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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (30 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with 17 years of attempting to implement the habitats directive having resulted in only partial relocation of domestic turf cutters from two of the 53 so-called special areas of conservation raised bogs, if her views that efforts to resolve the problems imposed upon domestic turf cutters by the Government's designation of these...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas Designation (30 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 28. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met, and is working with, the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on behalf of farmers whose lands are designated and who are being prevented from stock-proofing their land by replacing old and damaged fences as a result of regulations introduced by her Department and the Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (30 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has contacted the Department of Justice and Equality demanding that gardaí be sent out to patrol bogs with a view to preventing domestic turf cutters from exercising their rights to cut their own turf, for their own use, on their own family turf banks; if she will confirm that it is her Department that has...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I note small businesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there a designated person randomly testing bus drivers for drugs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: It is not being done then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What would it cost per year if a service provider carried out tests on say 10% of Bus Éireann drivers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: My understanding is that a medical practitioner must be present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would someone drive to Galway to do such a test for €10 to €15?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Do they charge mileage on top of this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the total cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Would it be €50 or €100? Can Mr. Kenny give me a rough figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I understand Bus Éireann is a large company and trying to do its best in ensuring health and safety standards. Do all its drivers have CPCs, driver certificate of professional competence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Do they do a pre-service test every morning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: How many people does Bus Éireann employ? How many buses does it operate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Has the company ever had a problem with drink-driving?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am coming to points of scale of operation. It will cost a single bus operator more money than it will cost Bus Éireann which has a larger number of employees to undertake these tests. In Norway, for example, in new trucks and buses, the driver must perform a breathalyser test when they get into it. If they fail it, it will not start. I am trying to get the Department to look into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: My understanding is that there are ongoing developments for a similar mechanism for drugs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: My argument back to Mr. Kenny is that we as taxpayers subsidise a certain amount of Bus Éireann’s budget, whereas a private operator has to subsidise himself and keep his fleet on the road.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I urge the delegates to negotiate right up to the last minute to try to solve this problem. There are no winners in strikes. As regards holding on to the extra staff, is Bus Éireann projecting an age profile that would see enough people retiring to facilitate this? Has Bus Éireann taken a look at public transport services around the country? There are counties in which there...