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Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Gaeilge sa Státseirbhís (21 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mí Aibreáin.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Gaeilge sa Státseirbhís (21 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Sure ní bheidh Rialtas ann ag an am sin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome Mr. Tim Duggan. The NTA pays €61 million to the CIE group, €5 million to private operators, €3.9 million to Luas and €1.7 million to Translink. It pays €1.5 for the rural transport programme. How does it calculate the apportionment of the funding to the various companies, including CIE and the private operators? Is the calculation based on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is effectively 70%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mr. Duggan is saying quite clearly that it is very possible if the Government applied the same process to the CIE group, in particular Bus Éireann, which is the focus today, as applies to the private operators, it would get a greatly enhanced rebate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it being considered to be done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will it be considered to be done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will Mr. Duggan outline a timescale?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will it be a month or two months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Great. I have some questions for the NTA. As we have gone over the ground previously, I will not ask why the NTA does not ensure all transport operators on licensed routes provide free travel. That is an issue the Government needs to address. How many policy initiatives or new directives has the NTA received from the Minister, Deputy Ross, since he became Minister? Has there been any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank Ms Graham. If an operator gets a licence for a multi-stop route from Cork to Dublin and finds that the competition for the non-stop service is making it impossible for it to compete on a level playing pitch, can it unilaterally make a submission to the NTA under its licence to take out some or all of the stops and still hold the licence? My understanding is that the answer is in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I take Ms Graham's word; she knows her job. However, I have been informed that an operator can. There is a process that has to be followed, but it is a process that has a more or less automatic answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Bus Éireann may claim that it is in a semi-viable situation because the NTA will not grant it a PSO for many of its Expressway routes which provide the social service of stopping in towns along the way. Therefore, it may apply to the NTA to get rid of all the uneconomic towns on the routes to save money. In doing so it would only be looking for the same kinds of licences granted to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Bus Éireann, for some peculiar reason, might be told tomorrow that all these routes where it is not optimising profitability but offering the optimum service have to be done on a profit basis. If it pulled out of those and applied for a PSO on all those routes, would the NTA give it to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have two further very short questions. I will be very quick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Based on what I have heard today and the previous day, I am fascinated to discover that Bus Éireann, which services the entire State - we will discount the Dublin part of it - of about 3.4 million people who do not have any alternative comprehensive service, gets about €40 million. It works out at about €12 for every man, woman and child in the population. Bus Átha...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know, but I cannot make all the meetings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to make two final points. One of the most extraordinary NTA decisions is the fact that per kilometre for PSO services in rural areas is way higher than per kilometre for urban-based services. Those fares, at €20 return, are a huge disincentive when it could be €10 return to go the same distance for those lucky enough to live in an urban area. We have very few services...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is prelegislative scrutiny becoming an excuse for doing nothing? I wish to ask the Tánaiste about all other legislation relating to her Department. We have the sale of alcohol Bill, the heads of which were approved in 2012. We have the transfer of sentenced persons Bill and the transfer of execution of sentences Bill, the heads of which were approved in 2013. We have the Tailte...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application for final approval on funding for a local authority house to be built by Galway County Council for persons (details supplied) in County Galway; if urgent approval will be given to this funding in view of the housing need involved; and if he will make a statement on the...