Results 1-17 of 17 for rural transport speaker:John McGuinness

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

John McGuinness: ...costs can be passed on. At the end of the day, it is the customer in the supermarket and so on who will pay the cost. If a company is being levied with a 7% or 10% diesel surcharge in order for the transport company to stay in business, because that company is not a charity it is going to pass on that charge to the customer, which inevitably will feed into the increased costs associated...

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

John McGuinness: ...the extra expense being put on them to such an extent that they cannot cope. It is likewise with the cost of petrol. People are telling me, and I can see this for myself, that going to work in rural Ireland is completely different because we do not have a public transport system. Those people are looking to the Government to take far greater action than what is being contained in this...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

John McGuinness: ...us deals with a number of different road traffic issues. There is a commentary in the explanatory memorandum on the changes in our use of vehicles of one kind or another and the use of public transport. I have to make a case for rural Ireland generally where there is no transport system and where people cannot get about efficiently within their own counties or region. That has to be...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

John McGuinness: ...deal of respect for the farming community and what it has achieved to date. It has looked after the countryside. As is often said in this House, the farming community have been the custodians of rural Ireland. Farmers need to be recognised for that in a very positive way. Over the past ten years, the Government has set about encouraging farmers and family farms to go in a particular...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jul 2020)

John McGuinness: ...the development of his or her business, he or she must look over their shoulder to see what other regulations will be applied in his or her case and what the cost will be. My background is in the transport industry and in small business. The regulations in place now have substantially changed compared to ten years ago and they are absolutely in need of reform. I encourage the Minister...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

John McGuinness: ...businesses for the significant challenge that Brexit will bring to their door. He has added cost to everything. I acknowledge he increased the carbon tax but, as Deputy Lisa Chambers rightly pointed out, in rural Ireland that means there will still be no bus service and, therefore, people will still have to use their cars at a greater cost. There is an insufficient number of electrical...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Nov 2017)

John McGuinness: There are community organisations throughout the country, in both urban and rural settings, that are providing a valuable service to people in this category, enabling them to participate somewhat in the activities of that community and in society. Without that service, which involves being collected by a bus or organised transport and being brought to the community centre, they would be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (20 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 1879. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investment in rural routes; his further plans to ensure that there will be transport services in rural Ireland to accommodate local communities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28241/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services Provision (21 Mar 2017)

John McGuinness: 1228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy he is pursuing or implementing relative to Bus Éireann and public transport services for rural Ireland; his plans to have a public transport system that gives connectivity throughout the country thus expanding rather than reducing the existing service; his views on the reduction of services through Castlecomer, County...

Motor Insurance Costs: Motion (16 Feb 2017)

John McGuinness: ...the SME sector that is weak because of the level of regulation and costs involved and it will not be able to sustain further years of nothing being done. Therefore, in some way, as part of the public transport system, it should be acknowledged and supported, if that can be done. The taxi sector is under serious threat in terms of its existence. The Minister of State mentioned a lot...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (27 Sep 2016)

John McGuinness: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be give to the case made directly to him through correspondence dated 13 September 2016 relative to the school transport system and the way it affects a school (details supplied); if he will intervene in this issue and support small rural-based schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26574/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (27 Sep 2016)

John McGuinness: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set up a working group to examine the school bus transport system and the way it operates in rural Ireland in view of the fact that the current system is chaotic and the criteria to qualify for the service poses a threat to small rural schools; if he will request the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General to carry out a value...

Written Answers — Rural Transport: Rural Transport (9 May 2012)

John McGuinness: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his liaisons with the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Health in relation to changes to the rural transport scheme; if they have raised concerns regarding consolidation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23080/12]

Private Members' Business. Motorist Emergency Relief Bill 2012: Second Stage (24 Apr 2012)

John McGuinness: ...household who is working to put fuel in the car to go to work. All he or she is asking for is a little relief. What about the unemployed person who we are insisting goes on various courses? In rural Ireland, they are not easily available and one must travel to those courses. We are asking that person, who does not have access to public transport, to pay much more than a person living in...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)

John McGuinness: .... Another matter of concern in the context of the Bill is the lowering of the blood alcohol level from 80 mg to 50 mg. The debate in respect of this issue has given rise to a wider discussion on rural Ireland and how we look upon it. To some degree, the matter has been taken out of context. I must declare an interest in that I have an interest in a building in which a public house is...

Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)

John McGuinness: ..., the debate was not solely about the reduction of the blood alcohol content level. I favour the direction outlined in this Bill. Along with that, however, there must be an understanding that in rural areas there is not the same level or extent of public transport as can be found in urban centres. It is hugely important, therefore, that there is joined-up thinking, which has been called...

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Jun 2005)

John McGuinness: ...apply it here. If investment is needed, which it undoubtedly is, then the State should not fall short in making the money available to the operators or those involved in ensuring the safe transport of children from home to school. Whatever is required to attain that level of safety, whether it is carers or seatbelts, should be provided and adhered to. I encourage the Minister of State to...