Results 2,101-2,120 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is it because of the volume of traffic? I will not ask for a total, but for now I will take the point. On the projects and the ongoing NDP projects, it was all set out in TII's opening statement, including the criteria around maintenance, existing projects currently under construction, those close to construction, pre-decision gate 2 and pre-decision gate 1. For people who might not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is it only at that point, when the price comes back, that the Minister may or may not decide?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I am not sure that made it to the opening statement, but what is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: For our information, and for people who may be looking in here, the TII has referred to current projects such as Listowel bypass and others almost ready to be opened, or soon, and we will also be looking forward to the Dunkettle interchange upgrade and so on. Then there are the projects that are provided for, the N2, the N3, the N11 and so on. There is a list. Of these, do we know what is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: They are all equally valid or not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: People are looking at the long list of projects that were in various annual reports as being considered. Does anyone have an idea as to what is lower and higher in the hierarchy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. O'Neill is saying that those blockages are several years in planning. He does not mean the planning process. Does he mean in planning generally?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Yes, but not submitting it to the local authority.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is Mr. O'Neill talking about land acquisitions and compulsory purchase orders?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Will the witnesses tease out the statutory approval process, for example, for a new road from Dublin to wherever?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Which has been talked about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: In terms of gate 1, gate 2 and gate 3, that project is still at gate 1, or not even.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I am aware there is no typical answer, but there are variables between getting from gate 1 to gate 3 and it could be two years or 12 years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: That is as good as it gets.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: So basically we are telling people that we should not expect too many road openings any time soon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Okay. On the old eastern bypass reservation that is floating around, has TII any involvement with that in terms of the bits?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Potentially greenways or light rail or both or something.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: And there are also bits in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, close to me, that could be used for greenways, light rail or bus corridors.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I know. That is why I am asking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I wish to go back to the tolls. Does every toll booth now take credit cards? There was one that did not, for a while. I believe it was the M8 that did not take credit cards. Do they all take credit cards now?