Results 4,161-4,180 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: That is very disappointing in the context of the volume and extra capacity required in Dublin. I welcome the fact that there are to be some improvements. Can the Minister let us know when these buses will come on stream? I know the Ryder Cup buses are available. Does the Minister agree that they must be targeted in the vicinity of the M50, to bring people who live on the far side of that...
- Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Is the Minister to give 100 buses to the private sector?
- Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Does the Minister mean capital subvention?
- Public Transport. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister has made a significant announcement.
- Port Development. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Transport when a decision on future port capacity will be made, as this is a critical national issue. [30174/06]
- Port Development. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: I am well aware these investments have to stand up commercially. It is up to the ports to make the investments. However, the Minister for Transport is responsible for making broad strategic decisions about where capacity will be provided. When the Minister spoke earlier about buses, he said he was great at making decisions and that we would be hopeless at making decisions. He is the...
- Port Development. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: I am not disputing the success of the economy.
- Port Development. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister of State has been proactive in commissioning reports, but he has not been proactive in making decisions. Will the Minister of State make a strategic decision? Will he give strategic direction to the ports? Will he outline where he thinks capacity should be provided? Will he ensure capacity is provided in a way that could integrate with our rail freight policy, if we had a...
- Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister can show his concern for the environment by taking one simple action. He must stop the sale by CIE, which it is currently undertaking, of the freight infrastructure and all the equipment associated with the Guinness contract. It is being sold off because CIE failed to secure the contract. I suspect it did not try very hard. It is now selling off the capacity that would allow...
- Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister keeps telling me that is the case but I can give him chapter and verse on the reality of the situation. He is sitting back and allowing this to happen. We will never be able to bring this equipment back. It may not be economically viable to CIE but it may be so to somebody else. The economics are changing daily given the increasing cost of oil and in terms of the fees we will...
- Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Will the Minister answer the question? Will he stop the sale of this equipment?
- Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Will the Minister say whether he will stop the sale of the equipment?
- Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: However, CIE is the regulator and while it does not want the equipment, it does not want anybody else to have it either.
- Energy Resources. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: I can give the Minister chapter and verse on that.
- Dublin Transport Authority. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Purcell, issued a report yesterday on integrated ticketing. The cost to the taxpayer of this issue has been around â¬9 million so far, and it has been almost as many years in the making. We have nothing to show for all this, not even a smart card, except that the cost is rising on a daily basis. The Comptroller and Auditor General did not blame the...
- Dublin Transport Authority. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Bad leadership.
- Dublin Transport Authority. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Is the Minister answering the question on integrated ticketing or the Dublin transportation authority?
- Dublin Transport Authority. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: I was using integrated ticketing as an example of the need for a co-ordinating body.
- Dublin Transport Authority. (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister is delivering promises, not action.
- Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: We did that.