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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Maybe he is eating his Easter egg.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am trying to understand a point Deputy Troy made about Dún Laoghaire. For centuries, the port has been used as a passenger port.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The boats that brought generations of people away from our coast-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: They might be baby ships but they were at the port. Does Ms McCarthy envisage any solution for any of the ships, regardless of their size, in Dún Laoghaire?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I just do not understand why Dún Laoghaire would not be an obvious place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Maybe it has changed since I went over.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Craft of different sizes are being introduced. Some of them would be suitable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is quantified as-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is that 45 out of the 175?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have visited Dublin Port and I realise the massive stress it is under in the context of Brexit. I was shown the new areas for-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I ask Ms McCarthy to allow me to finish my point. There are new areas for customs and excise and agriculture. In addition, the port now has a huge inland port near Dublin Airport. To say that no efforts are being made to remove activity from the port is not correct. Very significant efforts are being made. Representatives of the port explained to me that the dock is needed when cargo...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I also agree with the Deputy's suggestion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is agreed. I think everybody recognises the importance of the cruise ship business, the employment and its significance for the growing economy, while at the same time everybody realises that Dublin Port must primarily deal with exports and imports and the landbridge is hugely important to our economy. Having been there recently and looked at it in some detail, the actual difficulty...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I think it is our job to see whether that could be delivered earlier.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have listened to the witnesses and respect what they say, but let me get my points across. I will be happy to debate them with the witnesses. To say that Dublin Port is not concerned is not true. To say that it is not trying to find an alternative for the cruise liners is also not true, because it is. The question is whether we can make that work faster. Dublin Port is saying that it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: There is no doubt about that, and that is because of the good efforts of the witnesses. What the witnesses need is constructive engagement, by which I mean a plan to which everybody signs up. They need a timeline that suits them. If we can facilitate or put together, and they are the people who can do that, the guarantees from cruise liners and so on that they spoke about-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: If I can make this point, our role as an Oireachtas committee is to assist in that and tell Dublin Port, Bord Fáilte or whoever to get this issue sorted out. We will do everything we can to assist that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Ireland Cruise Ship Action Group: Discussion (29 May 2019)
Fergus O'Dowd: The committee did not talk about the cruise ships when we met Dublin Port's representatives; we were looking at the Brexit issue. However, they showed me the properties they had identified that are currently occupied by private entities, which were port-owned properties. They are ceasing their leases and putting out people who have other activities in the port. They just want 100%...