Results 14,561-14,580 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

Road Safety. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The key point is that the overhaul of commercial vehicles roadworthiness testing commenced following the tragic crash in Navan where, sadly and tragically, five teenagers lost their lives. Following that, the first task of the Road Safety Authority was to do that report. The Minister's colleague, the then Minister for Transport, Deputy Martin Cullen, was responsible for that. In April...

Road Safety. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I would go further than the Minister. They should be sacked. The Minister cannot accept that after two years this transfer has not happened. According to the report, testing standards were not applied uniformly throughout the country, there is considerable scope for unscrupulous or careless operators or test centres not to be compliant with current regulations and test results could be...

Road Safety. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: No, that the problem still persists because the Road Safety Authority is still not in charge.

Road Safety. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is in the report.

Road Safety. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am reporting it to the Minister.

Road Safety. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is in the report.

Road Safety. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am making the case that the Road Safety Authority is not in charge of these centres.

Road Safety. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Who oversees the system?

Road Safety. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The roadside testing has stopped.

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Senator would beat the Deputy any day of the week.

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The subsidy for Dublin Bus increased from €18.9 million in 2000 to €82.9 million in 2008.

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy should allow me to conclude. Is it not a fact that subsidy increased from €18.9 million in 2000 to €82.9 million in 2008? The number of buses on the road remained more or less the same during that period, but over 200,000 houses were built in the greater Dublin area. The bus network was not adequate to meet the needs of the increasing population. It is absolutely imperative...

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that.

Transport 21. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: We all support the metro north project. I appreciate it is a battle in difficult times. However, it is important we are ready when the economy turns around. We are spending so much money on all of these projects. Will the Minister request CIE to provide us with a list of the ten top procurement projects for each of its companies during the past two years? While I welcome the list of...

Transport 21. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.

Transport 21. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister.

National Cycle Policy. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am surprised by Deputy Broughan's approach to the bus gate because he is a favourite of Dublin Bus, whose facts and figures show that as a result of the bus gate buses move much faster through the city. I am disappointed with him in that regard. We are all of the same view with regard to cycling and walking and I welcome the Minister's views on the issue. In some cities in France I have...

Railway Procurement Processes. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the Baker Tilly report on procurement processes and fraudulent activity at Iarnród Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39930/09]

Railway Procurement Processes. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a shame that this report, which was published by Iarnród Éireann on 10 June last at a cost of almost €500,000, never saw the Minister's desk. He did not ask for it because, like many of his colleagues, he does not hold the State companies under his remit, such as CIE, Iarnród Éireann and the National Roads Authority, to account. The hidden agenda of CIE was to use a veil of...

Railway Procurement Processes. (5 Nov 2009)

Fergus O'Dowd: Ask and you shall receive.