Results 2,801-2,820 of 9,634 for speaker:Hildegarde Naughton
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: The times for issuing work permits have significantly reduced. There has been significant engagement between my Department and the Minister of State, Deputy English.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: That is one element. It is critical. I know my Department is engaging with the RSA about the overall process in order to speed that up.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: It is being looked at. Officials are engaging with the RSA on that issue to speed things up.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Does the Chairman mean we should feed into the issues paper?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes. Of course, that segment of work must feed into the national aviation policy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes. When we look at the national aviation policy, we must ensure there is regional balance. The programme for Government contains a commitment to provide regional balance, which includes aviation and that is why it is important that we consider regional airports first. That aspect is so important and glaring to all of us, particularly after we all saw what happened at Dublin Airport....
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: We will have representatives of the airlines and whoever else necessary feed into the work.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: That is the value of having committee hearings.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Committee hearings means that when one submits something one has the airline's point of view because it must run a business. At the same time let us consider what happened during Covid. We gave €160 million to the airports and airlines, so we put a huge amount of funding into the sector. Today, a huge emphasis has been placed on Shannon Airport but the same can be said for Kerry...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: It is about Ireland Inc. and ensuring that the regions thrive. Let me give a very good example. The Dublin to Kerry route is no longer a public service obligation, PSO, one because representatives of an airline have said the State does not need to subvent the route and the airline will step in as the route is viable, and, as a commercial entity, it sees value in a Dublin to Kerry route. I...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: We can be leaders with sustainable aviation fuels.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: We are an island nation and we cannot erect a rail line to the Continent but we can be leaders in terms of our use of sustainable fuels. The Shannon estuary and region could be leaders in that field as Future Mobility Campus Ireland has located its campus in Shannon, County Clare. This country has lots of good selling points in terms of the aviation industry and we are seen as leaders...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: I agree with the Deputy and I could talk about the planning delays in my own county. As he said, the Attorney General is looking at the planning code and will bring a report, I think, to Government on the matter. I take the Deputy's point.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: They are all on our agenda. I can assure the Deputy of that.