Results 3,421-3,440 of 7,556 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Has the company spoken to the Department or anyone else in this regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is a future-proofed plan for a facility that will be fit for purpose.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is future-proofing across the board.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Carr is happy enough. There has been significant change in planning laws, with the establishment of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, MARA, the framework and all the rest of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, I am asking whether Mr. Carr believes the sector is in the right place and if he is reasonably happy. I imagine he would much prefer that the planning process was faster and better, but is he happy in general terms?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Of course it is. We need to make sure we have the grid infrastructure in place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Carr's first worry is the foreshore licence and then ensuring the company can avail of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am being moved on, which is unfortunate for everybody involved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I would like to continue to discuss the particular issues raised with regard to France. Is the main part of this related to France protecting its industry? A certain part of it is because it wants to force movement to rail from an environmental point of view. Obviously, this will not suit with regard to a significant amount of what we are speaking about. Are these the main reasons? Mr....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: You are not putting out anyone's lights out.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: How do we get this issue moved on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It has gone to Paris.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is with the central government.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, it was designed without taking this into account.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It was introduced to deal with a particular problem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Nolan is not speaking about big players numbers-wise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: No, but it is a solution and eventually we will get to that point. Will the Irish Road Haulage Association representatives state explicitly what exactly they are speaking about? On some level they are almost dealing with the island of Ireland being treated in the same way as how the North is being treated. We all get the idea of streamlining health certificates and whatever sanitary checks...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is not the first time the IRHA has brought up this issue. What has the engagement been at governmental level and, beyond that, at European level? I imagine there is an element of fear and trepidation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: The IRHA had always said that, and it said that it completely changed the means by which goods came into Ireland in the sense that, even when hauliers from Europe would have come here, collections would have been made in Britain, where, let us say, of that 100%, 10% was for Ireland. That was being got at a cheaper rate so it was collected in Britain and, to a degree, that system worked....