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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have to be out of here in five minutes. I have to be fair to everyone. I have been very fair to the non-members of the committee, so they should not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Put it this way, I have one more contributor yet to come in. I want to be very inclusive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I expect that he has his own views and I would like him to be able to express his own views. Deputy Verona Murphy may have views. We all have different views here. The Deputy's views are well versed and we fully understand them. This is a very important issue. I wish that we could give it a lot more time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect, over the St. Patrick's weekend, I worked to get everyone in here today. We all know how urgent this is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What VAT rate do the bus men pay on their sales?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I take the point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that. It was not a judgment call but a point of clarification.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is the final question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I think Deputy Fitzmaurice has made his point. A quick question on the coaches. Are the coach operators making money at the moment on, say, school transport? Yes or no?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. That is all I want to know. With that -----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is very simple. The devil is in the detail, right?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: On that dramatic note, we need information from the hauliers and the coaches on the process. I thank the clerk for his forbearance. We probably all will do time because we have been here so long.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Prices: Discussion (23 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank everybody for attending. We will follow up on this. We will have further engagements on it. I have concerns about security of supply, but that is a separate issue.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (31 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: 73. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17025/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (31 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will have a response to their application for incremental credits for a special needs assistant, which was made to her Department in January 2022; if the candidate is successful, will their payment be backdated to 01 January 2021; the reason the application is taking so long to process; and if she will make a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: 138. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an update will be provided on the connected hubs in County Limerick and north County Tipperary; the process on becoming a connected hub; and the available funding for hubs under the connected hubs funding stream. [17898/22]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for taking such an interest in this issue. It is ironic that modern technology is bringing back rural Ireland. This affords people with the opportunity to work in their local village and support their local shops and community daily, without being required to commute all the time to cites to work. I recognise, therefore, the funding being invested in this area. It...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When does the Minister expect the app will be up and running? It is hugely important that people see that and that there be encouragement for every town and village to have a remote working hub. It is something I passionately believe in. We have towns throughout east Limerick and north Tipperary that it would work very well for but it is about knowledge and people's awareness, so that...
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Telecommunications Services (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: 89. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an update will be provided on the work of the mobile phone and broadband task force, which was re-established in December 2021; the action plan of the task force.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17899/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if information in relation to a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18349/22]