Results 101-120 of 6,868 for rural transport

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...not have as its priority a sewage or wastewater system for ten houses. Ten houses in a Gaeltacht area could be the difference between keeping the local school open or not. The issue is not just with Gaeltacht areas. It affects other rural areas but the difference with Gaeltacht areas - and the exceptional case that needs to be made in those areas - is that if they do not get the...

Estimates for Public Services 2024 (14 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...Marine, including certain services administered by that Office and for payment of certain grants and subsidies and for the payment of certain grants under cash-limited schemes and the remediation of Haulbowline Island and that a sum not exceeding €46,000,000 be granted by way of the application for capital supply services of unspent appropriations, the surrender of which may be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (14 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Matt Carthy: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to increase the number of taxi operators in regional towns and rural areas; if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6986/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 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 delivering the Connecting Ireland Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Feb 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 travelling 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 to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Tim Lombard: ...have storage by next October if you were to start today. What can we do in this short space of time? What needs to be done, considering that time is ticking regarding this significant issue? The rural economy could be affected. People say dairy farms are the big entities in that there are jobs in transport and processing. The milk pool decreased last year by 3%. The knock-on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Public Health and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...say that is under the Department of sports, but I want to expand my engagement into other sporting organisations. All of the strategies have a cross-government approach. Indeed, when I was in the Department of Transport, in my last remit, there was a significant rolling out of walking and cycling facilities across the country. The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Malcolm Noonan: ...426, 448, 481, 534, 538, 542, 546, 615, 616, 618, 793, 794, 1154 and 1188 as tabled by Deputy Steven Matthews. Amendments Nos. 31, 144 to 146, inclusive, 197, 198, 236, 538, 542 and 546 relate to transport-orientated development. Amendment No. 426 relates to the indicative alignment of active travel networks. Amendment No. 793 relates to access to public transport and active travel...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (13 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Norma Foley: At the outset I would like to say that I appreciate the importance of the school transport scheme. I know of its value in many rural areas in particular. It was for that reason we ensured we got the widest spectrum of opinion in terms of how we should operate. That was not just families currently using the system, but families who have not used the system and would like to use it. There...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (13 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Colm Burke: ...past number of years and there is a growing demand. As recently as last night I had a meeting with a number of parents. They are concerned because of 16 children only five are able to get school transport when all 16 should be getting it. Their concern is that if we want to cater for all of the children, there would have to be an increase in the number of places and buses available. My...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

John Lahart: ...or even to send a note around saying they have had complaints. It is a soft form of policing but could be effective. I welcome the changes in the speed limits. Parts of my constituency are rural and residents say speed limits on some sections of rural road are higher than on the N81. Hopefully this will address that. I echo what a previous Deputy said on the NTA. One of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Lisa Chambers: ...basis by families dealing with mica and pyrite. He also spoke about the need to provide shelter for bikes in Dublin city centre and other places. He felt it was an easy issue to resolve and that the Minister for Transport should be able to solve it quite easily. Senator Clonan also spoke about the issue in Rafah. He raised a second issue of children awaiting surgical procedures and...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...strategies for sustainability runs through Part 4, including the creation of the Limerick Project Ireland 2040 delivery board and the appointment of the mayor as chairperson. There is a focus on transport in Limerick, where the mayor will chair a subgroup dedicated to that issue. As sustainability is already central to Government planning, it follows that it will be stitched into future...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Feb 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 travelling 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Feb 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 travelling 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Feb 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 travelling 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (13 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: Voluntary search and rescue groups, such as those referred by the Deputy, do not come under the aegis of the Department of Transport. Occasional funding may be available to voluntary groups from other government sources including the Department of Rural and Community Development, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and local authorities. Water Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (13 Feb 2024)

Jack Chambers: Voluntary search and rescue groups, such as those referred by the Deputy, do not come under the aegis of the Department of Transport. Occasional funding may be available to voluntary groups from other government sources including the Department of Rural and Community Development, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, and local authorities. Water Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Feb 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 travelling 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 to...