Results 421-440 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell

State Airports. (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: My question was not answered.

State Airports. (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: They are based on the availability of facts.

State Airports. (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: My question is similar to that of Deputy Shortall. The business plans are predicated on the availability of certain facts. Cork Airport Authority, for instance, began planning on the basis that it would start off without debt. Now it does not know. How can it prepare the business plans without that information? Deputy Shortall is right, political decisions must be made so that the business...

Driving Tests. (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: The Minister is wrong.

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I have great admiration for the way the authorities have responded to the lapse that was detected. I am sure many passengers do not feel the same when they are delayed. Additional channels and training have been put in place as quickly as possible. Is congestion and a lack of infrastructure not largely the cause of this lapse? The visible manifestations of this are queuing, under-provision...

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: It is needed this summer.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures in the short and longer term he intends to take to tackle the problem of growing commuting times revealed in a recent DTO survey examining the length of journey times into Dublin's city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/05]

Written Answers — Light Rail Projects: Light Rail Projects (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the development of a metro system to run from Dublin's city centre to the airport; his further views on whether the Irish Rail interconnector plan serves a different and separate function to any proposed metro system; his further views on the opinion that a metro system can be built for less than €500 million; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Light Rail Projects: Light Rail Projects (12 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received from the RPA the business plans which examine the extension of the Luas to Cherrywood and the Dublin Docklands; if he will report on the recommendations contained in these business plans; if these business plans will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/05]

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I thought the Minister of State was not going to get into that. He was a member of the previous Government.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Was this in the days of keeping the show on the road?

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: It took this Government only two years to destroy the public transport system.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Does it make them all right?

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I wish to share time with Deputies Perry, Costello and Moynihan-Cronin.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: I support the motion. There is scarcely a Department or Minister, including the Taoiseach, who does not stand condemned for the gross and unforgivable waste of taxpayers' money over recent years. Taking the hand off the tiller of control of public expenditure is a direct result of the Government becoming arrogant because it has been in power for too long. It is a Government that no longer...

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: New benchmarks in the cost of land have been set by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and that will feed into the cost of CPOs. Every road will cost more as a result of the ridiculous deal he made. Over time the nature of projects changes and, of course, they will be more expensive because standards are being changed. However, this is not an excuse for indecision and...

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: The planning phase, including the tendering phase, takes an enormous amount of time. There is no excuse for it. The Government has two years left in office and I urge it to use taxpayers' money wisely in those years.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: They paid dearly for it.

Written Answers — Garda Systems: Garda Systems (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage of development of the technology required to ensure the full implementation of all existing Road Traffic Acts; when such technology will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15499/05]

Written Answers — Fáilte Ireland: Fáilte Ireland (17 May 2005)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received the recommendation, as threatened by management by letter to each worker, that money due under benchmarking in June 2005 be withheld from Fáilte Ireland staff; and if he has responded to defuse this row at such a crucial time of the year for the industry. [16323/05]