Results 20,041-20,060 of 27,055 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (14 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the DART interconnector and DART underground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7581/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin City Centre Transport Study (14 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his contacts with Dublin City Council regarding the plans to pedestrianise College Green, Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7582/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (14 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his contacts with Dublin City Council about the plans to reduce inbound traffic at Fairview, Dublin 3, to one lane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7583/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (14 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a national accreditation programme for car mechanics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7707/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (14 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the considerable safety concerns arising from cars that have been poorly or improperly maintained by technicians without adequate training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7708/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department has spent on temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) in each of the years 2000 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6701/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: It was kept closed for four years.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: This is more of the same.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Not in Dublin.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: How long did the Government keep it closed?

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: That is nonsense. Fine Gael kept it closed.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Which the Government kept closed for three years.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: The reply was the same response the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, gave before along with a bit of nonsense in the middle blaming Fianna Fáil when Fine Gael has been in government for seven years.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Relax, Pat. Over the seven years Fine Gael has been in government, it has presided over the decimation of An Garda Síochána, certainly in my area. Does the Minister of State remember smart policing, which was a policy of Government under his former colleague, Alan Shatter, who the Minister of State might also remember? It was not very smart for the communities out there. Repeat...

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: Hear, hear.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: It is true.

Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I reiterate and reinforce what my colleague has said. I have great regard for the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, but I am disappointed that the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, is not here to take this issue. It is an example of the way he and Government treats Dublin when it comes to policing. We have to get serious about crime and criminality in the city and county of Dublin. I raised...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: I want to put on record my support for this Bill. It is very important legislation. The facts regarding our relationship with drink are borne out by evidence published by Revenue's statistics and economic research branch recently to the effect that Ireland's alcohol consumption per capitahas increased by nearly 5% year on year up to 2016. Per head, people in Ireland are drinking 11.46...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation of new gardaí to the Dublin metropolitan region, specifically to Swords Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6543/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Feb 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation of new gardaí to the Dublin metropolitan region, specifically to Balbriggan Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6544/18]