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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Senator has raised an important point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Not at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Okay. We note that correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. On No. 2019/413, it is proposed to note this correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is an email received from Pádraig Kelly from the office of the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people, Deputy Jim Daly, dated 18 February regarding the upcoming joint committee meeting on rural taxis, thanking us for his invitation to appear. He has other commitments and he has suggested another witness to appear who is actually here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: On Nos. 2019/414A and 2019/414B, it is proposed to note this correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. On No. 2019/415, it is proposed to note this correspondence. That is about the people appearing today. Is that agreed? Agreed. On No. 2019/416, Deputy Rock is not here at the moment but he had expressed concerns about the MetroLink and suggested that we should have a discussion with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to record in public the decisions agreed last week by the committee. On COM (2018)893, it is proposed that there are no subsidiarity concerns with this proposal. It is further proposed that this proposal does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. On COM (2018)894, it is proposed that there are no subsidiarity concerns with this proposal. It is further proposed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is there any other business?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: The committee agreed to note it. The correspondent refers to the Cork service-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a matter for the Deputy to propose further action.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course. We will refer No. 2019/409 to the NTA for response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: In the first session of today's meeting we will consider the issue of rural taxis. In this regard, I welcome Mr. Myles O’Reilly, general secretary of the Taxi Dispatch Operators Representative Association, TDORA; Mr. Vinny Kearns, chief executive of Xpert Taxis Limited, Dublin; Mr. Der Calnan, managing director of Satellite Taxis, Cork; Mr. Eric O’Brien, chief executive of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. O'Reilly. I now ask Mr. Jim Waldron to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Waldron. I now ask Mr. Macken to read his opening statement. If Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Calnan wish, they may make opening statements as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank Mr. Macken. There are no further opening statements, so we will proceed as normal. To explain to everyone present, the normal process is that we deal with members of the committee first before moving to people who are not members of the committee, and the order is Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, Independents and others. That is the rotation, so everyone knows where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Of course. I call Deputy Troy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: To explain to the witnesses, what we normally do is all of the members make comments before we go back to the witnesses and then we will go over and back on all the issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Members have every right to ask any question, including a question that has already been asked, but I ask for new questions also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will just make a few comments and then we will move on to the answers to the questions. We will then go over and back between the members. The witnesses are very welcome. They have a vast collective wealth of experience from right across the country. They provide a very important public service; I acknowledge that. The absence of the critical mass required to provide services...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: Do any of our other guests wish to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Taxis and Rural Transport Programme: Discussion (27 Feb 2019)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will come back to Senator Feighan after Mr. Macken has spoken.