Results 61-80 of 7,126 for speaker:Alan Farrell

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: I want to mention two other items aside from the airport, one of which is the reallocation of funding for the A5, which the Minister of State mentioned in his opening remarks. Could he give us a brief overview as to how that arose? Before I comment on the airport, the Minister of State spoke with Deputy O'Rourke earlier about capacity issues and the responsibility of the NTA and others to...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister of State. I will conclude by taking the opportunity to revisit the conversation we had a little earlier in relation to Dublin Airport, as this is our last committee meeting scheduled before we presume the plug is pulled on the Thirty-third Dáil. It is necessary for me to commend the Minister of State's frankness in his remarks as to how we got here. As I have said...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: I understand it took seven months for the DAA to come back with some additional information.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: How would the Minister of State characterise something like that, when we are faced with a series of events and the airport operator is telling us we have impediments that should not be in place, even though the operator itself is causing the delays?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: To be fair, Minister of State, you did it. You did it in a very indirect way, but you did it.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister of State. We have gone slightly off topic in this Estimates meeting but it is a very worthwhile conversation to have on Dublin Airport and aviation in the country. The Minister of State is quite right about regional airports. I would interlink the all-island strategic rail review with the future capacity of some airports, particularly Shannon.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their attendance and engagement.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Message to Dáil. (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has considered the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2024: Vote 31 - Transport.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures his Department is taking to ensure that next-generation ticketing on public transport services is implemented in the most cost-effective manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44601/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Farrell: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the planned introduction of next-generation ticketing, NGT, on public transport services; to detail the expenditure to date and planned expenditure as it relates to NGT projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44602/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee. Yesterday, a far older, wiser and more experienced colleague of ours stated that there are political forces whose role is to find conflict as opposed to identifying ways to collaborate to solve problems. Those forces are on display at this committee. Regarding the €300 million in grant funding the Minister mentioned, will the he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: I have one follow-up question. Is there a budget associated with the plan being brought forward for the SME sector? Will the Minister outline it to the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (24 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: 36. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on his Department's efforts to address CDNT waiting lists in CH09; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39012/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (24 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of achieving the targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a building energy rating of B2/cost optimal and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less-efficient heating systems by end-2030. [43769/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (24 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual cost of the retrofit grants provided by the SEAI. [43770/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of trebling the number of publicly available charging points, based on the average cost to date, if future projections are not available. [43768/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (24 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of maintaining the 20% reduction in public transport fares on public service obligation routes until 2030; and the cost of increasing the reduction by 5% to 25% and by 10% to 30%. [43767/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: 145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of a new public sector deal from 2026 to 2030, based on the same parameters and percentage increases in place under the current deal. [43782/24]