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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: The meeting has been convened to consider the Revised Estimate for Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport, which was referred to the select committee by the Dáil with an instruction that it report back to the Dáil once its consideration was completed. I welcome the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, and his officials. As members are aware, the areas of...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to advise the Minister that the joint committee met last week and this is a meeting of the select committee.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister for that. We will now commence on programme A - civil aviation. I ask members to clearly indicate the subhead to which they are referring so the officials and the Minister are aware of exactly what they are saying. I ask members to limit their questions to one subhead at a time.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: For the information of Deputy Troy, the figures we have do not show the increase mentioned by the Minister. The figure for regional airports is 1.1 million passengers across the past three years. Where did the Minister say there was an increase?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: That is fair enough. We do not have them, but there is no problem.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: It is just a matter of the members having them.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: That is fine. It is just that we did not have those figures.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: That is perfect.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister has answered.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: Of course. The clerk has made a request of the Minister and I appreciate that he will come back to us with a date for when he will be available to discuss the issue.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister has been asked by the clerk to indicate a date on which he will be able to come and agreed that he will come as soon as he can arrange a date in his diary.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: There is nothing-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: I have a question about civil aviation which is relevant to all of the programmes. It concerns carbon reduction across each section. I appreciate that the Minister has referred to the issue, but I would not necessarily expect him to have the detail with him. What is the policy of the Department in interacting with all of the transport agencies. For example, the airports have a huge carbon...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister might send us a note on the issue.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: Perhaps Deputy Rock might have a question.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: While the Minister is looking for them, we can move to programme B. He might supply the note with the figures later as there is no immediate urgency. Programme B relates to land transport. Do members wish to raise any matter in that respect?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: This is about the A5 road, rather than a subhead.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: Correct me if I am wrong but that application was made to the Department of Housing-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: What I know for sure is the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government is looking at an appeal from Louth County Council specifically regarding this funding. If there is a separate application that is fine but I am not aware of it.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (6 Mar 2019) Fergus O'Dowd: As a vote is upcoming in the Dáil, the committee will suspend until it is completed. Is that agreed? Agreed.