Results 1,041-1,060 of 6,044 for speaker:John O'Mahony
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I thank Ms Graham and I invite Deputy Dooley to question the witness.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: We will move on. Deputy Griffin is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I will let the Deputy back in at some stage. Those are very clear questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: The point has been well made at this stage. There will be developments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: The Deputy has raised it on numerous occasions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: There is a vote and I want to let Senator Mooney in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: Yes, but we will have to suspend and come back to get the answers. I just want to let Senator Mooney ask a brief question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: We will resume with responses to Deputy Patrick O'Donovan and Senator Paschal Mooney. I will then go to Deputy Martin Ferris.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I think the following matter was raised earlier, but it has also been brought to my attention in recent months. I refer to the rural-urban divide. It has come to my attention in Galway where private bus operators from Tuam, Loughrey and parts of County Mayo operate daily services into Galway which is a university town and has a hospital that the licences or the pick-up points used to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: What is needed is a commonsense solution. That is the point. It is easier sometimes in advance of a matter hitting the rails to do something about it rather than after a year when there is uproar.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I have engaged with the local authority and bus operators. Unless something is tweaked, there will be a big problem. I am sure it is not confined to Galway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: The problem can be solved, but common sense must apply. My point is that it would be easier to solve it now than a year hence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: We have signalled it and I hope something will be done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: DART Underground and Expansion Projects: National Transport Authority (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I thank Ms Graham, Mr. Creegan and Mr. Gaston for attending the meeting. We have had a useful debate in which we have teased out many issues, for which I thank them.
- Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The country has been on a difficult roller coaster of a journey for the past seven years and every citizen and family has been affected by the economic collapse, the hundreds of thousands of job losses, emigration, mortgage difficulties and negative equity, etc. In 2010, with the arrival of the troika, we lost control of our destiny....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: The purpose of today's meeting is to engage with representatives of EirGrid on the company's recent decision to deploy a new regional option for the Grid Link project. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. Fintan Slye, chief executive officer; Ms Rosemary Steen, director of external affairs; Mr. John Fitzgerald, director of grid development; and Mr. Mark Norton, network planning manager....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: Thank you, Mr. Slye. I now invite questions from members, beginning with Deputy Michael Moynihan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: I think we-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: If we could finalise it, maybe, because there are other members waiting to come in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)
John O'Mahony: Is the Deputy happy with that?