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- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: Does Mr. Doyle have figures to break down the approximate cost of the free travel contribution per passenger and to compare that with the average fare per customer? According to the figures I have been given, the free travel contribution per passenger is approximately €4.86 on the Expressway route, whereas the average fare on the service is €11.78. Are those figures incorrect?...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: What does Mr. Doyle mean when he says it "causes issues"? We have just established that there has been a significant decrease in the subvention payments for public service provision since 2010. We have also heard from Mr. Doyle today that there has been a freeze in the free travel contribution. All of this tells me that Bus Éireann is facing significant challenges as it seeks to...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: The company's attempt to save €30 million over the coming years is causing difficulties, as seen in the current industrial relations dispute. There is a problem here.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: It has been suggested that the number of passengers has increased by 2 million. Would that be an accurate figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: What is the role of the Department in relation to policy? My understanding is that Bus Éireann has presented the Department with three reform plans in recent years. Why would it submit such plans to the Department? When we to try to hold the Minister to account on any of these issues, he says they are matters for the NTA or Bus Éireann but not for the Department. Policy is...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: The Department can comment though.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: The Department has commented on those plans. What was the response to the three plans?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: When the Department passes comment, as it has on three reports which have been submitted, I assume those comments carry some weight. In all three reports that were submitted to the Department comment was made and concerns were raised. Those concerns obviously carry some weight.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: The Department has an influence on policy in Bus Éireann. It is not fair to say that the Department cannot impose. The Department's comments do carry weight.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: Were the Department's comments taken on board? Were they accepted?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: Did the Department comment on the Expressway service?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: If there were proposals to close the service were any comments made on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: I will move on to airports. Can the witness explain for the record of the committee what his role was before he joined the Department?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: The CEO of the airport.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: Did the witness sign off on reports as the CEO of the airport where he would have lobbied for or requested additional funding for that airport?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: Did the witness meet officials in the Department at the time to request additional funding?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: Did he have a view as to what was possible or not possible at that point regarding additional funding?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: There is an ongoing issue in Waterford, as the witness knows. It is one example of many infrastructural capital projects where requests are being made for additional funding. One is to extend the runway at the airport because it can only cater for a certain type of aircraft. The witness would have signed off on such proposals and lobbied for funding for a runway.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: The witness is now the Accounting Officer and the Secretary General who signs off on parliamentary questions, which are submitted on these issues.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017) David Cullinane: The witness has some oversight on those.