Results 281-300 of 25,421 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (2 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 78 together. The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) has statutory responsibility for the National Driver Testing Service. As such, I have referred the Deputy's question to the RSA for direct, detailed response in respect of the particular test centre cited. Please contact my office if a response has not been received within 10 days.Pending this detailed response, I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Meetings (2 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I am scheduled to meet the RSA next week. This Government is committed to reducing road deaths by creating safer roads for everyone in Ireland. My officials are collaborating with the RSA to ensure the implementation of Ireland’s Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 can be fully realised and I look forward to meeting with them.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (2 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: There are no restrictions in driver licensing legislation to prohibit the issuing of category D licences to drivers over the age of 24 or to those over 21 with a certificate of professional competence.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy may be aware, the cross-border Enterprise rail service between Dublin and Belfast is jointly operated by Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) and Translink Northern Ireland Railways. The existing Enterprise rail fleet will come to the end of its standard design life in 2027. The Enterprise Fleet Replacement Programme consists of the procurement and introduction of a new fleet and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (2 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 and 84 together. The expanded use of cameras for road safety and enforcement purposes will be a key focus of the Phase 2 Action Plan of the Government’s Road Safety Strategy to 2030. Increased camera deployment will be guided by the first National Safety Camera Strategy to be published later this year, the development of which is being led by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. Under the Programme for Government, the Department will work collaboratively with operators to act on the recommendations from the All-Island Strategic Rail Review to improve connectivity across the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Meetings (2 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I met with the members of the Management Board for my Department upon appointment as Minister for Transport in January, where I received briefing from each pillar of the Department, which is available on the Department's website. The first official Ministerial Management Board meeting is scheduled to take place in mid – April.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (2 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Reply not received from Department.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: What Sinn Féin has chosen to do over the last ten weeks is to prioritise this above all else. Sinn Féin has always been about Sinn Féin. It is Sinn Féin first-----

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: -----and country second or maybe third. It is all about Sinn Féin. If we park the politics, Deputy McDonald has to be honest with herself.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: She should look at-----

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: -----the way her Deputies treated the Ceann Comhairle last week. The level of hatred and vitriol and the abuse the Ceann Comhairle had to put up with as she was discharging her duties correctly was absolutely reprehensible. I hope that, after ten weeks, the Deputies will get back to doing the work they are elected to do. Yes, they should hold the Government to account but they should also...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Telling lies.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Calm down, Paul.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: I listened with incredulity earlier to the arch-propagandist, arch-revisionist Mary Lou McDonald alleging a co-ordinated and concerted plan by the Government to silence the Opposition. Anyone looking in over the course of the past ten weeks would know that the only co-ordinated and concerted plan was the Opposition's plan. This was led by Sinn Féin. I note with some degree of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Bodies (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (1 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: Reply not received from Department.