Results 1-17 of 17 for troy speaker:Kevin O'Keeffe

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Personal Powered Transportation: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I monitored the deliberations with the departmental officials on the screen. I welcome them here. I also thank Deputy Noel Rock for acknowledging that it was Deputies MacSharry and Troy who initiated proceedings to push this legislation forward. The TRL report is where I pulled most of my questions from. When I googled them, I learned more about these scooters than I did from the TRL...

Road Traffic (Amendment) (Use of Electric Scooters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I thank my colleague, Deputy MacSharry, for his work on this Bill and acknowledge the support of Deputy Troy. Also, such work was ably assisted by Deputies Lahart and Curran who have a vested interest in ensuring its passage through the House. As a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport, I support this Bill and hope it will pass Second Stage and proceed to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Deputy Troy can take the floor first. We will group the questions and try to take them all together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disqualified Drivers: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...being abused and not functioning properly or playing its part. We went through committee and got no proper clarification. The Garda Síochána says it can produce figures and statistics. Deputy Troy has just proved it can be selective about when it can produce its statistics. An Garda Síochána has had 12 months since I asked my previous question. I tabled a question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ and DAA: Chairpersons Designate (13 Jun 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...came before the committee. From the information Ms Ross has given us, she is a competent person for the job and I hope she brings a bit of positivity to the position. To go back to what Deputy Troy said, does Ms Ross feel her position is compromised as she was on the NTA for a number of years? Recently we had the College Green debacle with the new Luas line and the loss of some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ and DAA: Chairpersons Designate (13 Jun 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...that development, which is a major concern because much night time and early morning travel is business travel. I hope that concern will be addressed. Enabling legislation must be put in place. As Deputy Troy and other speakers stated, the ball is in the court of the Minister. Cork Airport is doing a great job in terms of trying to secure as many connections as possible. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (30 May 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...-up meeting. This meeting is on 13 June next. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 2018/284 is an email from Ms M. Bell of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board regarding queries raised by Deputy Troy at a meeting with Ms Cliona Cassidy, chairperson designate of the board, on 21 February. It is proposed to note this correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed. No. 2018/285A comprises a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Bus Services: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: We will suspend for 15 minutes. The Minister will be in again on the rickshaws issue. No one has said this is a bad idea. As Deputy Troy said earlier, our concern is that it has not been tested.

Other Questions: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: I support my colleague, Deputy Troy. The Minister commented that more money is going into capital infrastructure. We welcome that, but there is no point in robbing Peter to pay Paul where the overall upgrading of our roads is concerned. The roads in east Cork are so damaged that it is as if a bomb was detonated. I have raised the issue with the Minister a few times. It is all fine...

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

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...Minister for Justice and Equality on the issue of repeat offenders, no figures were available in respect of this section which we are being asked to amend to increase the penalties. Deputy Robert Troy is correct when he says the Minister is trying to pick the fruit from the lower branches of the tree and that he is not assessing the entire issue. What has the Minister been doing about...

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

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...retested, she was okay and got away with a fine. She said she had learned her lesson. There are many people who will find themselves in a similar position. We need to give people a chance and not destroy their lives. We should also not seek to destroy the lives of people living in rural areas. Mental health is a big issue in the context of this legislation, particularly for those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Report into Ticketing at Rio Olympic Games: Discussion (17 Aug 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ..., I know that if we were to have a tribunal of investigation or if there were ongoing criminal proceedings in this jurisdiction, we would be precluded from commenting on actions taken. As Deputy Troy asked, should we not respect the judicial system of Brazil? Are we not seen to have a gentleman's agreement in respect of criminal proceedings in Brazil? Should we perhaps stand back for...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...foot of the letter of 30 May 2017, the Minister wrote to the Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport, of which I am Vice Chairman, and asked us to by-pass pre-legislative scrutiny. We agreed to do so but as Deputy Troy said, we did it without giving other Deputies a chance to ask questions. We spent three months on the fixed-charge legislation and when we get a chance to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: Deputy Troy referred to fair competition with the Expressway service. He stated that on the Waterford to Dublin route, the service moves off the motorway in order to stop in some major towns and villages, whereas a private operator can go straight from A to B. I have a bigger problem regarding funding. The Minister will hide behind EU regulation. In my own backyard, within the past week...

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...motion on every crisis before the Government will even have a discussion on it? I have no doubt that it would have also been happy to let this one pass by if Fianna Fáil, in particular, Deputy Robert Troy, had not tabled this Private Members' motion. That the Government is happy to allow cuts to be imposed unilaterally on workers, without round table discussions with unions, can be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism and Competitiveness Strategy: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...affirmed because of the Trump victory in America. One gentleman made the point that a Brexit fund should have been put in place in the recent budget for the tourism sector. However, as Deputy Troy said, there was actually a cut in funding from the Government to the tourism sector. Another good point was made about Airbnb, about which there is fierce talk and the conflict in terms of...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (Revised) (29 Jun 2016)

Kevin O'Keeffe: For the information of my colleague, Deputy Troy, when I first became a member of a local authority, our main function was the provision of waste collection and management, roads and housing. Now, one of our main pillars is tourism and economic development. We have changed our focus and work for the benefit of communities in County Cork. Overall, I compliment the tourism organisations on...