Results 2,461-2,480 of 6,044 for speaker:John O'Mahony
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: If the system is so good, why have people been so slow to take it up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: Okay. We will end on that positive note unless anyone has something to clarify.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: A great deal of work is going on. Solutions are being urgently sought. Some of them have been suggested during this morning's hearings. I assume we will consider the matter at our next meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: I thank Mr. Nolan. I thank the group for its presentation and for its engagement with members. The committee flagged this issue some time ago and we welcome the group's presence here to discuss it. Mention was made of interparliamentary groups. We contacted our opposite groups across the Border and in the UK on this issue and the Taoiseach has also raised the issue with the British Prime...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: I will call Deputies Helen McEntee and Seán Conlan in that order.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: Mr. Gavin mentioned a recommendation made in the 2012 report. A major issue at the time was the rebate on fuel. Will he comment on whether the recommendation was helpful? What is the situation in that regard now? Perhaps the witnesses can address that at the end.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: We will pick up where we left off. Deputy Phelan is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: Has the charge been implemented since yesterday? Did I read somewhere that the legislation has not been passed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: I heard the Minister say that in the Dáil this morning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: It may be a window. I understand there is a cross-departmental group.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: The reason it is not in is that the legislation has not been passed. The point I am making is that it may give us a window to solve some of the issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: I notice there is a vote in the Dáil, so we will take your questions-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: We will suspend for 15 minutes for a vote in the Dáil. I apologise to the witnesses but it is part of the way we operate around here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: The purpose of this meeting is to meet with representatives of the Irish Road Haulage Association, IRHA, to discuss the impact Britain's HGV Road User Levy Act 2013 will have on Irish hauliers, particularly as it applies to Northern Ireland. We will also hear about other issues including commercial vehicle road tax, vehicle testing, cabotage, the National Employment Rights Authority and...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (2 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their REP scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15491/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Funding (1 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo, and the list of the projects that benefitted in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14896/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (1 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: 240. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo; the list of projects that benefitted in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14894/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (1 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: 291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an invalidity pension appeal; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15177/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (1 Apr 2014)
John O'Mahony: 293. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on an application for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15185/14]