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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What does Mr. Muldoon mean by a limited service?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Ryder Cup is five years out from today. Is Mr. Muldoon saying it is four-year process again, with two years for procurement and then two more to do the work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The previous draft LMATS plan did not have this in it. Mr. Meade would have attended a public meeting I held on it. There is an appetite for it. If it is in the revised LMATS plan due to be published, Mr. Meade is saying the double rail line from Limerick to Limerick Junction could be in place within a four-year period of two years for procurement and 18 months to build. He is saying the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Muldoon. I have a few national matters to raise. Going back to Deputy Cathal Crowe's point, is Iarnród Éireann considering rail specials? Take Dublin Zoo, for instance. Has Iarnród Éireann come up with specials with Dublin Zoo such that if I were going to visit Dublin Zoo in the morning, I could a train ticket at a subsidised rate? It would be a way of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I appreciate that. I use WhatsApp.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Meade, Mr. Muldoon and Mr. Kenny. Deputy Lowry is next. He has roughly seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That contribution is on top of what Irish Rail normally gets. It is carrying 70% of the normal number at the moment. When does Mr. Meade believe it will be carrying 100% of the number it was carrying pre Covid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: With regard to Irish Rail's model, what kind of capacity must it reach to break even or make money?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am referring to the normal course of events. Irish Rail has PSOs and so forth but, with the model-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The benchmark is 80%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Meade expects to be at that point by-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is expected to hit 80% by the end of the year. I am conscious that Mr. Meade has to go. We have six minutes. I assume the members are okay. I am sorry, did Deputy Lowry have a quick question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I might let Deputy Ó Cuív in and then, if Deputy Lowry wishes, he can-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (17 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Just before we conclude, I welcome Nina O'Connor, a transition year student on placement with Senator Horkan. It is great to see young people involved. I hope Senator Horkan is showing her the insider tricks of the trade. I thank Mr. Meade and his colleagues — Mr. Muldoon and Mr. Kenny — very much for attending to engage with the committee. I wish them well. We will have...
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thought I had three minutes. That is what I was allocated.
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thought my colleagues would have been advised if their time was slipping away.
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: No. I am saying I put a lot of time into this, a Cheann Comhairle, and I would like to make a contribution to the House.
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am going to get to the heart of the matter. What can we do for the Ukrainian people at the moment? First and foremost, they are looking for humanitarian aid. We need to get food out there. There is a co-ordinated European approach, and it needs to happen immediately. We need to fast-track Ukraine's membership of the EU. That will send a strong statement to the Russians that we are...
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I support the motion.