Results 5,001-5,020 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The problem with the Deputy is that he reads newspaper headlines and reports which bear little relation to reality or to anything I have said and takes them as gospel. I cannot be held responsible for what the Deputy might think——

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: ——as a result of what he might read in certain publications. The statements I have made in this House are statements of policy. The statements in the programme for Government deal with public transport. That is the policy I am pursuing. I have outlined my priorities, on which I intend to deliver, one after the other, which will give us the public transport system we need in Dublin....

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Acting Chairman could not expect me to be brief when dealing with a tissue of lies.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I withdraw the word "lie"——

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: ——and call it an untruth.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I have. It is an untruth, or several untruths. The Deputy will have to stop getting his information from unreliable sources.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Yes. The Deputy has to stop believing the headlines that some sub-editors put at the top of the newspapers. Once, if not twice, I explained the Dublin transport authority Bill was ready and complete when I took office.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I reviewed its terms in the light of changed circumstances, one of which I told the Deputy was the composition of the Government. I thought it courteous to allow my new colleagues to read the terms of the Bill.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I indicated to the Deputy that a PSO directive was almost finalised and that the Bill had to be reviewed in that light. There was a legal action against the State at EU level that also had to be taken into account. I had a particular interest in ensuring the land use and transport sections of the Bill would be sufficiently strong to ensure the issues could be married. I also told him that...

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy should not get too excited about the negative spins put on Transport 21 in the newspapers. We are spending €9.4 million per day and will secure 175 million extra public transport journeys as a result.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: There will be 75 million extra suburban rail journeys.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Yes but I would hate for the Deputy to read all the negative stories and not to be aware of all the wonderful things happening in the country. Perhaps he would prefer to continue in his ignorance.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The Acting Chairman should not apologise.

Marine Accidents. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: The recommendations referred to by the Deputy are contained in a report published by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board, MCIB, on 28 May 2007. The report relates to the tragic capsizing and sinking of the fishing vessel the Rising Sun in fishing grounds off the County Wexford coast on 29 November 2005, with the loss of two lives. I convey again my sympathies to the families on their...

Marine Accidents. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: As I explained to the Deputy, the priority since the publication of this report was to get the regulations in place for the larger 14 to 24 m fishing vessels. That decision was made in view of the circumstances and because they are likely to have more people on board, with a greater risk for crew. In that sense I support what the Department has done in prioritising that area. There was no...

Marine Accidents. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: It is both unfair and untrue to say that my Department has done nothing about the safety of fishing vessels, and I cannot accept that.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 18 and 35 together. I refer Deputy O'Dowd to the reply to Priority Question No. 3. Plans to introduce competition into the Dublin bus market have not been abandoned. The Government is committed to seeing the further expansion and enhancement of public bus services and wants to see a world class service delivered to all citizens. Moreover, the Government...

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: Currently a private operator can submit a licence application for any route he or she believes money is to be made on. There is no problem about that. In recent years in particular, the Department has tried to streamline procedures. The 1932 Act, to which the Deputy refers, is very outdated. It is very much a subjective type of approach to bus licensing, there are no appeals mechanisms...

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I am delighted Deputy Broughan got that off his chest. I was wondering how long it would take him today. I am surprised the Deputy believes my view that we should have a public transport system akin to that in Germany represents right-wing ideology. It is more to the left.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Noel Dempsey: I am probably to the left of the Deputy on many issues, despite all his semantics and rantings in the House.