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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: Would the N22 not be seen as more straightforward to start?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: Is there a final decision on the order of those projects?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: No, they would be shared. Obviously, engineering works would be required for shared roads if one is trying to promote them as cycle routes, such as ensuring ditches are lowered for increased visibility. These are really quiet roads that might be travelled by one tractor and two cars in a day. Obviously, one would have to market them responsibly as priority cycle routes. One could not let...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: There are two other matters. One is the cattle underpass.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: Is co-funding something that might be considered? There is a demand for this as I regularly encounter farmers who want to take cattle off the road, in everybody's interest. It is in their interest too, in terms of the labour intensity of being obliged to have two or three people out on the road rather than just one farmer bringing the cows in at mornings or evenings. This would mainly be...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: Thank you.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: We have 45 minutes to get through the remaining programmes so I hope we will be as disciplined as possible. The next programme is maritime transport and safety.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: I assume the Department is committed to the continuation of Malin and Valentia Coast Guard radio stations.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: It is something we have discussed here before. I assume the commitment stands.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister and call Deputy Munster.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister. First, I must congratulate the Irish soccer teams on the fantastic job they did in France. Both teams, and their supporters from the Republic and Northern Ireland did their countries proud. I was at the Euros in Poland four years ago, but I did not have the chance to go this time and I missed it. We can all be proud of the great ambassadorial job our supporters in...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: What would equalise the system is that it would be made known in advance that those who availed of the early bird option have the opportunity to avoid invalidation.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: The staff in Killarney, in particular, are fantastic. They get a lot of complaints and because of the nature of the programme they get swamped at particular times. While they are constituents of mine they are fantastic staff and have a heavy administrative burden. It is about striking a balance between making the system user friendly and dragging the administrative process on and on. We...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: I thank the Minister.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: Absolutely.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: We now come to Programme E, tourism services.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: As we are tight on time, I will group the questions.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: I thank the Deputy. Before I wrap up, I wish to raise a few issues. I know we say it every year but this year, in particular, with the fall in sterling, holidaying at home is something we must really push in order to make up for any shortfall that might result from a drop in the number of UK visitors. The 9% VAT rate was probably the most pro-rural policy of any Government in a long time...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: This might be something that we could focus on as a committee to try to identify and bring forward either a type of east-west or north-south type of similar route. Perhaps it is something we could work on as a committee as part of our work programme and identify it as a particular aim of ours to try to fill that vacuum.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016) Brendan Griffin: Deputy Fitzpatrick wishes to contribute.