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Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has issued policy directions in respect of the operation of any, all or none, of the national or regional airports throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18330/10]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent to which he plans to apply a particular or specific policy to the operation of each of the national and regional airports throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18331/10]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans for the development of the public and private bus transport service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18328/10]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Transport his air transport plans or policy over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18329/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport if directly or through the National Roads Authority or local authorities he has received requests from or given any instructions attendant on financial allocations made, generally or specifically throughout the country; the nature of any such instructions or conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18332/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport the criterion under which funding directly or indirectly is provided by his Department to any bodies or groups under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18333/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent of funding by his Department in each of the past four years to date in 2010 to the National Roads Authority; the budgetary heads or sub heads from whence such funds, if any, were drawn; if all such allocations were spent entirely; if any such funds were returned to the Exchequer unspent; if he gave specific instructions as to the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent of funds in whatever category, allocated by his Department to the various groups, bodies or organisations under his aegis or associated thereto in each of the past four years to date in 2010; the terms and conditions of any such allocations; the budgetary head or sub head from whence such funds were drawn; the precise amounts...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent of funds allocated by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2010 to Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath; if such funding was in response to any specific request or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18335/10]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who applied for same in February 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18011/10]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (5 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18012/10]

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I support my colleagues on that issue. Can it be arranged for the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, to appear in the House occasionally for the Order of Business so that Members could address those issues?

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I ask the Ceann Comhairle if it might be possible to make an appointment with her?

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The delivery of health and social services legislation is a matter I have raised, as has every other Member on the Opposition benches in recent months, with as much success as we have in changing the weather. We now must appeal to the Ceann Comhairle to use his influence, as president of this Chamber, to try to ensure that a number of Ministers, who are particularly recalcitrant, come into...

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I am entitled to know what has happened. We keep asking the same questions and keep getting the same-----

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I am not asking a detailed question. I ask simply what has happened in regard to the issue. That is my first question. The second concerns the postal services Bill, which is similar. It is to transpose EU directive 2008/EC which provides for the completion of the liberalisation of the postal sector in Ireland by 1 January 2010 and the consolidation of all previous postal legislation. ...

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I have not finished.

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: The Tánaiste is an experienced Member of this House and the Ceann Comhairle is a very experienced Member. They should know that we always have an inkling as to the answer but we like to be reassured, occasionally. I have a question concerning which the Ceann Comhairle might have an interest, namely, the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill,...

Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Have the heads been drawn up or are they being drafted at the moment? Are the Government and the Tánaiste fully aware of the wider implications of that legislation?

Pupil-Teacher Ratios (6 May 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the current pupil-teacher ratio in the classroom as compared with the situation at this time five years ago; her expectations in respect of the 2011 school year based on the expected pupil intake; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18320/10]