Results 2,761-2,780 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd

State Airports. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the proposals but does the Minister not believe the airport authority has enough to do? As it indicates in its mission statement, it is an airport management company whose principal activities include airport management operation and domestic and international development. Does the Minister believe it should stick to that role? While welcoming and supporting the proposals, perhaps...

State Airports. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Absolutely.

State Airports. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: It must be entirely separate.

State Airports. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am glad we agree on something. Perhaps another point we would agree on is that the authority would address some other issues. I mentioned a pensioner earlier and his plight is a critical issue for elderly people. There is also a question of people coming off flights operated for Ryanair, for example, and walking across the apron in front of the terminal, which can be very dangerous....

Light Rail Project. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: My colleague, Deputy Varadkar, raised this issue with the Minister separately in a parliamentary question. The point he made is that the Government could have provided a valuable terminus in the Docklands by providing a Luas stop at Docklands train station. This would have provided a direct Luas link from Docklands station to Connolly station, O'Connell Street, Heuston Station and Tallaght,...

Light Rail Project. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Rightly so.

Light Rail Project. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Joined-up thinking means joined-up travelling, and the Minister is not providing it at this location.

Light Rail Project. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: So we notice.

Freight Transport. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: I agree it is an important report containing some excellent recommendations. One simple recommendation it makes is in regard to night-time construction of motorways. It refers specifically to construction work on road widening, particularly on the M50. We need to change our ways. On many occasions roads which are being improved are left abandoned, with nobody working on them in the...

Decentralisation Programme. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: The issue that arises in Drogheda concerns the 37 jobs, which are welcome. There was a proposal on the Department's website to move the Maritime Safety Directorate and elements of the coastguard to Drogheda. This could involve up to 200 jobs. What is the status of the report on this matter?

Decentralisation Programme. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: When will a final decision be made?

State Airports. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.

Special Educational Needs. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Barry Andrews. I wish him well in the future. We hope to hold him as accountable as his colleagues.

Special Educational Needs. (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: I would like to highlight a major issue which has arisen in Drogheda. It was recently announced that the special needs unit attached to Marymount national school in the Ballsgrove area of the town will be unable to take new students from the end of this year. For a number of years the unit's teachers and special needs assistants have looked after extremely well five young people with...

Written Answers — Marine Safety: Marine Safety (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport her views on the views of the MCIB in relation to the need for the same colour coded buoyage system of navigation to be used in both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17748/08]

Written Answers — Marine Safety: Marine Safety (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Transport if the recommendations of the MCIB into the grounding and flooding of an Emerald Star cruiser on Lough Derg on 1 July 2006 have been acted on; if a marine notice has been issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17747/08]

Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of An Taoiseach; the attendees at such meetings; if an agenda was circulated in advance; if minutes of such a meeting were kept; if not the reason for same; if officials were directed not to keep minutes of such meetings; if so, by whom and the date of same; and if...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the work of a group (details supplied) which produced a report and recommendations locally for maternity patients and their families at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if their report was accepted by the relevant Health Service Executive manager; if leaflets were agreed and printed; the cost of same; if the leaflets have since...

Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of An Taoiseach; the attendees at such meetings; if an agenda was circulated in advance; if minutes of such a meeting were kept; if not the reason for same; if officials were directed not to keep minutes of such meetings; if...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 May 2008)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recently published OECD report in relation to the Health Reform Plan for hospitals in the north east which recommended that the Government reviews the idea of a centralised single acute hospital for the north east and consider the possibility of having two hospitals in the region. [17726/08]