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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: Given what would happen in any other setting where an agency or contractor gets fined by a State body, it does not wash that the RSA cannot tell the public how much is involved here. For all we know-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: Let me ask my question. I was mid-question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: So €3 million is what Applus has been fined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: It has been fined €3 million to date.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: That is significant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: How long was the previous contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: The timing is what I find so baffling. During this one month of the political calendar in a four- or five-year period, there is a lot of uncertainty because there is a Cabinet coming to the end of its mandate and there is a Dáil being elected with a new mandate. A Dáil was dissolved and the only people here at that time would have been the Seanad until its mandate ended. I feel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: That would be helpful. Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: I agree but the operational risks would be significantly higher with something like this when queues could occur. You will not have that in tolling or other aspects. You will get them with NCT when failures occur. Queues grow rapidly and we come to very serious road safety risks.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (26 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: I welcome the Minister of State's response and I understand the point she has made on Youghal's population and size and not having these services. This has been a long-standing problem and issue in Youghal. For many years the town has been without Deputies and I am lucky to be the second person elected since the 2011 general election; we also had Deputy McLellan. I am very honoured to be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (26 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: Yes, but as for the county boundary, trying to get that intervention from the State at a local authority level is an issue of continuing concern. I want to see the Department of Health putting in further focus and examination. One item of further concern regarding primary care services in Youghal is that a number of plans have been proposed for the St Raphael's site and it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (26 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for being here a little after 11 p.m. It is heartening to see her here so late to talk about this issue, which she knows is a major problem in my area, the constituency of Cork East. We need to see an enhancement of facilities for the elderly in the east Cork area. The area is growing rapidly. It has a certain characteristic. Unlike many parts of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: I commend the information the Minister provided and how good an idea it is. The money that has not been spent in the Department of Transport needs to be transferred for these well-deserved schemes that need funding to progress. She made one comment that concerned me, in that County Cork is number three nationally. The county has the largest road network in the country. Surely, it should...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: There are not too many people in the Cabinet I would trust to pilot a Massey Ferguson but I guarantee that the Minister is one of them. Her comments are very welcome. It is good to know that rural Ireland has somebody at the table, like her, with the commitment to try to address this issue. She eloquently put it about having the awareness, for the likes of us in rural constituencies,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: 52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has considered allocating extra funding to Cork county for local improvement schemes for private roads and laneways; if her Department has considered allocating additional funding for Cork county to repair many regional roads across Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41417/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: My question relates to funding for rural road infrastructure. Our schemes are well resourced, but we need more funding in County Cork, given the physical size of the county. Its road infrastructure has long been an issue, not only at national level, but also in terms of the area pertaining to the Minister’s Department. Deputy Humphreys has been a wonderful Minister nationally and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: 69. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has any plans to run another scheme for refurbishment of community centres across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41416/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: I want to raise what happened yesterday at the Committee on Transport and Communications with the ongoing delays with National Car Test, NCT, testing. We heard justification yesterday that there are supposed to be 18 days of a wait for NCTs across the country, which is factually incorrect. People are waiting for four, five and six months in different parts of the country to get an NCT....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (21 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: 22. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide funding for a day care centre for the elderly in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40616/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (21 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a primary care centre in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40617/23]