Results 3,081-3,100 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: We are not going back to the drawing board on the metro. We have had public consultations on various things which were built in. If we did not have public consultations on a plan as dramatic and radical as this and we were not prepared to change things in response to the consultations, the Deputy would be the first to say - and rightly so - that the NTA was dictatorial and was overriding...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: I do not have the figures with me but I do not believe there are any which are 18 weeks.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: Certainly in my own locality, yes. I think that 18 weeks is out. I answered a question on this in the Seanad yesterday. The figure I gave was an average of 8.8 weeks. I am sure the Deputy is correct. Obviously, if there is an average, some centres will be far above that level and others way below. However, without arguing about figures with the Deputy, I would say that a great...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: I had a meeting yesterday with the Road Safety Authority at which this arose. It said the number of emergencies, that is, people needing driver tests at short notice, can all be accommodated. There are a staggering number of no-shows where people just do not turn up. If the Deputy knows people who need a test in a hurry, he should tell them to get on the website and they will find the...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: Yes, I can confirm that training will be provided. I will outline the up-to-date situation. The Coast Guard is a fantastic organisation. Everybody wants to do what is best for the Coast Guard to make it work efficiently, and for its members to be content with what they are doing and not to hinder them in their work in any way. On the issue of basic facilities such as toilets, running...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: Yes, but the intention is-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: I think so, but I am not sure.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: We have a programme with the OPW to do this. I agree with the Deputy that it is unacceptable.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: The first question was about the sports grants. Our ambition is certainly to have sports grants every year. They are a wonderful facility and I have seen that the competition for the money is incredible. They are put to very good use. It is a really effective way of getting money to people who participate in sport. It is one of the most compelling and satisfying mechanisms whereby money...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: It was one year but it was a double amount. Maybe we could have strung it out by putting it out for another year but instead we gave two years in one. That was the last one and large amounts were given out and a lot of clubs benefitted. However, I take the Deputy's points and promise that we will consider them when we are setting the criteria. I also want to assure people that the process...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: I hope the committee will forgive me if I answer the tourist question first. I have some details here which might be useful.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: The insurance companies will be issuing the green cards shortly. There are 1 million of them.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: That is up to the insurance companies themselves.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: I think the intention is to issue them without request.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: The insurance companies have ordered 1 million cards and they will send them to insurance brokers.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: It is going to happen.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: Yes, that is correct.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: I thank the Chair, but I do not need applause.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Shane Ross: The insurance companies will issue the green cards.