Results 461-480 of 3,544 for speaker:Martin Kenny

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I nominate Deputy Smith.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: Why would it take a long time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: Much of our discussion so far has been about the driver and the driver's responsibility. An issue that needs to be examined is the quality of the roads people are using. I come from a rural county, County Leitrim, and was on Leitrim County Council for many years. Every year the local authority provides the Department with a list of places where it feels there are issues with regard to road...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. We are all conscious of what happened over the summer. All of us who use the roads are aware of the issues, particularly concerning young men, which Deputy O'Rourke mentioned. I drive quite a bit, probably about 1,000 km a week. In my experience, a lot of the time it is the fault of the chancers, the people who come up at speed behind...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: The motion is about giving people a chance in the most difficult of circumstances. I am calling on Deputies from all constituencies, particularly those in the north west and on the Border, which, unfortunately, have a particular problem in this regard because of the two jurisdictions being so close to one another, to support the motion. I am calling on the Government to support the motion...

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: In what world is it okay that this situation could come to light in July 2022 only for the report to be commissioned four months later in November? Families all over the country are in a dismal situation now, having waited and waited to get appointments, to be seen and to have operations. For a very long time, people have been approaching every Deputy and Senator about significant problems...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Impact on Carbon Budgets of Trend Towards Heavier and Larger Vehicles: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. Most of the issues have been covered and I have just a few points to raise. In regard to the models operating in other countries, is it correct that when the weight goes over 1,600 kg, the charge of €10 per kilogram kicks in straight away, or is there a gradient such that when the really heavy cars come into play, the charge is higher?...

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: We are here again after over a year of continuous interest rate increases which people have had to try to bear. I say this in the context of the huge cost-of-living pressures across almost every sector. All the household needs for which people have to pay, such as the cost of putting fuel in their cars or insurance, have gone up and up. One of the areas on which the Government does and can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank our guests for their contributions and opening statements. Car testing is an issue across the country. Averages are a tyranny in these situations. Someone said one time that if a billionaire moved into your parish, the average income of everyone would go up by an awful lot but it would not do a lot for everybody else. It is a similar scenario here. We find that in certain areas,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: I would accept that in normal circumstances but we are not in normal circumstances. We need to look at reality. I acknowledge that Mr. Synnott said he is not aware of the delays to which I referred but the committee members are aware of it. Our constituents have told us that and I do not think they are ringing up to tell us lies. They have issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: Our constituents feel a great unfairness that they have to wait. They are being told they cannot get a test for a number of months and once they do, it is only a short number of months later that they have to go back for a second test. In the circumstances we are in now, perhaps a process could be put in place. If, due to no fault of the person who owns the car, he or she has had to wait...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: If that is the case, how can it be that if a person has a car accident and the car has not undergone the NCT, the insurance company will take issue that the car is out of NCT, whereas if there is an NCT on the car, it does not take the same issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: Absolutely, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: It puts a date on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: For their own sake as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: If all the emphasis is on car owners to ensure vehicles are safe at all times, and it is in their interest and everybody else's, why have an NCT at all? It does not make sense to me to have a test to say the vehicle is roadworthy today and the NCTS will give a piece of paper saying it will be another 12 months until it needs to be tested, while if a person has an accident, the insurance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: Absolutely, and I concur with Mr. Walsh on that. I have no issue there and I have no issue with recommending that everyone should have their car tested. I just have the issue that if the car is tested in November and is a couple of months late getting tested through no fault of the driver, the driver only has a short period of time before they have to get the car tested again. I just have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Martin Kenny: In regard to the manning or the staffing of the sites, I know some headway was made in recruiting more staff. Are there still issues? Does Mr. Walsh still find it difficult? Was it up to 186 staff he said he needs to have?