Results 6,701-6,720 of 19,173 for speaker:Shane Ross
- Other Questions: Industrial Relations (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: I will reply to part of what Deputy Troy said but will not reply to a contemptible allegation. I am absolutely committed to holding the public transport stakeholder dialogue which Deputy Troy stated I failed to hold. My interest is that industrial relations should be extremely good. The Deputy is aware that during an industrial relations dispute when the unions, quite understandably,...
- Other Questions: Industrial Relations (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: I told the Deputy that it is my intention for that to happen as soon as possible. It is an operational matter for the NTA but it is a high priority.
- Other Questions: Pension Provisions (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 35 together. I refer Deputy Barry to the answer given to Parliamentary Question No. 2, for which he was present. Issues in regard to the CIÉ pension scheme are primarily a matter for the CIÉ group, its employees and the trustees of the pension scheme. The employees of CIÉ group companies, Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann,...
- Other Questions: Industrial Relations (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8, 13, 23 and 87 together. The commencement of off-peak commuter services on the Kildare line through the Phoenix Park tunnel is the subject of industrial relations discussions in Irish Rail. The services are expected to commence later this year and I am determined that they will. Industrial relations are a matter for the company and its employees....
- Other Questions: Industrial Relations (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: I will.
- Other Questions: Industrial Relations (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: I am sorry; I will let him in first.
- Other Questions: Industrial Relations (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: They have been grouped together.
- Other Questions: Sports Facilities Provision (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: I thank the Deputy for giving me the opportunity to raise this. It is a pleasure to do so. Controversial and difficult decisions often have to be made in this Department but the sports campus is a living vision. I also thank Deputy Griffin who put enormous work into this project, more than myself. It is something we are very proud of. I will list some of the projects that have been...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: As the Deputy is aware, the National Transport Authority's, NTA, transport strategy for the greater Dublin area 2016-2035 proposes implementation of the overall DART expansion programme. In the Government’s budgetary framework for capital investment, Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021, funding was allocated to progress a number of key...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: Deputy Ryan was a little bit histrionic.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: During that 20 years-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: -----I believe the Deputy was in government.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: I did not interrupt the Deputy. He was in government for that period of time. I do not know when this particular project was cancelled but I think the DART underground was deferred by the previous Government in November 2010.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: When you were not so busy deferring bankrupting the country, bankrupting the banks and propping up Brian Cowen and Bertie Ahern, which he did with alacrity, I do not know what you were doing about transport but we inherited a situation in transport from you guys which was an absolute and utter disaster. You get up here day in, day out wanting to spend money like water, as you did the time...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: That is the outrageous type of narrative Deputy Ryan comes out with day after day. We should be spending €4 billion on an underground-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: We are doing an extremely progressive job. We will not bankrupt the country for infrastructure.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: I am speechless-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: -----having to listen to this extraordinary narrative which you come in here day after day-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: Yes. I wish to know the pills this man is taking.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)
Shane Ross: This man must be smoking amnesia-----