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- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: Mr. Divilly is on two other boards. Are they executive positions?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: They are non-executive.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: That is fine. My next question relates to the operation of An Post and the adaptation of technology and the challenges technology brings about. I think Mr. Divilly may have alluded to it in the last answer. Drone technology is now being used in the US for deliveries. Amazon, in particular, is experimenting, at any rate, with drones. Colleagues in my office tell me one can now order a...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: Absolutely.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: I do not think so - not yet. That would involve another air traffic regulation.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: Absolutely, and it would need to be regulated, but it is a matter of the challenges posed by parcel delivery services. Sticking to the area of opportunities for An Post, as a politician, I am very familiar - too familiar sometimes - with having to disseminate literature and how to reach mass markets. It is one thing in a town in which there are many different houses side by side; it is in...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: I advocate further investment and resources into that area because it is an opportunity and a challenge for An Post. On a different note, the Irish Postmasters Union published a six-point plan recently. Much of it goes back to comments already made about the importance of retention of the rural post office network and the types of services that can be obtained through the post office,...
- Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: There are challenges but there are also opportunities, including in terms of attracting foreign direct investment here. In seeking to attract foreign direct investment, we must be cognisant of the challenges faced by our citizens in terms of the lack of available housing and school places and the lack of an integrated public transport system within the city and elsewhere, which are quality...
- Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: 40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recent suggestion from the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, ISME, that the Government establish a dedicated unit within her Department to co-ordinate activities to counter the impact of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22772/16]
- Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: I agree with the recent suggestion from ISME that the Government establish a dedicated unit within the Department to co-ordinate activities related to the challenges and opportunities arising from the Brexit decision. Has the Minister considered that or taken steps in that direction?
- Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: If I understood the Minister's reply correctly, there is a task force within the Taoiseach's Department as well as one in the Minister's own Department.
- Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: Okay. I welcome the concentration of resources and effort on this matter. However, I must flag the necessity for collaboration and co-operation within various Departments on this matter. The Brexit decision has many facets, including the North-South and east-west dimensions, as well as international relations and the EU negotiations themselves. The particular focus of my question,...
- Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: Dhá nóiméad.
- Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: Dhá nóiméad.
- Other Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: Thirty seconds.
- Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: On a point of order, if questions are grouped, is that communicated to Deputies in advance?
- Other Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: Do we find out on the day or how does it manifest?
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (20 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: 70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures and contingency plans both her Department and the enterprise agencies under her remit have to deal with the future changing trading relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom; her Department and enterprise agencies' plans to keep all international business stakeholders and investors...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (19 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a number of anomalies that exist under the current rail fare system in County Kildare whereby rail commuters from areas such as Kilcock and Sallins pay exorbitant rail fares as opposed to commuters from other towns in the county which are a short distance away; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22169/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (19 Jul 2016)
James Lawless: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the effort and work he is undertaking to progress Ireland’s Ancient East route; the work and consultation being undertaken to ensure all of the relevant stakeholders will benefit from the associated rise in tourism in these areas as a result of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22167/16]