And the new Minister for Transport is...

dynamick

Pat Carey, the current Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs

He will hold this position for the next seven weeks until the general election on March 11th

delta_bravo

They should have given it to a bunch of Transition Year students for their work experience.

The_Wrecker

delta_bravo wrote: »

They should have given it to a bunch of Transition Year students for their work experience.

I think Jedward are booked up too!:D

Zebra3

delta_bravo wrote: »

They should have given it to a bunch of Transition Year students for their work experience.

I thought the idea of transition year was to learn about the real world?

dynamick

Since the Green resignations today, Pat Carey is now Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Minister for Transport and Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

Busy man

DWCommuter

dynamick wrote: »

Since the Green resignations today, Pat Carey is now Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Minister for Transport and Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

Busy man

Busy man on a very short contract. For now we enter a period of quiet on the transport front. By May things should get buzzing here again. OR NOT.:D

xper

Since the Green resignations today, Pat Carey is now Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Minister for Transport and Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

I look forward to the immediate implementation of the electrically-powered Spiddal express bus.

DWCommuter wrote: »

Busy man on a very short contract. For now we enter a period of quiet on the transport front. By May things should get buzzing here again. OR NOT.:D

It is a great misfortune that the extended and continuing debacle at government level has consumed all political and media attention which in turn has meant that the sub-debacle of Dublin Bus's Network Direct project has been allowed go on without oversight, questioning or intervention.

AlekSmart

xper wrote: »

I look forward to the immediate implementation of the electrically-powered Spiddal express bus.

It is a great misfortune that the extended and continuing debacle at government level has consumed all political and media attention which in turn has meant that the sub-debacle of Dublin Bus's Network Direct project has been allowed go on without oversight, questioning or intervention.

Xper,I too share your mystification at how the systematic dismantling of a previously effective (but capable of improvement) system has been allowed to proceed without any expression of interest from the usual suspects.

By this stage I would have expected all manner of loonies to have stepped forward to state their position,but it seems a conspiracy of silence has decended..???

Cookie_Monster

AlekSmart wrote: »

Xper,I too share your mystification at how the systematic dismantling of a previously effective (but capable of improvement) system has been allowed to proceed without any expression of interest from the usual suspects.

By this stage I would have expected all manner of loonies to have stepped forward to state their position,but it seems a conspiracy of silence has decended..???

its prett y simple really

Transport Minister, regardless of who it is wrote:

Ah sure, that nothing to do with me, the NTA are taking care of that one, you should go ask them about it

Breezer

xper wrote: »

I look forward to the immediate implementation of the electrically-powered Spiddal express bus.

With free WiFi. Driven by a lesbian Jewish woman.

Amtmann

He announced two unexpected road starts yesterday: N4 Downs Grade Separation and the 1.8km N87 Ballyconnell Relief Road.

Stonewolf

Tremelo wrote: »

He announced two unexpected road starts yesterday: N4 Downs Grade Separation and the 1.8km N87 Ballyconnell Relief Road.

No shock there, it's an election year afterall.

foggy_lad

"And the New ministers for the transports being"

NO BETTER THAN THE LAST ONE!

Cookie_Monster

foggy_lad wrote: »

NO BETTER THAN THE LAST ONE!

at least he can't be any worse, since he's only got 5 weeks :pac:

popebenny16

I imagine the luas to Finglas to Boombridge will be getting a big push now esp as Noel Ahern has run away/decided not to stand

dynamick

New minister of transport to be announced soon.

Likely Fine Gael. Maybe Varadkar, Coveney, Fergus O'Dowd???

Cookie_Monster

Minister of Transport and Tourism now, isn't it?

dynamick

good point.

whoever is chosen it looks like public transport infrastructure spending is over. The PfG refers to more diverse bus services.

The PfG is 64 pages long but transport comes up on p63 and planning on p64. I'd imagine that shows the relative importance of these areas to the two parties. Transport and planning can be looked at once everything else is done.

Cookie_Monster

dynamick wrote: »

The PfG is 64 pages long but transport comes up on p63 and planning on p64. I'd imagine that shows the relative importance of these areas to the two parties. Transport and planning can be looked at once everything else is done.

I haven't actually read that, but Newstalk were making the point that there are only 2 pages in finance in it too. Must be an awful lots of waffle if two major areas like transport and finance can only take up 4 pages.

dynamick

New minister of Transport and Tourism and Sport is the American from Lucan:
Leo Varadkar.

Chris_5339762

On the plus side he might gets Newlands done if he lives just down the road in Lucan.

starviewadams

Hopefully Metro West,I'm in no hurry to see Newlands done!(cos I live right beside it!)

dynamick

Alan Kelly named as junior minister for public and commuter transport

Sulmac

From the Irish Times' website:

Mr Varadkar said the priorities for his Department would be the abolition of the travel tax, the reform of some labour agreements to make tourism more competitive and to have integrated ticketing within a year.

dynamick

setting expectations very low