Results 1,241-1,260 of 2,450 for speaker:Kevin O'Keeffe

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I may have been late in coming here, but I have watched all of the proceedings in the last 20 minutes. First, I take serious issue with the Minister's comment that there was filibustering on this issue in the Dáil. It is a false accusation. The Minister is like a dog with a bone. Before Christmas 2015 there was a spike in the number of road fatalities and without due investigation...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I know that. I support my colleague, Deputy Robert Troy's amendment.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I know, but I asked to speak before the last meeting was adjourned.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: It was held on a day when the Minister should not even have been here as it was a day of national crisis because of the weather. The national transport network was to be shut down but the Minister was here talking to us about this legislation when he should have been with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and the Taoiseach in the co-ordination...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Go back and check the statistics from the past 12 months of road accidents.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: No. The Minister is out of hand.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: No-----

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Nobody wants to see lives lost. The Minister will probably try to ban contact sports in situations where people end up paralysed owing to freak accidents. The Road Safety Authority, RSA, has become loaded. Has the committee heard submissions from the Irish Road Haulage Association or similar organisations? It has to be acknowledged that following on from the provision of additional...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Has Garda overtime been increased? While it is important that more Garda are visible, there can be drawbacks. If a cat is going to pounce on a mouse, will it make itself more visible? The same goes for the Garda presence in dealing with road traffic offences. The number of people breaking speed limits, for example, is an issue in the context of all aspects of road traffic legislation....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Well, if one’s nerves are not good for driving.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Can these amendments be tabled on Report Stage?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Does he propose to bring forward separate legislation on cyclists?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I know that, but I have the same problem as the Chairman. Lobbyists approach me from the motor sector. In principle I have no problem in regard to the requirement of 1.5 m clearance for cyclists. However, the Minister is bringing it in by statutory instrument, and he will have to accept exceptional circumstances. I will give a typical example. On a rural road, a motorist may be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (21 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 243. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated at a community hospital. [13040/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (20 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the provision of school transport for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [12140/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (20 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 388. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a scheme that provides assistance to employers who must pay their employees when absent from work when there is a red alert climate warning in place. [11965/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (20 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 655. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the releasing of funding from a section of the HSE to purchase equipment for those on the priority list and in the case of a person (details supplied); and the reason this funding has not been released. [12815/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (20 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 675. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be placed in respite care in a hospital. [12950/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (20 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 865. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the upgrade of the interchange at the Jack Lynch tunnel; and if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing traffic congestion on all approach roads to the tunnel during peak traffic hours. [12712/18]

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I will not. I said that yesterday.