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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: Is that the total number?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: Does the witness know what percentage of the 100,000 are in the North Atlantic routes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: Would it be 60%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: If 100,000 people are transitioning with Virgin and if it has made the decision to come out and advise the people that this is such a bad deal, would the airline not know, before the submission is made, how many are going to each of the destinations? From a brief look on the Internet, I believe there are 3 million direct seats into Ireland from North America, by a whole host of airlines,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: For argument's sake, if it were 60,000 out of 3 million seats on the North Atlantic routes, it is less than 1.5% of the total number of people who travel the North Atlantic to and from Ireland with Virgin Atlantic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: Is the witness expressing a concern for more than Virgin Atlantic?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: I accept the legitimacy of the witness's concern but from a transatlantic point of view, even at very high water, in the deliberations of the airline, 1.6% of the total traffic into and out of Ireland is handled by Virgin Atlantic on the North Atlantic routes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: It is a pity the witness did not bring those figures with him before he came to the Oireachtas with such obvious concerns.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: It is, but there are 3 million seats per annum directly into and out of Irish airports that are not affected by this at all. Plus there are more than 500,000 that are eastbound-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: When Senator Mooney asked about Dublin, Mr. Thompson's answer referred to whenever the opportunity comes about for some airline to look at Dublin. That opportunity is staring us in the face now. We know there is a lot of capacity in Dublin airport, there is pre-clearance on the North Atlantic, and there are fantastic facilities there. Has Virgin Atlantic had any engagement with the Dublin...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: Taking Virgin Atlantic's concern for the Irish consumer at face value, Mr. Thompson's next port of call should be the DAA which would be delighted to see him.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (1 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be issued a payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13458/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Premium Payments (1 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment under the forestry premium scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick has not issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13480/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (1 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 102. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the creation of a Jigsaw hub in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13469/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (1 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the current embargo on the issuing of public service vehicles and taxi licences will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13539/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (1 Apr 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale behind the decision that wheelchair accessible taxi vehicles have to be less than six years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13540/15]
- Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: What about the runway on the Aran Islands that has weeds growing through it?
- Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: Fianna Fáil has a new leader.
- Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy wants to go on Galway Bay FM.
- Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: His leader should dissociate himself from that outburst.