Seanad debates

Friday, 27 June 2003

Taxi Regulation Bill 2003: Second Stage.

 

The Minister's speech refers to the overall policy promoted by the Bill remaining a matter for the Minister for Transport, who continues to be answerable directly to the Houses of the Oireachtas. I have been frustrated at times as a transport spokesperson, when addressing questions about transport to the Minister, at being fobbed off, not directly by the Minister but often by his civil servants, who tell me that it is a matter for different agencies, such as the Rail Procurement Agency. I wonder if we are creating another layer of bureaucracy here. I welcome the Minister's commitment that he will answer directly on this issue, because there is such a jungle of agencies in the transport sector that it is nearly impossible to find exactly who is answerable on various issues.

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