Results 3,761-3,780 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: He is talking about just one bus.
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister is deluded.
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Will that help to reduce Ireland's emissions?
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: People know they are not available.
- Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: The feasibility study is to be welcomedââ
- Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: We are in agreement. It was somewhat miraculous that money was allocated for this project even though it was not in the plan. I wonder how many other projects are in that category.
- Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: It certainly was not in the two-page plan which the Minister published but he might have had a plan in his back pocket called the election plan.
- Light Rail Project. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: How did it fall off the plan, given the landscape in that area between Dundrum and Tallaght is entirely characterised by rural laneways that have been tarmacadamed over and swallowed up by suburbia which is now very densely populated? Their transport needs cannot be met by buses even if there were buses available. I want to impress on the Minister the urgency of ensuring that this...
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport the way he will ensure that there is an adequate number of buses in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6806/07]
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: I realise this was not an original question. However, I hoped for an original answer. The Minister knows as well as I that traffic conditions in Dublin deteriorate daily and will continue to do so in the short to medium term with the building of various transport projects such as metro and Luas, the intensification of work on the M50 and growth in the economy and population. The general...
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Not in the suburbs.
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: Not in Dublin Port where the throughput is down by 20% since Monday.
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: It is fantasy to think Dublin Bus is busy allocating the 20 buses a year it received. It would not take long.
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister failed completely to answer my question on the Dublin transport authority.
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: When will it be established to liberalise the bus market? Is it true the Taoiseach is dead set against it? Who will win in this case? Will the authority be established? Will we have a liberalised bus market?
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: When will it start providing franchises for private sector bus services?
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: When will we have a liberalised bus market? It will not happen.
- Public Transport. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister is at it eight years.
- Rail Services. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: There is a significant hidden cost.
- Rail Services. (21 Feb 2007)
Olivia Mitchell: The Government does that already with the roads.