Results 22,761-22,780 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is still Government policy to encourage people to switch from private to public transport; if that is the case, the reason for the delay in providing the additional 200 buses Dublin Bus requires to meet current demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30289/06]

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I trust the Chair will give ten minutes to my question. I asked the Minister if it is still Government policy to encourage people from private to public transport. There is no evidence that it is. Between 2001 and this year only 20 buses were provided in the Dublin area. As I have often said to the Minister, on Westmoreland Street every evening one can see hundreds, if not thousands, of...

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: We are talking about buses.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: In respect of buses.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Not in buses. They are always the poor relation.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: We are talking about buses, which the Minister forgot in Transport 21.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The figures show that only 20 buses have been provided in five years.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: They were not extra buses. The Minister has provided only 20 extra buses.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Has the Minister read this review? It says 200 buses are required.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister does not even have the legislation in place.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: How long will this take? We do not have the legislation for the authority that the Minister says will regulate the market. People want extra buses today and tomorrow, not some time next year or the following year.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Only 20 extra buses were provided.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Only 20 extra buses.

Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Most people have no choice about their transport.

Port Development. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: That is as clear as mud.

Road Safety. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I welcome such co-operation and joint road safety awareness campaigns. I hope we will move towards an all-island road safety strategy. My principal concern is with penalty points. I do not under-estimate the difficulty in co-ordinating the two systems. Much time, however, has been lost. If we are to move on a trilateral or a Europe-wide basis, it will take forever. The urgency is in...

Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is subsidising the road network.

EU Directives. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The problem is that nobody has agreed to fund the database. The Garda faces a major difficulty in dealing with road traffic offences, particularly those involving injury and loss of life, because it has no way of discovering information on whether a particular driver is insured. There is no national database accessible to the Garda. That information should be available on the hand-held...

EU Directives. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister committed to funding this?

EU Directives. (28 Sep 2006)

Róisín Shortall: It seems late in the day to agree on the basic issue of funding. Can the Minister commit to saying it will be publicly funded or that an arrangement will be in place well before June 2007?