Gilmore, EamonWednesday, 10 October 2007 |
Dáil Eireann Debate
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Leaders’ Questions.
Not through Shannon.
In less than three months it will not be possible to get a flight from Shannon to Heathrow. There is no point in telling people that they can get a flight to Orlando if they want to travel to London....
——due to deteriorating industrial relations in Aer Lingus, it may not be possible to get an Aer Lingus flight to anywhere. Last weekend British Midland indicated that it does not intend to run a serv...
Why were the two directors not appointed at a much earlier stage? Why is it now, only after the horse has bolted, that the two directors are being appointed apparently with a mandate to protect the S...
My question refers to the Shannon-Heathrow route.
I thank the Taoiseach for the early part of his reply which clarifies entirely the position on the Shannon- Heathrow service. It is quite clear from the Taoiseach’s reply that the Shannon-Heathrow se...
All the talk about finding an alternative has simply dried up, particularly with the British Midland decision.
I interpret the Taoiseach’s response to mean that connectivity and not Heathrow is the issue, that the Government is now no longer actively pursuing a service from Shannon to Heathrow.
That is what it comes down to.
He says you can go to Gatwick and Stanstead and if you want to go to Disneyland they will provide a service to Orlando.
However, if you want to do business through Heathrow there will not be a service.
The Taoiseach, in his reply, stated the Government is abandoning the Shannon-Heathrow route. That is a disgraceful abandonment of regional policy and of the people of the west and mid-west. It is an...
I thank the Taoiseach.
Ceisteanna — Questions - Appointments to State Boards.
Asked the minister: if he will list the persons appointed to State boards or agencies operating under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
What changes, if any, have been made since the reformation of the Fianna Fáil Government, with the participation on this occasion of the Green Party, following the general election? Is it the case, a...
What understanding exists between the parties in government with regard to the making of appointments to State boards? Is there an arrangement by which the smaller parties in government can make or r...
Is there an understanding or agreement in terms of allocations, ratios, proportions and so on between the parties in government with regard to the making of appointments to State boards?
There is no agreement.
Ceisteanna — Questions - Standards in Public Office.
Asked the minister: his views on changes to the code of conduct for office holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ceisteanna — Questions - Dublin-Monaghan Bombings.
Asked the minister: the action he will take arising from the report of the MacEntee commission into aspects of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Asked the minister: if he has raised or intends to raise with the British Prime Minister the report of the MacEntee commission into aspects of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974; and if he will make a statement o...
Following the publication of the MacEntee report, the Taoiseach stated that there should be a broader debate on the issue of collusion. The Justice for the Forgotten group is particularly anxious tha...
Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy.
On behalf of the Labour Party, I join the Taoiseach and Deputy Kenny in expressing my personal sympathy and that of my party with Mary Keegan and her family on the death of the late Seán Keegan. For ...
Order of Business.
When I asked the Taoiseach yesterday about the legislation he plans to have enacted in this session, one of the Bills he mentioned was the Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005, which is the Bill that enable...
Fire Services: Motion (Resumed).
I wish to share time with Deputy Ciarán Lynch, who proposed the original motion.
I thank Deputies Lynch and McManus for the comprehensive argument they made last night in support of the Labour Party motion. As someone who lives in Shankill, just two miles from Bray, I have close ...
Amendment put.
Voted No
Question again put: “That the motion, as amended, be agreed to.”
Voted No
Written Answers - Proposed Legislation.
Asked the minister: the progress of his consideration of legislation to regulate lobbyists as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Asked the minister: if he will amend the Electoral Acts to provide for increased transparency in the funding of political parties and for greater scrutiny of political party expenditure; and if he will make a statement ...
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