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Air Travel Disruption (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: There is no need to cut. I am not a cutter.

Air Travel Disruption (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: That is not necessary.

Air Travel Disruption (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: There is plenty of scope.

Air Travel Disruption (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: This is a simplistic, nonsensical and nihilistic analysis. There are resources we can find from segments of the population who should contribute more to help deal with the national crisis. On the scientific advice, obviously the IAA is taking advice from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in London. What is the most recent advice the Minister has received? Is he having video conference...

State Airports (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Labour Party is opposed to the breaking up of Aer Rianta, which is an historically strong aviation company which has served the State so well. At the same time we have recently seen a number of State companies in the electricity market, such as Bord Gáis and the ESB, competing strongly against each other. I wish to ask about the debt situation. The Minister was not in his current...

State Airports (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: On the previous occasion on which the Minister took questions, we engaged in a lengthy discussion in respect of this matter. It is extraordinary that a dummy competition or tendering process, in which many distinguished companies were involved, was run by his Department, only for the latter to then fall back on the Commission for Aviation Regulation's basic charging determination. In view...

State Airports (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: So it was not possible to return to them in the interests of seeking improved tenders.

Departmental Expenditure (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I am astonished by this admission that the board of CIE could make a statement to the effect that the interconnector will only be completed by 2018. Why was the entire Fianna Fáil party in Dublin not lined up, both Deputies and councillors, as was seen at the recent opening of Clongriffin DART station? Although the Minister seemed to know all about that event, he was not aware of the...

Departmental Expenditure (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It is unbelievable.

Written Answers — Bus Licences: Bus Licences (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the alleged operation of all bus services without a licence here; the number of buses that are operating without departmental sanction; the action his Department or the National Transportation Authority is taking in this regard; if his Department granted a licence to a bus company (details supplied) on 27 April 2010 to run...

Written Answers — Air Travel Regulations: Air Travel Regulations (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will review the air passenger protection rights for travellers in the context of the recent volcanic ash crisis that caused such disruption for air passengers at Irish and international airports; if he is monitoring the situation on an ongoing basis to ensure that all passengers who were disrupted have their full passenger rights honoured...

Planning and Construction Investigation (6 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I am again demanding a commission of investigation into all aspects of the planning, building regulation and development of the North Fringe new urban district stretching from Clonshaugh to Baldoyle in the Dublin North-East constituency. I have been again contacted by young householders in the Clongriffin district of the North Fringe who have been asked to sign contracts with one of the...

Written Answers — Schools Patronage: Schools Patronage (6 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct her officials to recognise Educate Together as a patron at second level; if her officials will award the patronage of a new secondary school in Lucan, County Dublin, to Educate Together in view of the fact that there are five Educate Together primary schools in the area; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (6 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will allocate additional funding to the customs services to purchase additional dogs in order to crackdown on the amount of drugs coming into here undetected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18481/10]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (6 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the extent of EU funding received for the provision of road, rail, air and seaport transport facilities or installations in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18482/10]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (6 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Operation Slope is still active; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of gardaí involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18483/10]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (6 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Operation Creeper is still active; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of gardaí involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18484/10]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (6 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Operation Hybrid is still active; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of gardaí involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18485/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (6 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for aircraft replacement in the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18486/10]

Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Does Vote 32 now imply that there is a major cutting back in capital expenditure on transport, given the bad news received that the interconnector has been put back until 2018 at the earliest, the Metro might be put back to 2016, the western rail corridor, etc.?