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Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: " "pedal cycle" means all human-propelled, pedal-driven vehicles including pedestrian rickshaws and electric assisted bicycles which can only be activated when the rider is pedalling and which is speed limited to 25 km/h;". On Committee Stage it arose that unicycles and pedal cycles with more than three...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, line 14, to delete "in a public place". There is no pressing policy reason to limit the offence of drink-driving to public places. It could also create a technical defence in court to a prosecution.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It is a matter of which we are aware from court reports concerning attempts to stop a driver who had drink taken.

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 9, line 44, to delete "6 months" and substitute "12 months". I had similar amendments on Committee Stage which sought to increase the penalty on summary conviction for drink-driving from six months to 12 months. Has the Minister reflected on this proposal?

Public Transport (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Obviously, the management of Dublin Bus has briefed a number of Deputies and the Minister on these changes. The public generally is still gravely concerned. First and foremost, it seems difficult to imagine that one can run a better service with the loss of 90 buses and 150 drivers. The cutbacks this year are on top of cutbacks that the Minister forced on the company in previous years. For...

Public Transport (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: How can this be done? For example, the Nipper service is being withdrawn from different parts of the city. Is the Network Direct project - I have the first three corridors in mind, namely, Dún Laoghaire, Blanchardstown and Lucan - not influenced by the fact that the PSO has been cut back by the Minister so significantly? This is an attempt to dress up the cutback. The first direct route...

Public Transport (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I wish to raise other points with the Minister regarding integrated ticketing and automatic vehicle location, AVL. Will we see them in 2011 at long last? A significant number of commuters may be 12 or 15 minutes away. Did the Minister specify a target? The British Government used to have targets for cities and the whole of the UK in terms of how long it took people to walk to a bus. Has...

Rail Network (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: On the same point, the Minister almost threw a wobbler here at the end of questions that day. It seemed as if he had been left in the dark by CIE. That is certainly the impression he gave us, and the House. How does that tally with the answer he gave to Deputy O'Dowd? The Minister gave us some information but the public expected that metro north with the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA,...

State Airports (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Dublin Airport Authority's annual report states it has €640 million in cash-in-hand while it had over €800 million the year before. Is the Minister aware that a lucrative licence for running the eight bars in Dublin Airport was issued by the authority without a tendering process? Is that appropriate for a State company? Is he concerned the authority was involved in a property...

State Airports (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Has the Minister discussed with the Dublin Airport Authority its whole approach to property development? While I commend it on its work on terminal 2, the fact it is involved in this development company, Turckton Developments, raises some concerns. Mr. Declan Collier, chief executive officer at Dublin Airport Authority, will appear before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport this...

Road Network (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I support the views of Deputy Crawford. The A5 project is an exciting and interesting development, linking Derry to Dublin, one of our great cities. I support Deputy Crawford's comments. At issue is the Ashbourne road on our side. The area in question is near the Ceann Comhairle's territory as well. As Deputy Crawford remarked, we did not see the gap and the NRA maintains it has nothing...

Messages from Select Committee (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, this is the eight or ninth Question Time in a row that you have ruled out approximately ten of my questions, one of which relates to European Investment Bank funding of metro north. That was announced-----

Messages from Select Committee (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I wish to make the point. It was announced on the Department of Transport's website and the Minister issued a statement on the matter. It is extraordinary that you, a Cheann Comhairle, are refusing to allow me to ask questions on all of the agencies under the aegis of the Department of Transport which are the nuts and bolts of the transport portfolio.

Messages from Select Committee (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Is there anything you can do about this a Cheann Comhairle because it is debilitating for the Opposition? Under Standing Orders, part of your role is to protect me and Deputy O'Dowd. You are not doing that.

Messages from Select Committee (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I seek your protection a Cheann Comhairle and some guidance on the matter. I cannot ask important questions for my party. It is reducing Question Time to a bit of a farce.

Public Transport (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport if the T21 programme is now in crisis, with major delays to critical projects including the Dublin Rail Interconnector, Phase 2 of Western Rail Corridor; Metro West; the Luas Interconnector and the full Navan Rail line; if he will confirm his commitment to the necessary current and capital funding in Budget 2011 for these public transport...

Public Transport (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Some days ago, serious concerns were expressed by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, IBEC and representatives of the construction industry on the future of Transport 21 and key transport infrastructure projects. Does the Minister share their concern that funding simply will not be available from 2011 onwards? During the last minutes of the Minister's last Question Time, he was very upset...

Public Transport (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I noticed in the 2010 Estimates that a payment of approximately €66 million is being made in respect of PPPs. The Minister's civil servants told us when considering the Estimates that it is expected the payment will rise to approximately €600 million per annum as the big projects are developed over the years until 2015. Given that PPPs will be involved in some of the major public...

Public Transport (23 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been briefed by Dublin Bus on their Network Direct Project to revise the bus network in the greater Dublin area; if he is concerned that the revised network and loss of a further 90 buses from the Dublin Bus fleet may leave some commuters particularly senior citizens and communities who are very dependent on the bus service at a...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (22 Jun 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she is considering separating child care services from the Health Service Executive in view of the opinions expressed by the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25896/10]