Results 4,281-4,300 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: I can check that specific route for the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: All those routes are unprofitable.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is not capital expenditure. Deputy Troy stated someone said that. I do not know who said that. I certainly did not say that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is working capital. It is going in specifically as working capital, as bridging finance. That is what it is. It is not money being transferred somehow from the State to a private company. It is going in as working capital and that is its pure purpose. I will read this definition carefully because I asked for it. It states that the working capital requirement is driven by a combination...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is not being paid to Go-Ahead.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is not being transferred to Go-Ahead permanently. It is a cashflow issue, which there is in any-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: I will ask the official to clarify this matter if he so wishes, because it is important.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: On the low-emission issue, the national development plan commits to a transition to low-emission buses including electric buses for the urban bus fleet, with no diesel-only buses purchased from July 2019-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: There will be no diesel-only buses purchased from July 2019, in line with the BusConnects programme. We are transitioning to a green fleet for public transport, including electric buses for the urban public bus fleet, with no diesel-only purchases from July 2019, while promoting commercial bus services and small public service vehicle industry to pursue a low-emission fleet. It is our...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: We do not know that figure at the moment.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: Yes, I think so.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: It is regrettable but we must do it under the current contract, and it is why we are taking this initiative from July 2019.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: In response to the Acting Chairman's question, it certainly is my intention to implement all those recommendations.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: We will act in accordance with any timelines set by the report.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: There are safety implications but we will implement as soon as we possibly can.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: I assume the Acting Chairman is referring to the €1.7 million for pilot training? We will have sufficient money with the general budget that is going to the Coast Guard.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: There is €1.7 million to fund training for night vision goggles and this is coming out of the IAA dividend. That will be sufficient for the training and we believe we will have sufficient resources for all the recommendations.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2018) Shane Ross: There is need for supplementary resources for this.