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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Cullinane mentioned that funding for the free travel scheme was frozen in 2010. The witnesses mentioned that the current cost of the scheme is €80 million, €75 million of which goes to the CIE group. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I appreciate that but that has not happened. It was mentioned that only 8% of people in Galway use the bus service. People in Galway do not use the buses because the service is not frequent enough. There have been many proposals for a light rail system. I read an article in one of today's newspapers in which Mr. Conor Faughnan calls for a light rail system. A group of us in Galway have...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The point I was making is that it is because that funding has remained frozen that CIE is an impossible position.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I would like to make a comment before I ask a specific question and a general question. Mr. Doyle has said that the NTA has the power to step in if Bus Éireann pulls out of a commercial route because it is not viable.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: That seems to me like something out of Kafka. It seems that when Bus Éireann is obliged to pull out of a route because it is not viable, the NTA waits for it to pull out before setting terms for private operators to move in.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It really seems straight out of Kafka. At the same time, we are talking about getting more people to use public transport. That is a comment. My specific question relates to Fáilte Ireland, which does great work. I do not mean to be parochial when I mention a premises in Galway that has been empty for a long time. The building in question is in a prime spot in Salthill. The loss...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Lovely.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There are 39 actions in the document.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, that is it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There are 49 actions laid out in this plan from 2009 to 2020. How many of those actions have been implemented? I know one has not been implemented because I took the trouble of checking yesterday. We were to bring in new legislation and a sustainable plan. I forget the exact title of it. The answer given yesterday is the same one given by Mr. Doyle, namely, that there was no need for an...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: When and how will it be reviewed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: It is very difficult to have faith. I do not mean in Mr. Doyle personally, whom I welcome here today. We are going down a cul-de-sac and we are under extraordinary pressure with climate change and sustainable development. I started by referring to all of the plans but we do not need any more plans. We need implementation of what is on the ground. We need reviews. It should have been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the planned construction of 14 social housing units in County Galway will address the housing crisis there (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9028/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the precise acreage, value and location of residential land owned by Galway City and County councils which has been transferred under the land aggregation scheme; the total cost of the transfer; the plans for this land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the precise location and acreage of city council owned residential zoned land now unavailable for the construction of social housing due to the proposed N6 project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9026/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households and the total number of persons on the housing waiting list for Galway City and County Councils; the number on HAP; if their names have been taken off the waiting list and put on a special transfer list; the number on RAS; if their names have been taken off the waiting list; if so, the list...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the proposed amalgamation of Galway City and Galway County Councils in view of the unanimous opposition of elected representatives to this matter. [9029/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been issued with IPO 2 forms to date; the process being followed for the issuing of these forms to persons in direct provision; when others can expect to receive these forms and the sequence in which they will be received, that is alphabetical, random or decided according to the stage at which their asylum or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection officers currently employed; the nature of the training they have received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9185/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (23 Feb 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions that have been made for the processing of a large number of IPO 2 forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9186/17]