Results 3,381-3,400 of 25,997 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Is TII required to inform the Department that it is going to bring about those increases?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Do they do this is a matter of practice as distinct from a legal point?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: With regard to the increases that were announced in December 2021, the Minister of State said there were no increases for toll charges for cars since 2013. That was roughly eight years previously. So there had not been an increase for a number of years. Why was there suddenly a further increase in the space of a year?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Is there no latitude whereby TII can state that there are exceptional circumstances in terms of the cost of living and not provide that increase?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Can I just get clarity for last year when TII approved increases? What was the increase at that time?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Did that relate to the eight tolls or was it eight PPPs plus the two tolls that come under the direct remit of-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Going back to the Estimates, which is the main reason we are here today, I want to be certain if my analysis is correct. Under subhead B4, public service provisions payments, there is a figure of €92.515 million. Am I correct in saying that €82 million of that relates to the additional moneys given for the public service obligation in terms of the reductions in fares based on...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: The €9 million has been void from savings in the aviation travel package and travel tour operator fund. How did those savings arise?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: According to the Minister of State's opening statement, "Some €9 million has been vired from savings in the aviation travel package and travel tour operator funds, to reduce the net requirement to €82.515 million." How did that arise?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: That was not drawn down because Covid had subsided.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Due to Covid subsiding, people were able to travel.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: When does the Minister of State expect the scheme relating to the cost of fuel relating to the haulage sector to be in place?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Has the Minister met with the road hauliers on this?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Is that with Mr. Brennan, his colleagues and others?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: There is a serious problem with driver licences. The Minister of State needs to go back to the RSA and find out what it is doing with the number of driver testers. This is a numbers game. The RSA does not have enough driver testers. It makes no sense. A derogation should have been given for the 30 staff who were there. In the current climate, a way should have been found to give a...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: Why was it not picked up that there would be additional costs when the Department did the original Estimate last year? Why is the Minister of State coming back now?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: I would prefer if we could deal with it today. Would it be fair to say that when the Government was doing the Estimates, Covid was still strong and it so happened that it subsided, which enabled this training to take place? Is that the reason?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: What I am saying is that the reason it was not picked up when the Government did the original Estimate is that it did not expect the training to be done because of Covid.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: It is roughly 5%. It is a lot of money but not in the overall context of the budget. I will return to the issue of HGV licences. There are a number of aspects to this. It involves the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of work permits. A person in South Africa would apply to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a work permit. Once this person...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Kieran O'Donnell: That is one element.