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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress at tackling inappropriate behaviour in the Defence Forces arising from concerns raised in 2021 by a number of serving and retired personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3645/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This series of questions is about the response to the serious concerns arising from the experiences of members of the Defence Forces, particularly women. I acknowledge the Minister has given a detailed answer to Deputy Clarke already under priority questions. My focus is on the independence of the measure the Minister proposes, whether the chair will be free to write about the scale of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is the key point for me, that she is free to express whether she has received co-operation. That is one of the key concerns around a statutory inquiry or otherwise. I ask the Minister to recognise, of course, in his capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, that today is Holocaust Memorial Day. It may have been marked by another Deputy in advance of me mentioning this....

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I have just come from the committee on gender equality so I missed a little bit of this meeting and I apologise if I repeat anything. With regard to gender balance, I see from the annual report that at the end of 2020 the board had two female members, 22%, and seven male members with three positions vacant. I would like a progress...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is still a way to go.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is but it is no harm to highlight it here either. I want to ask about the green school travel and active school travel projects the NTA has been engaged in. There has been significant funding from the NTA for local authorities. Will the witnesses give an outline of this and how they think it is going in terms of efficiency?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is that distinct from the active travel project?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What is the funding amount that has been spent?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Can the witnesses give me an approximate figure?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What was spent in 2021?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses. So much is caught up in this with the climate agenda and with making life easier for parents and children. In my area I have seen huge infrastructural improvements with more to come. I am not asking for problems but what is the relationship with the local authorities in terms of governance, efficiency and oversight? Will the witnesses describe it to me, please?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am not trying to frame it in terms of-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am really asking about governance.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I can see at every level that huge effort is going into this and that is fantastic. I want to go back down to the broader read-across of other supports for public transport in schools. I will highlight the example of the 59 and 111 bus routes in Dublin. This is where a review of the routes and timetables is necessary to support schoolchildren and their families. At 3.43 p.m. a 59 bus...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is an opportunity in this to explain the difficulties with it. People are frustrated that the DART is not more regular. Obviously level crossings are a big part of this. Will the witnesses take this opportunity to explain the reasons for this and what is driving it?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We would like it to be more regular than every ten minutes, particularly at rush hour. A frequency of every ten minutes is okay.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ms Graham should get on at Glenageary at 8.10 a.m. and tell me how she gets on. We would like it to be more regular. I am asking about the practical problems that impede this because people would like to know.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The briefing material refers to additional turning points. Where are they likely to be?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: If that could be done in Dún Laoghaire, would it then be possible to have a service going from Bray and Greystones, or further, and increase the frequency of the service in more heavily populated areas in that way?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Is it possible to estimate the costs that might be involved?