Results 961-980 of 1,050,221 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:Catherine Connolly OR speaker:Darren O'Rourke OR speaker:Pauline Tully)
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Could the NTA have engaged with Irish Rail earlier?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I mean on this issue
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I suggest the NTA could and should have engaged with Irish Rail earlier. It should have let people know earlier and should have had a clearer timeline for the roll-out of this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Tens of thousands of public transport users will say time and again that they are the ones who have to suffer because of this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I have not finished. Mr. Ryan stated the NTA would like to roll them out together. I am sure it would. I am sure the customers who use public transport every day would like to see them rolled out separately, because they will benefit from them. That benefit has now been delayed and will not be delivered in the timeframe that was committed to.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I have not forgotten that at all.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: It looks like we will be working on it for longer now, given this further delay. It is hugely frustrating for the communities I represent. That is exactly what will be reflected.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Let us be clear. The customers have a different role in this regard than do Ms Graham and her organisation. Let us not claim there is some kind of equality or comparison to be made. The NTA has a responsibility for designing and delivering the scheme. The customers do not have that responsibility.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: The NTA apologises for it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: On the point that has been made about delivering it as quickly as possible, I urge the NTA to do everything it can - quarter 1 runs to the end of March - and bring March delivery back to January, or bring January back to December, November or October. A point was made earlier about school transport services and the opportunity for scheduled services to complement or substitute for them. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Mr. Ryan mentioned the number of mechanics who had been or are to be hired in the Dublin area. I was not sure whether it was 40 or 14.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Has Mr. Ryan anything to say about Dublin? The reason I am asking is that an issue was raised relating to Broadstone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Mechanics.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: It was the Philippines in September. I may have been mixed up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Does Mr. Ryan know how many of those are going to Broadstone, for example? Are they just for Dublin Bus?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: The figure does not include Bus Éireann in Dublin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Broadstone would not be covered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I ask Mr. Ryan get some clarification on that. I am particularly interested because the Meath bus services are largely covered by the Broadstone depot and we know that part of the challenge with those relates to mechanics in Broadstone. If they are not covered, I would make the case that Bus Éireann should be doing something similar to try to address the shortage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Travel Operations Update: National Transport Authority (10 Jul 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I received a written response on the rail service from Navan. The tender for contractors will issue towards the end of the year. Is that the case?