Results 2,161-2,180 of 4,350 for speaker:Bobby Aylward
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: I have a query about the Prison Service in general. I do not know the remit of this committee in this regard but I have received many complaints from prison officers about the system that is in place, especially around the rehiring of retired prison officers and not hiring new prison officers. I do not know if this committee has a remit in this area. The prison officers are not happy with...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Is this the committee to bring that concern?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Yes, that is exactly what it is about.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: I will write a letter to the Chairman on it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: I welcome the TII officials and I compliment them on all their ongoing work on modernising the road network. Their predecessors in the NRA did fantastic work on the main arteries to our cities. Funding is the main problem and if we had enough money, there would be roads everywhere. I would like to go back to PPPs. Is it true that where traffic volume predictions are not achieved such as...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: So they carry the can.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Why was the traffic volume predicted by TII on the Waterford bypass, for example, feeding New Ross, Rosslare and Kilkenny, not achieved? Are people not using the bypass but are still driving through Waterford city? What are the reasons for the failure to reach the target?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Does the actual cost of going through the toll have a bearing? I know that in the case of Waterford, the whole quay has been changed to make it unfriendly for juggernauts and lorries to go through. Has that helped?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Can local companies in the south east that use the tolled road on a major scale get a special deal with the toll company to get a reduced rate? Can any business do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Could it be done? Would it be possible to make it more friendly for people who use it continually?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: There is a lot of congestion in our cities. I know that Dublin has a park and ride system in place but what about places like Waterford, Limerick, Cork and so on? Does the TII play any role in the promotion of park and ride? Does it have any funding for the development of park and ride facilities? Does it even have a say in such matters or are park and ride facilities solely a matter for...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: They are all in Dublin, though.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: That leads me on to something that has been mentioned already, namely, excessive parking at junctions. One sees this problem along the motorway. I come up to Dublin from Kilkenny every day and I see it all the way up, with excessive parking at the junctions coming off the N9. That is going to cause trouble eventually. At the moment it is manageable but in future, should it be part of the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Can anything be done with the existing sites because the situation is only going to get worse?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: There is land available at some of the junctions that could be utilised for parking. It is not necessarily the case that land would have to be purchased.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Would that be under the remit of the TII?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: It something that the TII will look at for the future. As I am from the south east, I am going to go local and ask about the New Ross bypass. It is progressing well, with a timescale of 31 January 2019 for the bypass to be opened to traffic. Is that on schedule?
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Are there any hiccups? It is badly needed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: I want to ask about extensions. We have the Waterford bypass and will have the New Ross bypass but there are about eight or ten kilometres of dual carriageway in the middle. That will not be very conducive to safe driving, especially for foreign drivers, given that they will be on a motorway, come off it onto a dual carriageway and then go back onto a motorway. Are there any plans for the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)
Bobby Aylward: Yes, the part between the New Ross and Waterford bypasses.