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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: On 15 September, the Minister issued a directive to the aviation regulator on the levying of charges at Dublin Airport. Two days later, he received a communication from Ryanair which sought to challenge the Minister’s capacity and entitlement to issue such a direction. Will he outline his reasoning behind the issuing of this communication?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I understand the notion of the Government setting out a broad aviation policy to apply to all airports in the State. A regulator is needed in a sector where there is no effective competition. Accordingly, the regulator adjudges and makes determinations to ensure a balance between the big and the small. I cannot understand, therefore, why the Minister or his Department would have found it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dublin Airport Authority (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: In case the Minister was confused by my request and thought that one did not match with the other, my suggestion on the strike at Iarnród Éireann was that he needed to get on the record much earlier on providing subvention and increasing it in line with growth in the economy in accordance with demands. That is the Minister’s role and all that I suggested he do. I did not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport Services (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Not the Minister; his party.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport Services (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the industrial relations issues at the CIE group of companies; the cost to the taxpayer of the proposed tendering of 10% of public transport bus routes; his plans to improve bus travel times in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36860/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport Services (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister; I think this is our first Question Time with him in the hot seat, as it were. I wish him well in his role. In his first days as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, he was faced with the transport companies, particularly Irish Rail, on the verge of industrial unrest. The strike went ahead and I was disappointed that he took so long to involve himself in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport Services (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I appreciate that the question has a number of parts and it is difficult to get it done in the time; that may be an issue for the House at a later stage. I have always raised concerns about the partial privatisation of certain routes within the network. We only need to look at the experience with London Bus. The Minister might not have had a chance to read himself into what happened with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport Services (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: When looked at in detail, it is more of an ideological decision than anything else. The Minister's party, when in opposition, talked a lot about effectively privatising the public transport network as it applied to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann. It was not possible with Iarnród Éireann, since it has no capacity to make profit. There seemed to be an agreement between Fine Gael...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that the transport sector meets its carbon emissions reduction targets; the number of electric cars currently in use here; the way he intends to implement policies to promote the use of biofuels here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the speed limits review will be completed; the number of changes that have been made so far as a result of the review and on what roads; the cost of the review so far; if he has considered revising the speed limits on the M50 or N7 Naas dual carriageway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36787/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options for creating a more effective public transport link from Dublin city centre to Dublin Airport; the status of DART underground and metro north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (1 Oct 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for excluding Waterford county from the Wild Atlantic Way route; his proposals to include that county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36788/14]

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Timmy Dooley: That was not a big ask for most of the Taoiseach's backbenchers.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Where are all the Labour Party Ministers?

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Timmy Dooley: He recognises that Fine Gael backbench Deputies would not stick with him.

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2014)

Timmy Dooley: There is no need for the gun.

Other Questions: Universal Health Insurance (30 Sep 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Will the Minister go back to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Integrated Ticketing (30 Sep 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Leap cards cannot be used in a touch-on, touch-off manner on Dublin Bus; his plans to introduce this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36825/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Sep 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of fulfilling the commitment to part-fund the A5 improvement project in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36826/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making all bus lanes in our cities operational 24 hours, seven days a week; the further capital investment that will be made in bus lanes this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36827/14]