Results 421-440 of 1,042,151 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Imelda Munster OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív) in 'Committee meetings'
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: A new ad is not coming until December.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Is there not a sense of urgency about this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: I suggest urgency.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: How is seatbelt-wearing gauged? Is there a way of gauging whether a seatbelt campaign has worked or got through to the public?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Could he be very brief and furnish the committee with information on monitoring over the years, on success and failure, and what works and does not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Could we be furnished with that information? Those are very interesting statistics. Obviously, Mr. Rowland will continue to monitor the trend and consider means of getting the message out even more. I want to move on to driver testing. On average, the waiting time for a driver test is 14 weeks to 16 weeks. Among the reasons given for this are a reduced workforce owing to staff...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: We have all that information. Could Mr. Waide just answer the specific questions, please?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Does the RSA not have permanent ones?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: The Department allowed only temporary ones.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Have the Department and the Minister not budged on that as yet?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Of the contracts that have not been renewed, what is the reason they have not automatically been renewed, given the shortage and also that the testers have been doing the work for years and, therefore, also have experience?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Is Mr. Waide saying the Department does not even allow the authority renew an existing contract once it comes to an end?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: That seems ridiculous altogether. That is something to take up with the Minister. As time is of the essence, I will raise another matter.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: I will if I am given extended time.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: If someone applies to renew the contract and is quite happy in the job, is Dr. Walsh saying they are not allowed to have the contract renewed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Is that not fairly insane, given the waiting lists the length and breadth of the State? I want to move on to another issue - the apt term would be "another farce". People in Drogheda believe the RSA has deemed Drogheda not suitable for a driving test centre. It is the largest town in Ireland with a population of 45,000. Currently, under a northern environs plan, we are preparing for an...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Stop. If I hearing that again. We are six years on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: That is the case in Dublin every day.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: I am glad to hear that but Mr. Walsh can understand the frustration of the people of Drogheda six years on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Imelda Munster: Is he seriously saying there is not an office or a building in Drogheda that is suitable? I pass them every day of the week. The RSA has offices and buildings right around the country.