Results 281-300 of 654 for speaker:Michael Murphy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I mean impact on competition, for example, or on regional air connectivity, consumer choice and balanced regional development. Has there been any impact assessment in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: There has been passenger growth over the last ten years of about 12 million additional passengers through Dublin Airport. Has there has been no impact assessment of that growth continuing over the next ten and 20 years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: From a safety and security perspective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: Does the authority have any concern about that concentration in a single airport in the context of an adverse event like a weather disruption, a cyberattack or an operational failure? I am reminded of the recent critical incident at Heathrow Airport or the critical failure at Holyhead last December. They underscore the dangers inherent in having all the capacity concentrated at a single...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: On cybersecurity, is the authority confident our systems are robust? To what extent have we invested in our cybersecurity over the last three to five years? Are there planned investments in our cybersecurity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I have more questions but I will come back a second time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I fully support some kind of root sustainability assessment that is built into the process. Of course, everything has to be compliant to the hierarchy of EU legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: If they come as far as Tipperary, we might have a spare seat and we will bring them the rest of the way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I presume in return for letting you in, Deputy Gould, two tickets will be left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I will come in before I let in Deputy Boland. I say the following for the benefit of people who may be watching online or may watch the recording of today's hearing. We have talked an awful lot about the concentration at Dublin Airport, but I still want to acknowledge the critical role Dublin Airport plays in economic activity. Every time I travel through Dublin Airport, it is a very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: Yes, but as a country. I mentioned Portugal and Belgium-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: Heathrow is another example. It is such a dominant airport in the UK, yet it represents only 30% of UK seat capacity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I think I am correct in saying that Germany has embedded spatial planning and regional development into its aviation strategy. I think the Netherlands have done so as well. As regards the IAA's counterparts at the European level, have there been any discussions about this or are the witnesses aware of any countries that have spatial planning and regional development embedded in their strategies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: To conclude, the IAA has no role in market concentration. Policy does not allow that. If policy does, the IAA will implement it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: Does Senator Cosgrove want to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: I thank Mr. Declan Fitzpatrick, chief executive officer. I may not have given his correct title earlier, but I thank Dr. Adrian Corcoran, director of economic regulation, licensing and community affairs. I thank them for their attendance today. I thank the members present and those who were here earlier who intervened. I thank the clerk and support staff for all of their help in the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (15 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: 403. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the commencement date for the construction of the new south Tipperary Garda community HQ; if the contract has been approved and signed; if the project is still on track for a completion date of the end of 2026 as stated by the Minister for Justice in Dáil Éireann on 19 February 2025 (details supplied). [39677/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: Across south Tipperary, the condition of local and minor roads has reached breaking point. We are not talking about potholes or surface cracks; we are talking about roads that are effectively impassible and where families struggle to reach schools, farmers cannot move machinery safely and emergency services think twice before making a journey. As the Minister knows, both schemes provide...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Michael Murphy: While I welcome the increases in recent years, let us be honest. They are not nearly sufficient to address the scale and demand for the schemes. We need to double existing funding for the LIS and CIS schemes so that counties like Tipperary, in particular south Tipperary, gets its fair and equitable share.