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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of reducing fares on Iarnród Éireann by 10%. [27082/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ulster Canal Restoration Project (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: 282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation for 2019 for the Ulster Canal project. [27072/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: How would Mr. Harris describe the level of funding that the Garda Síochána has received this year for the running of the force?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Harris has described it as tight. With everything that needs to be done would he describe it as insufficient?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: Does the Garda's current funding limit the force in what it would like to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: Community policing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: The purpose of my questioning was to gauge Mr. Harris's opinion. The Minister for Justice and Equality said yesterday in the Dáil Chamber that the Garda was in receipt of unprecedented record funding. I was wondering if he was putting bells on that. I thought we would have no woes in any town or country if that was the case. The Commissioner will be aware of the ongoing feud in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: If the Commissioner wants to have a chat or perhaps correspond afterwards, that is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: As I said, the gardaí are working as best they can with the resources we have, bearing in mind that this kicked off last July with the first of the shooting instances and it was only three weeks ago that we got an additional 25 new gardaí. I will not repeat everything I said but we are asking the questions now because the situation is at crisis point and because of the brazen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: I am for now but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: Yes. That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: I apologise for being late; I was held up in the Dáil. It is welcome that funding for the retrofit programme is to be trebled by 2021. What has the programme delivered to date? What is expected to be delivered under it by 2021? A one-stop-shop to provide for centralised customer contact is something in which I have a particular interest. If there was a one-stop-shop, people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: I ask the Minister to forward them on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: Indeed it was.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: The Minister must not have seen that; he would have crossed it out, I am sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: There were just two other questions. The one-stop shop, the centralised customer contact centre, was a big issue. What progress has been made on that? The Minister had said the NTA was developing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: No. It is a customer centre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: Is it still at proposal stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Accessibility of Public Transport for People with Disabilities: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (26 Jun 2019)

Imelda Munster: I ask the Minister to press for progress on that so that people have-----