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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: And other ones.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I gave the example of Gardiner Street.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Does Ms Graham mean primarily Dublin Bus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Why not deal with the issue of congestion? The routes are very good as they are. Why is Ms Graham proposing to change the routes so drastically? If the NTA sticks with the routes and improves on the congestion and blockages along the way-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: On the cycling complaint, apart from individual details in different areas, the charge is being made by the cycling community that the NTA is not adhering to basic design standards, including not adhering to the manual. Surely that is something that should be addressed from the start separately with representatives of the cycling community, rather than them having to go along to each of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: It is ten years away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: There are a number of members waiting for the next round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Are members confined to one question in this round?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The Chairman has allowed everybody in on the first round and then only one question per member in the next round, which seems odd.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: The logical thing would be to take another round of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Efficiency would be handy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I am substituting for Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: I am sure Ms Graham will remember that earlier this year several Deputies came to the committee to discuss proposals for the preferred route for metro north, at which stage many of us expressed very strong views in regard to the Na Fianna proposal on the basis that as local representatives of local residents we knew the proposal was flawed and would not work. We are now in a similar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: Do the NTA witnesses understand the views of local people who say this proposal will result in a lack of access to a number of residential areas, increased traffic chaos and ultimately a weaker bus service? That is the problem. It will be a poorer bus service than those people have currently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, if the NTA is taking buses out of residential areas it is forcing people into cars.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 6 December 2018, if the housing of the new school in the existing permanent facility will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52552/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (13 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 125. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 2 October 2018, the parties involved in the discussions regarding the draft legal framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52551/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (13 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied the targets for the reduction of consistent child poverty are ambitious enough; the reason there is no explicit strategy to eliminate consistent child poverty within a set timeframe; the specific reason targets on reducing child poverty are unlikely to be met; the cohorts of children in poverty that have been least...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (13 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the new urban development and building heights guidelines for planning authorities under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 will not lead to significant delays in the development of strategic development zones; if a regulatory impact assessment has been carried out to assess the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Róisín Shortall: We have heard about the ballooning costs of the children's hospital due to the failure to nail down details in advance. It now seems that the Government is embarking on another major project, the National Maternity Hospital, in the absence of clarification on key issues such as ownership, governance, ethos and environmental standards. In advance of discussion of this matter at Cabinet this...