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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I am urging the Minister to recognise that in this case, integration and having a holistic approach to the development of Dún Laoghaire is essential, both in terms of the port's relationship to the town and in the whole raison d'êtreof the harbour in the national ports policy of tier 1, tier 2 and so on which the Minister is setting out. The logical conclusion of that is option B,...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is stalled.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On a point of information, in the latest answer to a question in the council about the due diligence, the county manager has told us that the due diligence, which I agree badly needs to be done and I know was under way, has now stalled. There is apparently legal or commercial sensitivity obstacles to it continuing. I wish to alert the Minister to that. In a way that speaks of the problem...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will put it to a vote on Report Stage.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Do I need to withdraw it in order to reintroduce it on Report Stage?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that, in the context of the new Harbours Bill 2015, Dún Laoghaire harbour should be transferred to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, with the dissolution of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, to make it a fully integrated department of the council; and that decisions regarding its future should be made by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The last few weeks, today in particular, and the next couple of weeks mark a significant time for Dún Laoghaire Harbour. A four week long An Bord Pleanála hearing about the controversial cruise berth proposal is still not complete. Today, the Harbours Bill 2015, which deals with Dún Laoghaire Harbour and other regional harbours is being dealt with in committee. I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: As the Minister will be aware, the due diligence process has already run into trouble and has stalled because of so-called commercial sensitivity issues. This speaks volumes about the problem that I have been trying to convey to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and his predecessor for the past four years. We do not know what is going on in Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company and we do not know...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: My amendment, which as the Minister said we will discuss later, proposes that the elected members and not the CEO as set out in the legislation would have the key say but only following consultation with the stakeholders group. I urge the Minister to support the principle of this amendment. There is major dissatisfaction about the current situation. I am not commenting on the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Subsidies (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is necessary to increase the levels of public subsidy to public transport services in order to safeguard public service obligation routes and, more generally, to increase the attractiveness of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that the unreliability of Dublin Bus services, in terms of meeting timetables or failing to turn up at all, may be related to inadequate time being allowed for bus routes; and that a major review of the time allowed for buses to travel their routes needs to be undertaken, consulting with all relevant stakeholders and experts,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the due diligence that was requested by his Department into the finance of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39253/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider including a specific category for Dún Laoghaire in the Harbours Bill, given Dún Laoghaire's historic and cultural importance, and given that it is not purely a commercial port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39252/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assure the persons of the greater Dún Laoghaire, Sallynoggin and Loughlinstown areas of County Dublin that any changes to the local bus services will not result in a reduced service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39546/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours and Piers Development (11 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the correspondence between his Department and the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company regarding the plans for the proposed cruise berth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39254/15]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: To amplify the same argument, there is no emergency anymore. In fact, the only emergency is in the areas of housing and health. One could argue there is also an emergency in terms of poverty and deprivation, given that these conditions have increased exponentially. Any of the crises that has developed is linked, at least, to income cuts, of which the FEMPI legislation was a significant...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister should look at the facts. A useful document was handed to me.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is fair enough. However, given that most of the amendments have been ruled out of order because they would impose a charge on the Exchequer and that we will be unable to speak to them, we might as well set out our stall.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: That is true. IMPACT Dún Laoghaire branch produced a leaflet with a table showing how much public sector workers at different pay levels had lost during the emergency years annually and overall. A worker on €30,000 lost €16,000; a worker on €40,000 lost €27,000; and a worker on €50,000 lost €38,000. Under the Lansdowne Road proposals provided...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I will correct the Minister's interpretation of what I said. I was not applauding the Government for getting us to where we are now. I made exactly the opposite point, which was-----