Results 27,221-27,240 of 33,392 for speaker:Paschal Donohoe
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: That is the reason I believe the development is better done in an integrated manner. Precisely because there is an adjacency between the port and the city, if both bodies were working together in the integrated manner that this Bill allows, it would better allow the port and the city and county to realise the goals that each of them has. Deputy Ó Cuív made a point regarding the...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Ó Cuív made some points in that regard. He did, indeed. He made the point in relation to his view regarding the disproportionate development of Dublin.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: This Bill-----
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: This Bill deals with Dublin.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: This Bill deals with ports.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: I will continue my point and I will respond to what Deputy Ó Cuív said.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: This Bill refers to ports.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: I will continue and answer the questions that the Deputy has put to me. If Deputy Ó Cuív wants to keep on talking rather than hearing my answers to the questions, that is his choice. The Minister should address the points I made, not some imaginary point.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: The Deputy came to the meeting to make points and I did not respond or interrupt him in any way when he did so. He makes claims about me but does not allow me to respond.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: He is seeking to have me answer questions regarding claims that he has made and I will answer each of them in turn.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: However, it appears he does not want to afford me an opportunity to do so.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: On the Deputy's point concerning the local authority, members of the local authority may vote in any way they wish but this Bill offers the best possible way to meet the needs of the port. We are proposing to increase the power and role of a local authority vis-à-visthe port. Why would a local authority decline to accept that proposal? I hope it will at least consider the issue before...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: Apparently.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: I guess some of them refer to the past.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: I assure the Deputy that I will supply him with any information he seeks.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: He is welcome to do so but I am only too happy to comply with the various requests he has made. The geography element of the criteria will be a current matter. Meeting the other criteria requires the submission of information which the EU authorities will then evaluate.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: Before answering, I ask the Deputy if he would like to make any further points.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: I will not change the national ports policy that has been clearly set out by the Government. The legislation before us is entirely consistent with that policy. The Deputy asked the reason Galway Port has a specific designation. Ports of national significance, tier 2 ports, had to meet three criteria. First, they had to be responsible for at least 2.5% of the overall tonnage handled...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: Does Deputy Ó Cuív not want to hear my response to his points?
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)
Paschal Donohoe: It is a sign of how little interest Deputy Ó Cuív has in my answer that he is going to walk out the door.