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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: Discussion (16 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputy. I will summarise before we conclude. We are a cross-party committee and this is not a political issue. This is an issue about towns, villages and cities in which post offices operate. We will follow up with a public engagement with An Post. We will consider what we have heard today and will certainly look for some form of interim solution to be put in place from 1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: Discussion (16 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, very quickly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: Discussion (16 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will look at sustainable models for the post office network. I thank the witnesses for attending today and engaging with the committee.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will opt for a back-and-forth exchange with the Minister. Supply is the issue at the moment. If we had a supply of vaccines a lot of the issues that are arising would not arise. I want straightforward answers. We talk about what is happening outside the EU, but I want to talk about within the Union because that is the procurement process we signed up to. Is the issue with the European...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: My question for the Minister is whether the issue is with us. If the issue at the moment is that we are not getting our pro ratashare from the manufacturers of the vaccine a couple of things need to happen. The Minister must have a direct meeting with the suppliers of the vaccine. There must be a meeting with the European health ministers on the issue and there is also a need for a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concessionary school bus tickets can be retained by students (details supplied) for the coming school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13788/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Taoiseach not find it extraordinary that 16 individuals in Davy made a substantial gain back in 2014 on the same Anglo Irish Bank bonds on which many ordinary people lost their life savings? The director of finance in the Central Bank told the finance committee yesterday that she could find no evidence of criminal activity in this matter. How do we reconcile a situation whereby if...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: 345. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request Fáilte Ireland to include counties such as Tipperary in the outdoor dining grant scheme as requested by an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12851/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: No apologies have been received. The purpose of our meeting today is to examine the national development plan with a view to making a submission to Review to Renew, the public consultation element of the national development plan. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the Minister for Transport and for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and his officials, Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Minister talking about road projects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I remind the Minister that he is using members' time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Deputy is asking about Shannon heritage sites.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister might conclude on Broadford post office, which was the Deputy's final question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister. I call Deputy Ó Murchú, who has four minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Deputy Ó Murchú have a concluding question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister. I call Senator Dooley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Some of us already have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: An Post will be before us next week. We will engage with the Minister thereafter in terms of the future of the post office network in the context of Bank of Ireland branch closures. We will undertake to interact with the Minister as part of this body of work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I welcome that the Minister spoke about the national investment framework for transport in Ireland, NIFTI, in his speech. It will now go to public consultation. The strategic framework for investment in land transport is Government policy approved by Cabinet. We got a letter from the Minister's Secretary General, Mr. Ken Spratt, who appeared before us recently, stating that the Minister...