Results 161-180 of 3,490 for speaker:Martin Kenny

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: You can try your best but it will be hard for you. We want to see something that is progressing and can happen soon. What is Mr. Meade’s view on delivering something in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: Does Iarnród Éireann have a timeline as to how fast that could happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: It would take five years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: What would be the cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: Is there a track, or does Iarnród Éireann have something in mind, for the route it would take to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: The frequency of trains is one of the main issues people have a difficulty with, not least in the case of late-night or late-evening trains. Are there ambitions to do that throughout the State and when will that happen? What happened in early December was clearly welcome but an awful lot of the trains, even from the west, which has a poor enough service some of the time, are very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: Will there be a problem providing security on later trains?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: Mr. Meade mentioned freight and, in his opening statement, pointed out the ambition Iarnród Éireann has around that. Are there issues with regard to yards and so on? A lot of them were closed and the facilities taken away. Would a lot of investment be required to get back into freight to make it profitable in future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their contributions so far. Based on the evidence we have heard so far, the Government made this decision in June 2009 and it was communicated to the regulator. Ms MacEvilly mentioned that there was a lot of collaboration and that there was an industry. How big a lobby was there for this to happen? Was the Minister lobbied by industry to get this change? While...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: That is difficult to say. I assume the Department is where that would have to start.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: Are there grounds for the decision? On what basis was it made? Where is the evidence that this was needed in the public interest?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: I accept that and I am not disputing that industry can put forward a very valid argument for making changes at any time. It is its entitled to do that, to lobby and to seek relief wherever it can. The question here is about how appropriate it was to put this in place and that it would recur every year, with very little opportunity for review of its impact. Even when we produce legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: Perhaps the regulator could respond as to whether or not any reviews were done in those years. The mistake that occurred is the mistake we hear about. One of the core issues is around how valid this process was in the first place and whether reviews were done.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the Minister of State. First, we have learned nothing new. We are aware that this has happened and that on 26 September, Sligo County Council engaged with the Housing Agency and commenced its investigations. According to the last letter I got in early December, the report was in draft form. We now need to see the report being brought forward. I am concerned about the use of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: As the Minister of State is aware, County Sligo is one of the few counties in the western seaboard that has been left out of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme. Counties Mayo, Donegal and Clare are in the scheme. Over the decades, many people in west County Sligo bought their aggregate and concrete blocks from County Mayo. We know there was a particular quarry in County Mayo that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: 298. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of life-threatening calls that ambulance services attended within 19 minutes, and the time it took to attend all other life-threatening calls in County Leitrim during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2164/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: 307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request that the HSE provide additional ambulances and paramedic crews for County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2161/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: 308. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of critical calls that ambulance services attended within 19 minutes and the time it took to attend all critical calls in County Leitrim during 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2166/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Jan 2024)

Martin Kenny: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driving test for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56402/23]