Results 61-80 of 6,862 for rural transport

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (5 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including TFI Local Link services, the Connecting...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (5 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including SPSV licensing, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Consolidated Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016. I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV industry. In June 2010, the NTA introduced S.I. No. 250 of 2010 -...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. In the current school year over 161,600 children, including over 135,000 pupils traveling on primary and post primary services, 19,800 pupils with special educational needs, and 6,800 pupils who have arrived to Ireland from Ukraine are transported on a daily basis...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (5 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Bernard Durkan: 826. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department can assist the rural communities dealing with transport in areas not served by public transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10808/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regional Development (5 Mar 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future recognises the opportunity that remote working presents for rural rejuvenation and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs by 2025. Remote working provides an opportunity for people to continue to live in rural communities while following their career ambitions, supporting the retention of skilled people in rural...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Michael Lowry: I welcome the Government's decision to review and revise the regulation on eligibility for school transport. The bus pass travel scheme has been a shambles for years. The scheme is not fit for purpose and needs a radical overhaul. From my experience across Tipperary, the scheme is riddled with anomalies and inconsistencies. The rigid interpretation of rules and regulations has deprived...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Nursing Homes (29 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...to Castlebar. That is a waste of people's money. I ask the Minister of State to sit down and work this out with the other Ministers so that something like this does not happen again and people in rural areas have transport to get to services.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Funding (29 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Transport does not have any unallocated EU funding. All EU funding provided to the Department has been allocated for a specific purpose. This includes the following agreed funding: National Resilience and Recovery Programme (NRRP) Funding (€71.92m) which is allocated to the Cork Commuter Rail project; Shared Island funding (€7m) and EU Just Transition Fund...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...important. It is from the ground up that these plans are being development, and now funded by Government. I wish those towns very well. Senators Kyne and Conway raised the issue of the school transport review. I commend the Minister, Deputy Foley on her work in this regard. The review was long overdue. There may be teething problems, but there has been a real push on the part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to increase the number of operating taxis, particularly in rural and regional communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9493/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. Transport is a huge issue for cancer patients in rural areas. The services have been centralised and there are some very good results, which I acknowledge. However, when people have a 60-mile round trip to get to Galway from, say, Belmullet, the affordability and availability of transport are a real barrier, one which is creating an awful lot of stress for people who could do without...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Bill 2024: Committee Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...speed limits and the Bill will make the necessary changes. These speed limit changes are a reduction from 50 km/h to 30 km/h in built up areas; a reduction from 80 km/h to 60 km/h for local rural roads; and a reduction from 100 km/h to 80 km/h for national secondary roads. All of these changes were carefully examined in the course of the speed limit review. They are realistic and they...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...appreciate the contribution that immigration makes. Many people who have come to live and work here are breathing new life into our towns and villages. Many of them are teachers and pupils in our rural schools and healthcare workers in our hospitals and care homes. Many more of them bring tens of thousands of people to work daily on our public transport. They are building the homes...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ..., it is proposed that: 1.(i) pursuant to Standing Order 94(3), the Dáil shall waive its instruction that not more than two Select Committees shall meet to consider a Bill on any given day in the case of the proposed meetings of the Select Committee on Transport and Communications, the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government, and Heritage, and the Select Committee on...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (27 Feb 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...due to the reduction in tourist accommodation available in the county as a result of it being used for humanitarian purposes. Senator Regina Doherty - The need for the Minister for Education to increase school bus transportation capacity to link rural villages in Fingal with urban centres such as Swords and Lusk. Senator Sharon Keogan - The need for the Minister of Health to re-open the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: North-South Student Mobility: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Eileen Flynn: ...from the North. It takes me three hours to get to Belfast or Dublin and it takes nearly two hours to get to Derry. When we are talking about obstacles for young people in places such as Donegal, transport is one of them. There is also the cost of education, which is another one for young people in rural communities such as in Donegal. Unfortunately, young people in Ardara do not have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Access to Cash Bill 2024: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The framework will guarantee rural areas have access to ATMs in the same way as the areas with a higher population. There will be no differentiation between people having access. Mr. Gilvarry rightly points to issues such as security and financial independence. In rural areas there is obviously a bigger population of elderly people as well, and the transport issues and everything else that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including TFI Local Link services and the rollout...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (27 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...play in bringing people together and facilitating community services and events. I have put in place an integrated programme of capital funding supports for the development of infrastructure in rural areas and for the development of community facilities right across the country. Under the 2022 Community Centre Investment Fund in particular, over €45.8 million was committed for...