Results 6,981-7,000 of 15,830 for speaker:Robert Troy
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: The Minister has started to answer the questions.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: I am sorry to interrupt but a lot of the Minister's answers this morning are like a copy and paste from the Ireland 2040 document. He is outlining the Department's aspirations over a longer period of time. While a lot of those aspirations and commitments are welcome like Deputy Murphy, I am interested in the here and now, in this year. I am merely seeking the figure for 2018 for the...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: The 2018 figure for cycling is €8 million. Can I take that as a given?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: With all due respect, I have read the plan for 2040. I have read about BusConnects and I know what is promised. I asked specific questions this morning in relation to the bottlenecks and the pinch points identified by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. Is the Minister aware of them, have they been costed and when can they be implemented? That would help with congestion here and now. I also...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Yes, but more funding will be required to identify them.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Has the NTA made an application for funding?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: No, I do not.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Is the Minister referring to the optimal land use paper?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Was it wise to publish the Department's long-term strategy for investment in public transport in advance of knowing the optimal land use? Surely one would feed into the other? The Minister has prioritised investment in public transport infrastructure for the next decade but his Department does not yet know what is the optimal use for land and will not know until the end of this year.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: One would imagine that the optimal land use policy would be done before investing in public transport.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: I notice there is a small increase in the allocation for maritime and the Irish Coast Guard. I submitted a number of parliamentary questions recently to which the Minister replied. The replies indicated that of the 58 Irish Coast Guard stations only 26 have running water, bathroom and Internet facilities. A total of 12 units have running water, bathroom and no Internet. One building unit...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: No, I asked a question.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Is the Minister satisfied that adequate resources are being put in place so as to ensure that improvements are carried out this year at those stations that need them? My point about the equipment used by the Coast Guard was-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: In light of the awful tragedy involving the loss of four lives, the first anniversary of which was recently commemorated, has there been a review of the equipment that the Coast Guard is using and is the Minister satisfied that all of its equipment is fit for purpose and up to international standards? My final point relates to Deputy Murphy's comments on ports and Brexit. The Minister...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: I genuinely appreciate how restricted the Minister is in what he can say about an ongoing investigation, but what happened in the past does not absolve the Department or any of us from needing to ensure that an audit has been conducted so that the equipment used by people working in the Coast Guard has been tested and found to be fit for purpose. I will not ask the Minister to comment on...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: I have a number of quick questions to ask. Under the grant for sporting bodies and the provision for sports and recreational facilities part-funded by the national lottery, there is a decrease from the 2017 figure. Why is that? Various bodies from minority sports appeared before the committee. Deputy O'Keeffe arranged that with the Chairman recently. They do not like their sports to be...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: No. I said the parliamentary question reply one reads will determine when the scheme opens. One reply earlier this year indicated it would open within a number of months, and one last week indicated it would open in a number of months as well. The number of months keeps moving, depending on when one asks the question.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: Can the Minister give the month in which applications will open this year and a ballpark figure as to how much funding will be available this year under the scheme?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (18 Apr 2018) Robert Troy: To be fair, if the Minister only opens the applications in September - I do not wish to put dates in his mind - the chances are that no funding will be allocated under the 2018 budget because based on previous years, it will take a number of months to adjudicate on the applications. To be fair, there is a big difference in terms of when the application process opens and closes and that will...