Results 14,881-14,900 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: I am not familiar with that route but-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: -----but I gather, generally, that is not the case.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: I can check that specific route for the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: All those routes are unprofitable.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is not capital expenditure. Deputy Troy stated someone said that. I do not know who said that. I certainly did not say that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is working capital. It is going in specifically as working capital, as bridging finance. That is what it is. It is not money being transferred somehow from the State to a private company. It is going in as working capital and that is its pure purpose. I will read this definition carefully because I asked for it. It states that the working capital requirement is driven by a combination...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is not being paid to Go-Ahead.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is not being transferred to Go-Ahead permanently. It is a cashflow issue, which there is in any-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: I will ask the official to clarify this matter if he so wishes, because it is important.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: On the low-emission issue, the national development plan commits to a transition to low-emission buses including electric buses for the urban bus fleet, with no diesel-only buses purchased from July 2019-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: There will be no diesel-only buses purchased from July 2019, in line with the BusConnects programme. We are transitioning to a green fleet for public transport, including electric buses for the urban public bus fleet, with no diesel-only purchases from July 2019, while promoting commercial bus services and small public service vehicle industry to pursue a low-emission fleet. It is our...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: We do not know that figure at the moment.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: Yes, I think so.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is regrettable but we must do it under the current contract, and it is why we are taking this initiative from July 2019.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: In response to the Acting Chairman's question, it certainly is my intention to implement all those recommendations.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: We will act in accordance with any timelines set by the report.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: There are safety implications but we will implement as soon as we possibly can.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: I assume the Acting Chairman is referring to the €1.7 million for pilot training? We will have sufficient money with the general budget that is going to the Coast Guard.