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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Nolan and his team for their excellent presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Nolan for the information he has provided. I hope it will assist us in our deliberations on public transport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: We are joined by representatives from the National Transport Authority, NTA, who are here to brief the committee on the authority's role in respect of the bus routes operated by Bus Éireann and private operators and on the public service obligation tendering process. I welcome Mr. Gerry Murphy, CEO of the NTA, and Ms Anne Graham, director of public transport services. Our guests are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: I invite Mr. Nolan to make a concluding statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: How much was the saving?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: I ask members to refrain from asking questions on specific areas. The regional managers are present and members can speak to them individually after the meeting. We could get bogged down on specific points.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: As Chairman, I need to run the meeting properly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Nolan. I will move on to questions, which can be grouped.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: I welcome the officials from Bus Éireann who are here to brief the committee on changes that were made to bus routes recently. I welcome Mr. Martin Nolan, who is the chief executive of Bus Éireann; Mr. Rory Leahy, who is the north-west regional manager; Ms Miriam Flynn, who is the south-west regional manager; Mr. Joe Fitzgerald, who is the south regional manager; Mr. Joe Kenny, who...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: Deputy, we want to finish this section. We have people waiting and I have allowed the discussion to drag on longer that I should have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: If there are questions that Mr. Mullins has not answered, will he respond to them in correspondence to the committee secretariat. I thank the witnesses for appearing before us. Given their viewpoint, it was well worthwhile for the committee to hear them. We will certainly have more interaction.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: Mr. Mullins need not go over the same area that Mr. Kavanagh has covered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: As he is not here, you can move on to the next question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: With regard to the OECD report, I will request the clerk to send that around to members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: We will arrange to have it circulated.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Mullins for his detailed explanation of the position of the Coach Tourism and Transport Council of Ireland. I will now open the meeting up to questions from members. As I stated earlier, as we have a great deal of business to deal with, I would welcome straightforward questions rather than statements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: He heard Mr. Mullins's call.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Public Service Obligation Bus Contracts: Discussion (17 Oct 2012)
Tom Hayes: We will leave that matter to be discussed in another forum.