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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Safety (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate that. I understand that the local authorities will examine each particular stretch of road and find an appropriate speed for it. Many stretches of our secondary roads are not safe to travel on at the standard speed limit of 80 km/h. The speed limit needs to be reduced in those cases. We need to see an appropriate means by which this can be done. The local authorities need to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Safety (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on road safety measures being considered and implemented, including a reduction in speed limits. [43058/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Safety (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I apologise for my late arrival. There was an accident on the N4 and it delayed things this morning a bit. My question is related to that. It is on the safety measures that are being considered, particularly on the issue of speed controls and so on. I ask the Minister of State if he will make a statement on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that a portion of the Luas line, which is expected to extend into Finglas, has not been included in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43066/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (5 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has undertaken a review of the availability of charging points for electric buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43067/23]

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank Deputy Funchion for putting down this motion. As has been said, it is timely in the context of the children going back to school in September and we have the issue of childcare in crisis throughout the country, it has to be said. That is the reality people are facing. I listened to much of the debate. I do not in any way doubt the sincerity of the Minister or anyone in the...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Martin Kenny: This school transport issue goes back some time. In fact, I remember the first school I started in was a little parish school in Carrigallen. Then, it was centralised into the central school in the parish. The smaller schools that people could walk to closed and the deal was that everybody would be bussed to the central school in the parish. That is how it happened across all of rural...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: We will not get answers like that.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: That is not much good to us.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I understand.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate the opportunity. I wish to raise with the Tánaiste the issue of services for children with intellectual disabilities. I sent an email to community healthcare organisation, CHO, 1 on 28 July. I will read a part of it: I am writing with regard to a family living in [Leitrim]. The daughter, Maggie ... (aged 10 years) has yesterday been discharged from CAMHS due to her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I nominate Deputy Smith.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: Why would it take a long time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: Much of our discussion so far has been about the driver and the driver's responsibility. An issue that needs to be examined is the quality of the roads people are using. I come from a rural county, County Leitrim, and was on Leitrim County Council for many years. Every year the local authority provides the Department with a list of places where it feels there are issues with regard to road...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. We are all conscious of what happened over the summer. All of us who use the roads are aware of the issues, particularly concerning young men, which Deputy O'Rourke mentioned. I drive quite a bit, probably about 1,000 km a week. In my experience, a lot of the time it is the fault of the chancers, the people who come up at speed behind...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: The motion is about giving people a chance in the most difficult of circumstances. I am calling on Deputies from all constituencies, particularly those in the north west and on the Border, which, unfortunately, have a particular problem in this regard because of the two jurisdictions being so close to one another, to support the motion. I am calling on the Government to support the motion...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: In what world is it okay that this situation could come to light in July 2022 only for the report to be commissioned four months later in November? Families all over the country are in a dismal situation now, having waited and waited to get appointments, to be seen and to have operations. For a very long time, people have been approaching every Deputy and Senator about significant problems...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Impact on Carbon Budgets of Trend Towards Heavier and Larger Vehicles: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Most of the issues have been covered and I have just a few points to raise. In regard to the models operating in other countries, is it correct that when the weight goes over 1,600 kg, the charge of €10 per kilogram kicks in straight away, or is there a gradient such that when the really heavy cars come into play, the charge is higher?...

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: We are here again after over a year of continuous interest rate increases which people have had to try to bear. I say this in the context of the huge cost-of-living pressures across almost every sector. All the household needs for which people have to pay, such as the cost of putting fuel in their cars or insurance, have gone up and up. One of the areas on which the Government does and can...