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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: The road safety television advertisement over the Christmas period was remarkably effective. The witness made reference to it earlier when he said that it is effective when one has the combined traffic corps resources behind the campaign. We know that drink driving is a major factor in road accidents and fatalities, but one wonders if the message has gotten through. That particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: -----get the message to them from a young age. When we look at the statistics for speeding and drink driving, the age group is those who have just completed second level or college. The message is not getting through, no matter what. If there is something on their schoolbags literally from primary school age, then awareness is created even if it is subconscious in nature. Schools would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: My apologies, I actually said months instead of weeks. Even at that, though, it is discouraging. A lot of the problem arises from a lack of local test centres.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: Just on the issue of Drogheda -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: Okay.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in conjunction with the National Transport Authority (NTA), he will carry out and publish a full review of loss-making routes on which private bus carriers currently operate, including the number of private licences issued on these routes, when these licences were issued and when these routes ceased to make a profit due to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Review (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's and the National Transport Authority's plans regarding a review of public transport policy, as mentioned in Realising Our Rural Potential: Action Plan for Public Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6103/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason provided to him by the National Transport Authority regarding the decision it took not to adopt legislation passed in Dáil Éireann in December 2016, that is, an amendment to the Road Traffic Act 2016 allowing for the regulation of rickshaws; if he plans to sign the amendment into law; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Immigration Controls (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has contacted the relevant departments in the United States administration regarding the ongoing matter of the recently introduced travel ban, especially its implementation in Irish airports through preclearance facilities, in order to discuss the matter and its effect on persons who travel from Irish airports; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: 79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the local and regional roads funding allocation for County Louth of €5.1 million, representing an increase on the previous year of €384,000 is adequate, in view of the serious deterioration in roads throughout the county over the past number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6099/17]

Bus Éireann: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 3:(a) To insert the following after “struggled to compete with new market entrants in recent years;”:“ — Bus Éireann’s commercial service, Expressway, has suffered from falling revenues in part due to saturation of the market owing to poor licencing practice by the National Transport Authority;” and(b) To insert the following...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: In the middle of this discussion on gender quotas and the promotion of women in sport, I was beginning to wonder whether the two female Deputies present would get an opportunity to speak. Will the Minister explain the selection process used in the Olympic Council of Ireland for president, vice president and other roles on the executive committee? Nobody seems to know what is the precise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: I am sorry for interrupting but I asked the Minister to explain the selection process for positions such as president or vice president. Is he saying he has no idea of how the selection process operates for those positions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: We have a right to know, in the interests of good governance and the fact that the council receives funding, the exact nature of the selection process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: There certainly is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: It should be open and transparent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: Okay. Is there a response on the question about regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: Is the Minister of State saying Sport Ireland will then be in charge of regulating the bodies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Imelda Munster: I thank the Minister of State. My next question is about funding for Sport Ireland. It corresponds to pages 12 and 30 of the briefing document. Is it correct that the Department told Sport Ireland that it cannot pay the final €1 million in outstanding legal fees from the astronomical bill of €3.9 million in the Dublin Waterworld case, yet it seems to have granted €1.4...