Results 22,401-22,420 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall
- Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Has the Minister ever heard of bus-based park and ride facilities?
- Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Then why not support the motion?
- Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: The front gate is as bad.
- Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: I move: "That Dáil Ãireann, concerned at the serious traffic problems facing the Greater Dublin Area and the inadequacy of the current public transport system; conscious that even if the metro and rail proposals contained in Transport 21 are delivered on time, it will be many years before these services become available to the public; and believing that in those circumstances the Dublin bus...
- Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: It does not have to be like this. Congestion is not a problem of prosperity but of poor Government. The Government has deliberately starved Dublin commuters of additional buses, with no increase in the Dublin Bus fleet between 2001 and late 2005. Transport 21 only delivered 17 new buses in 2005 and 15 this year and, in both cases, the buses were not operational until November or December....
- Public Transport: Motion. (12 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: The second part of this motion calls for the completion of quality bus corridors. At 13 km/h, the average speed of Dublin buses is almost the slowest in Europe and, apart from Paris, no other capital city has a slower peak time bus speed. Our average speed compares to Reykjavik at 28 km/h, Helsinki at 27 km/h, London and Prague at 26 km/h, Rotterdam at 23 km/h and Venice at 22 km/h. The...
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that has been set aside in the Book of Estimates 2007 and under which specific sub heads for increased resources to progress A Vision for Change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42160/06]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the review of the local drugs task force (details supplied) will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will lay the report before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [42188/06]
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: I wish to share time with Deputy Broughan.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: There are a number of provisions in the budget which, although long overdue, should be welcomed. A start is being made in respect of a number of areas in the welfare sphere and I wish to comment on these. The first relates to the recognition of people who provide caring services to family members. Until now, if these individuals were in receipt of another social welfare payment, they were...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Why did the Government withhold it for so long and why has it taken so long for a small amount of it to be returned? The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism stated before the Ryder Cup that it would be unpatriotic for anyone to overcharge visitors to this country in any way. He condemned this practice out of hand, and rightly so. How much more unpatriotic is it, therefore, for the national...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: What about funding local government properly?
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: The Deputy has some brass neck.
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: What about PPARS, electronic voting, Abbotstown and integrated ticketing?
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Why did the Government get rid of former Deputy McCreevy?
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Everything is fine. The Deputy will have a word with the relevant Ministers.
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (6 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in each case the public service obligation payment for 2006 for Iarnród Ãireann, Bus Ãireann and Dublin Bus was arrived at; the routes, areas, passenger profile or other category on which the PSO applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41623/06]
- Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (6 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received costings from the Railway Procurement Agency for the undergrounding for the proposed Metro north from the city centre to past Ballymun; if not, the way the proposed method of construction was arrived at; and if he will seek such a costing from the RPA. [41662/06]
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress to date in the renegotiation of the West-Link toll agreement; the details of the Government strategy in this regard; and the timescale for the finalisation of those negotiations. [41995/06]
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (6 Dec 2006)
Róisín Shortall: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of subvention in each case he will provide to Bus Ãireann, Dublin Bus and Iarnród Ãireann in 2007; the amount in each case actually applied for; the way the agreed figure is arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41997/06]