Results 4,421-4,440 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (20 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: The information on advertising costs requested by the Deputy is available on my Department's website at the following link: My Department publishes information on all expenditure on external services, on a six monthly basis each year, and the second part of 2018 (July - December) will be published in early 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (20 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I intend to publish the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018 this month, which was approved by cabinet today, providing for the designation of Fingal County Council as the Competent Authority for the purposes of EU Regulation 598/2014. The target is to enact the Bill by the end of the year.  As the Deputy is aware, a General Scheme of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I fully understand Deputy Troy's concern about the incidents he is mentioning, particularly when they affect his area and constituents. He really does not expect me to get involved in any specific incidents that happen on trains or buses. It might make good copy for his local newspaper to come in here and say what he said but if he expects me-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: -----to say I should intervene in respect of a specific incident, I am not going to do it. I have no intention of doing it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: What I said quite specifically is that this is for other people, agencies and authorities. They are well capable of dealing with the incidents. My concern overall is, of course, for the safety of staff and passengers. I am as concerned as the Deputy about the matters he addressed. My duty is not to interfere when an individual passenger has an unfortunate experience, however. It is to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputies Troy and Lahart for raising a matter that is topical. This is an unusual occurrence in this House and it is very welcome that they are doing so. As the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding for public transport. However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The safety and security...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cross-Border Projects (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: The current funding arrangements in relation to the A5 are governed by the Stormont House Agreement and Implementation Plan - A Fresh Start. This Agreement reaffirmed the Government's commitment to provide funding of £50 million for the A5 project and committed an additional £25 million towards the cost of Phase 1 of the project (Newbuildings to north of Strabane). The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 178 together. As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for ensuring the development and delivery of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area including, in consultation with Iarnród...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for regulating fares charged by public transport operators. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations Upgrade (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport. The operation of the rail network and stations on the network including upgrade of train stations, is a matter for Iarnród Éireann in the first instance. In view of Iarnród Éireann's responsibility in this matter, I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for regulating fares charged by public transport operators. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, the planning, design and operation of individual roads is a matter for the relevant road authority in relation to local and regional roads, or for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Energy Efficiency (15 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: A Public Sector Energy Efficiency Strategy was published by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in January 2017. The Public Sector Energy Reporting Programme forms part of this Strategy and this Department reports to SEAI under this Programme. Energy Efficiency for this Department shows an increase of 12.3% to the end of 2017. My Department has taken a number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Policy 2018-2027: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (14 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank the Committee for giving me the opportunity to speak today. I am joined on my left by the Minister of State with responsibility for tourism and sport, Deputy Griffin. I am also joined by officials of the Department: Ken Spratt, Peter Hogan, Noel Sheahan and James Lavelle. With the permission of the Chairman, I propose to share my speaking time with my colleague, the Minister of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Policy 2018-2027: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (14 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I will ask the Minister of State to start and I will follow up on each question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Policy 2018-2027: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (14 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: Senator O'Mahony addressed the issue of participation and said how important it was to the health of the nation. The current figure is that only 43% are participating fully now. We want to get that up to 50% and the questions are how we do it and which groups we target. The Senator is probably aware that only 23% or 24% of people with disabilities are participating properly in sport. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Policy 2018-2027: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (14 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: May I respond to the Vice Chairman's questions first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Policy 2018-2027: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (14 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I will make a number of points so we can deal with it all together. With regard to the knee-jerk reaction to the hockey, we wanted to recognise what they had done. If we had not done anything to acknowledge their achievement, the Vice Chairman would have been the first person to ask where the Minister was and what he was doing when these poor, unfortunate hockey players were not given any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Policy 2018-2027: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (14 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: All right. What we did was recognise a minority sport in a very concrete way. We will continue to do that where it is necessary. Sometimes we do not spot them coming all the way but they deserved support, not just with the presence of Ministers over there but also in terms of money and funding for the Olympics. It was not quite a knee-jerk reaction in terms of hockey. When we allotted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Sports Policy 2018-2027: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (14 Nov 2018)

Shane Ross: I endorse what the Minister of State says. Rio was a catalyst for addressing many gaps in our corporate governance and it forced everyone to look at themselves and comply with the new rules which are coming into force on the large-scale sports infrastructure fund. Deputy Troy asked why it was taking so long. There is no real reason except that we wanted to get it absolutely right and to...