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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (1 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe O'Brien: ...doing their drop and then doing a return journey without passengers. That is certainly not efficient, in a variety of ways. Other Departments are also affected, including mine, the Department of Rural and Community Development, given we fund transport services through our community services programme. There are bits and pieces all over. "Integration" is the key word in respect of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...spite in the world for the Ukrainian people or no gripe at all to tease out with them. It is with the Government. I want the same conditions applied across the board with regard to the medical card and school transport. It is happening. The 13 children I spoke about who were not let on the bus have to wait in Killorglin for half an hour for the rural link bus to come along. They are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Tralee and Dingle, however. As the Deputy said, it is particularly important given the importance of the peninsula. It is also in line with the national strategic outcome of strengthening rural economies and communities, as outlined in the national planning framework. I apologise; I have some details here on road fatality figures. I have been informed by TII that there have been no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Further to what I was saying a moment ago, I fully agree that we need to encourage more people to use public transport. That is why we are investing in significant service and infrastructure improvements as well as funding various fare initiatives that have been introduced in recent budgets which complement the heavily discounted fares already available for under-18s on PSO services....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Student Travel Card (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is strongly committed to providing all citizens with reliable and realistic sustainable mobility options, and public transport plays a key role in the delivery of this goal. Budget 2024 has allocated €613 million to support Public Service Obligation services across the State. This Budget allocation builds on the investments secured in recent years which have supported...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 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 the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO)...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (1 Feb 2024)

Alan Dillon: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide match funding alongside the Department of Rural and Community Development for the local improvement scheme, LIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: On the 27th of April 2023, the National Transport Authority (NTA) published a new National Fares Strategy. The Fares Strategy follows the previous implementation of a simplified fares structure for Dublin, which combines elements of distance and equitability between routes, and proposes an approach for the rest of Ireland aimed at providing better value, greater transparency, and equality in...

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the rollout of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan in County Carlow. [4450/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Action Plan (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...of ‘high impact’ measures from the CAP23 Annex of Actions with more significant emissions reduction and/or abatement potential. In 2023, my Department reported on 26 such actions for the transport sector, and provided final updates on the delivery status of these actions for review in early January. Pending final confirmation from the Department of the Taoiseach, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 Feb 2024)

Martin Kenny: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can outline what measures he has put in place for local authorities to support road gritting plans in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54235/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (1 Feb 2024)

Brendan Griffin: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered requests from the Minister for Rural and Community Development and others for funding to be allocated from his budget towards the local improvement scheme programme; if he will state how much capital funding was carried over from his Department at the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4889/24]

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...best in our young people. It will also have young people educated in many skills and areas, and entrepreneurs and investors from abroad will say they want to come here. With the roll-out of universities to rural areas, including the campus in Clonmel, which is under the Limerick campus, I want to remember the VEC of decades ago and, in particular, John Slattery, Luke Murtagh in north...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (31 Jan 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...for the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications to make a statement on the proposed closure of Roscommon town post office. Senator Fiona O'Loughlin - The need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement on the timeline for the implementation of the recently announced fares determination by the National Transport Authority. Senator Tom Clonan - The need for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tree Remediation (31 Jan 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...for landowners, workers and visitors. My Department does not have responsibility for the removal of roadside trees or for private homeowners living in the countryside with ash trees in their rural gardens. As with any other health and safety matter, site-specific issues together with any measures, including any risk assessments required, are in the first instance the responsibility of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Offshore Islands (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to discuss the provision of subsidies for the transportation of freight to the offshore islands, the maximum cost of same and the oversight mechanisms that exist. [4304/24]

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 Jan 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...access to graduate entry medicine courses in the State and, in particular, to ensure under-represented groups have access to such courses. Senator Sharon Keogan - The need for the Minister for Transport to include the Thurles bypass project in the National Development Plan 2021-2030 during the 2025 review of the plan. Senator Erin McGreehan - The need for the Minister for Rural and...