White, Mary M.Wednesday, 20 April 2005 |
Seanad Eireann Debate
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There are actually four airports, including London City Airport.
I welcome the Minister to the House. Schiphol Airport has been mentioned twice by Senators Ryan and Quinn. Listening to Senator Ryan one would think it was built only recently. Schiphol Airport has de...
I will be voting with the Government so that Senators need not get too excited. Dublin Airport is an insult to those who work in it.
Those on the front line on security duty are being blamed for the security lapses. Even though Senator Dooley does not like if I disagree, I have to tell the truth.
Having worked in Dublin Airport on the building of the new airport in 1970, I speak from experience. I went in and out of it four and five time a week developing my business. The building, the flow of...
——whether that is roads or airports or whatever. We should not only be concerned about the immediate development of the airport and the second terminal that should have been built five years ago but s...
I find it boring. I am not interested in it.
I believe in Fianna Fáil which I joined because it was the most proactive development party in the country; I joined it for no other reason.
I was privileged to travel with Albert Reynolds to the United States and Japan. I saw he was a pragmatic man and that is why I joined Fianna Fáil. I had no ideology. I joined the party because it was ...
I am here to make changes in society——
——and if I cannot achieve them I could not be bothered putting in the sort of effort I am putting in now.
The two Government parties should stop talking about different ideologies and get on with it. I know the fine people that work in Aer Rianta very well. I support the division of the three airports bec...
I do not wish to be derogatory but it is our business to allow harmonious development of the infrastructure, whether of roads or airports. We should not meddle. Fianna Fáil has a tremendous relationsh...
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