Results 8,281-8,300 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Airport Development Projects. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: All I can do is make a judgment call on the basis that, where it was tried, it was an abject failure with charges being four times higher in the privately run facility and the state eventually buying it back. Of the 13 expressions of interest, one that was submitted by an airline argued against the concept of an independent or competing terminal, only five could be regarded as clear in terms...

Airport Development Projects. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: On the information that has been presented to me, I disagree with the Deputy in terms of some of the suggestions that several sites that have been decided on are inadequate. As I said in my answer, it is a matter for the Dublin Airport Authority to choose a site. I have no evidence that suggests the authority, as a new body of fine people, many of whom are experts in this area, will knowingly...

Airport Development Projects. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: I do not disagree with that view. In response to Deputy Shortall's remarks, there has been considerable misrepresentation in this debate. People are entitled to ask legitimate questions, but the word "competition" and "being competitive" have been completely mixed up and presented as meaning the same thing, but they do not.

Airport Development Projects. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: What we want is a competitive, efficient, well run, well managed——

Airport Development Projects. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: ——airport for the benefit of our people, namely——

Airport Development Projects. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: ——the customers, passengers and the airlines using the airport. If people want to ask questions, they have every right to do so——

Airport Development Projects. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: ——to come up with an optimum solution. In regard to what Deputy Olivia Mitchell said, there is no disagreement on that. I want the optimum result at Dublin Airport in terms of the terminal. Practically all the airlines agree on what the site should be for much greater reasons than simply putting in place a piece of infrastructure. That is what I have been trying to say for the past few...

Airport Development Projects. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: People must consider the wider picture. This is about Ireland, not individuals. I am not in this business to look after any particular individual but to make a decision on behalf of this country.

Airport Development Projects. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: The House knows well where I stand on this issue.

Public Transport. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: In March 2002, the Railway Procurement Agency was given statutory responsibility for the delivery of an integrated ticketing system. The proposed contactless smartcard-based integrated ticketing system will enable a passenger to use a ticket on one or more scheduled public transport services, by road and rail, irrespective of the transport operator involved. It will be introduced on a phased...

Public Transport. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: I want the system to be available to everybody who provides a public transport service here. That is the way the customer wants the system to work, namely, to facilitate ease of movement in terms of whatever mode of transport the customer chooses to use. I wish to clarify that the timeframe for the introduction of this system is four years. That 2002-06 timeframe is the best in terms of the...

Public Transport. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: We rolled out the Luas this year.

Public Transport. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: I know that. It took six years for a similar development to be put in place in London.

Public Transport. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: The timeframe for the introduction of this system is 2002-06. I am happy that the system is on schedule. Hong Kong has the most successful such system in the world and it took four years for it to be rolled out. We have started to roll out our system. We have it in place in the private sector and the public sector. I hope that Bus Éireann, the DART and all the other public transport...

Public Transport. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: We will meet that timeframe — it is as simple as that.

Road Network. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: My Department has not, to date, carried out an analysis on the future tolling of the M50. The statutory power to levy tolls on national roads and to enter toll agreements with private investors in respect of national roads is vested in the National Roads Authority under Part VI of the Roads Act 1993, as amended by the Planning and Development Act 2000. Tolling of the M50, therefore, and any...

Road Network. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: I set out the legal responsibilities in this regard. Under various Acts, the National Roads Authority is charged with these responsibilities. I have a view which I expressed directly to National Toll Roads and the NRA. I want to move to barrier-free tolling on the M50 as quickly as is humanly possible. I have asked for that.

Road Network. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: Let me move to my second point. We are increasing the capacity of the M50 by 50%, which is substantial. It will be of great benefit to road users in that area. There is no doubt that we will have to move to demand management of traffic in Dublin. However, before moving fully to that position, I want to give people in Dublin and those who visit the capital city a choice of public transport...

Road Network. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: I already answered the Deputy's question twice, but obviously he does not agree with my reply. I agree that there must be demand management in the future. There are many different ways of doing so; it does not necessarily mean tolling all the exits and entrances on the M50. This is one of the options which is suggested. I agree with the Deputy that there should not be traffic lights which...

Road Network. (12 May 2005)

Martin Cullen: The income streams from the toll bridge are used by the State for the upgrading of the M50, which is extremely important and much warranted. I welcome the project which has been approved by An Bord Pleanála and is now under way.