issue at any time, I will arrange it. He can have it tomorrow. Does he want to meet them tomorrow? Friday?