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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I am very much aware of the issue of discommoding commuters on existing routes. Will the new or revised routes reduce travel time? As I stated earlier, under BusConnects, the core bus corridors will have a free run and only traffic lights will get in their way. My concern is that we need to discuss the whole project. Ms Graham stated the core bus project will conclude after BusConnects,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: If free flowing bus routes and corridors were introduced, would there be time savings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: On the disability issue, I read recently that the Porsche car manufacturer wanted to access to the Chinese market. Porsche is obviously an expensive car brand. The company remodelled the car by extending the wheel base by a couple of inches because our Chinese friends like to be chauffeur-driven.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I would not either, but I came across it and it is a fact. Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Murphy raised the issue of access for people with a disability. It is becoming a big thing. We are being quoted EU directives and so forth. Surely to God the bus manufacturers are complying with these requests and directives. We are told the French love this and love that, and are ahead of us. Do French bus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Is there any bus yet in operation which provides for compatibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I know. What point is Mr. O'Leary making about the existing level of access to buses for people with a disability?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I know

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It was about the new specification-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: That is double Dutch to me. I come from the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The previous delegates received as much attention and we are just finishing up. The committee will request the NTA to extend the public consultation process period in order that more people will be able to access it. That is the big issue that has come from this engagement.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (12 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a specific category of persons (details supplied) are excluded from qualifying for a scheme; and if the qualifying criteria to include this category will be reconsidered. [32299/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (12 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied). [31659/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (12 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a school (details supplied). [31655/18]

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Minister of State's colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, is not here. Anyway, the big message is that the Minister needs to get more proactive in the Department with regard to infrastructure development. This morning, we learned of the requirement for a second runway at Dublin Airport to be fast-tracked and the delays pending in that regard. If Brexit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We appreciate that operational procedures and controls have to be put in place. Planning permission was originally granted in 2007, but ten years later, we are still waiting for by-laws to be put in place. From an operational point of view, throughput passenger capacity in Dublin Airport in June was over 3.1 million, a 7% increase on the number in the same period last year. If we continue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: The Minister mentioned congestion. There is congestion at Dublin Airport. When will it become intolerable such that the airport will cease to function? When will the existing runway reach capacity? Could the Minister delay the project for two years? Perhaps "delay" is the wrong word.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I will rephrase my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: No. Within what timeframe must the Minister ensure the runway is operational in order to avoid the airport becoming over-congested?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: What about judicial reviews which may be lodged by affected property owners or other objectors?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when the OPW was undertaking the flood relief works for Fermoy town in doing the ground work in the River Blackwater, it undermined the structure of Fermoy weir; if the OPW takes shared responsibility in the costs associated with the reinstatement of the weir in whole; and if his...