Results 221-240 of 4,495 for speaker:Joe Carey

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: Is the Minister of State in favour of increasing it to 3 million?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: On timelines, we are looking at the first quarter for consultation. When might there be a decision?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: Those were fair comments. There was a commitment to review national aviation policy. It has been put off in the past two years. Will it happen at all?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: When?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: Absolutely, but the two are intertwined.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: What we have is a big juggernaut in Dublin, with 33 million passengers. The rest are feeding off the crumbs. The Minister of State is saying that herself, which is welcome, but the two are interlinked and do not work in isolation. It is not down to the programme alone. The national aviation policy is the overarching policy. It is in this that the figure of 1 million passengers is...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: I receive considerable correspondence from people waiting for a driving test. Two cases come to mind. One lady, who works in a doctor’s surgery, has been waiting for 21 weeks. She has to get public transport from Bunratty to Ennis every day. It is scandalous. Another lady, who runs her own business, has to get a taxi to the premises every day from Clarecastle. She has been...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: More testers are needed. This cannot go on forever. Covid has been gone for months. We need to cut the waiting lists. I am not hearing about this. The problem is getting worse.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: How many new testers are there? What plans are there to employ more testers to cut the waiting list?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: We need to be doing an awful lot more. We are letting people down. The Minister of State is responsible for the Government agency, so we need to hear what she is doing. The situation has worsened. It is just not good enough that young people are waiting for 16 or 21 weeks for a driving test in this day and age. In her opening statement, the Minister of State referred to programme E,...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: Will the Minister of State ask him whether he will publish the Clinch report, and when?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: Will the Minister of State revert to the committee?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: Does the Ennis bus route fall under the remit of the Minister of State?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: It has been spoken about for many years. It is at an advanced stage. The National Transport Authority, NTA, is looking at introducing a new bus service for Ennis. Some routes are being tested. It will go right through Ennis, from Clarecastle to Barefield. It is a really exciting time. This will tie in with many of the investments the Minister of State's Department is making around...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: The RSA pushed those testers into an open competition. It would not take them on as permanent testers and made them apply again.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: We are coming from a dark place as we emerge from the impact of Covid-19. I acknowledge the work of the Minister and her officials in County Clare and throughout the country in respect of what the Department has done to support our most vulnerable people. Little did we think we would have a war break out on the Continent, and an illegal war at that. God knows when it will finish. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (17 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: 37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider dramatically increasing the number of participants in the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56505/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a report in relation to the large-scale sports capital programme by the overall list of the grants that have been made available to successful applicants under this scheme, a list of the clubs that made valid appeals under the programme, the grant amounts awarded to clubs that successfully appealed her...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: 75. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the measures that he has implemented to tackle the cost of childcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56216/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Joe Carey: Mr. Walsh is very welcome. I have listened to most of the meeting. I have a deep interest in Shannon Airport and the Shannon area. I note his comments in respect of the airport and the hope is to progress. He is aware of the chaos we all witnessed at Dublin Airport and other airports across Europe, particularly where there was a dominant airport. That chaos stemmed from a lack of staff,...