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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: Obviously, one of them relates to Mallow. What is required for that project to progress?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: Would that fix all the problems?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: Is a budget available to progress them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: We have been waiting for about six months for the appointment of a design consultant on the Castlemartyr-Killeagh project. What is going on with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: Does Mr. Walsh have any information on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I have been waiting a long time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I could be waiting a long time for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: Details on the appointment of a consultant are not contained in that briefing document.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I need-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I need no assistance from the floor on the matter. I am well briefed on it. I want to get an insight as to why we have been waiting six months for that to happen. It does not make any sense. As far as I can see, all it needs is sign-off from the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

James O'Connor: I am happy with that.

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

James O'Connor: What has transpired over the past number of weeks has been deeply disturbing. It has done enormous damage to the reputation of our national broadcaster. I do not very often agree with some of the points made by Deputy Boyd Barrett but he was correct in much of what he said about the outstanding questions that still need to be answered, in addition to the importance of having a national...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (6 Jul 2023)

James O'Connor: I wish to acknowledge the passing of former Cork East Deputy, Gerard Cott, who served as a Member of the House from 1969 until 1973. Our sympathies are with his family and the community in Midleton C.B.S. Secondary School, where he served as a member of staff for a number of years. We have been thinking of them in the past few days. I wish to raise a critically-important issue in the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (6 Jul 2023)

James O'Connor: I appreciate the Minister of State's response. I ask him to bring the points that have been raised back to the Minister. That would be appreciated. It comes down to this: it is about the scale of time it will take to get to a point at which this will no longer be an issue unless there is drastic rainfall. As I said, these outages are becoming more frequent. They are lasting much...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

James O'Connor: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the social housing waiting list in Cork County Council now compares with that in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33198/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

James O'Connor: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on social housing provision in Cork County Council from 2020 to 2022; the target in place for same in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33197/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

James O'Connor: Does RTÉ have a risk register? Okay. How often is it amended?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

James O'Connor: Who takes charge of that risk register? Who on the executive board has responsibility for it?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

James O'Connor: Sorry. Obviously, there are items in these risk registers that would be of paramount importance. For an organisation the size and scale of RTÉ with the services it provides, I presume the No. 1 item on that would be reputational risk. Is that correct?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2023)

James O'Connor: Does RTÉ have them ranked?