Results 501-520 of 1,043,699 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Brian Leddin OR speaker:Ciarán Cannon)
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: There are 80,000 people waiting and the officials have it in their hands to sanction permanent ones. I do not get it. Many who were on contract were let go, including in the midlands.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: How many are needed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Roughly, how many? Is it 200 or 300?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Will Mr. Walsh put a figure on the number of testers needed?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: That is 200 permanent testers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Thank you. We will go to a second round of questions. I call Deputy Murphy.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: I think the point is that there has to be realism this time and speed limits have to be appropriate at a local level. Councillors must be involved. They will take expert advice, whether that is from An Garda Síochána or a local area engineer, but the council chamber must have that discretion. When the RSA contacts the AILG this issue needs to be emphasised, so that it can make...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Yes, but as Deputy Murphy said, many councillors will be told that speed limits are to be increased by this amount. It is important that councillors are made aware that this is their job.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: There were four questions there. Will Deputy English ask Dr. Walsh to respond to the first and the last question on the school bus issue? Let us put this to bed.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Will Dr. Walsh clarify if the traffic medicine office's Professor O'Neill, gives the advice? I do not want to personalise it for anybody but is it the case that the professor gives the advice on what we are all fit for at the age of 75?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Where is that? What is that for?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is it part of the RSA?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is the person who gives the advice an RSA employee?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: It is a contract.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: We will move to the replies to the other questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Concisely please.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Could a meter reading be taken, for example?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Does it need legislation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Murphy has six minutes. Was Deputy's question answered fully?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Road Safety Authority (27 Jun 2024)
Brian Stanley: Is it the Department that makes the recommendation to the Minister or is it the RSA? How does this happen? The Deputy is trying to get the answer to that question.