Results 4,681-4,700 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: There is promised secondary legislation to sign the order in respect of the Freedom of Information Act to find out what the safety commission thinks about what is happening on the Malahide Estuary. When the Taoiseach was the Minister for Foreign Affairs, he spent â¬23 million on the passport office in Balbriggan. State-of-the-art machines were put in there-----
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: -----the best in the world. Is the Taoiseach satisfied? I cannot understand why those machines are not functioning now because they are the best in the world. Is the Taoiseach satisfied that they are not being sabotaged?
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: It does not make sense that the backlog exists-----
- Order of Business (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: -----because they have the capacity to have a world-class delivery service.
- State Airports. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the decision to terminate the facility management procurement process relating to terminal 2 at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13065/10]
- State Airports. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is my understanding that the DAA did not participate in the pre-qualification competition and was not asked to do so. It seems the DAA was effectively taken into the winners' enclosure while others were excluded. Why was the authority not required to take part in the pre-qualification procedures? In respect of those companies that did partake in the process, did the consultants make any...
- State Airports. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: The key point is that some of the companies that tendered are multi-billion dollar companies which run airports throughout the world and have larger budgets than the DAA and better qualified staff. Yet they were excluded from this process on technical grounds. The DAA was never in the race until the race was over, and it got the job without having to undergo proper due process. The...
- State Airports. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Was the DAA in a tendering and procurement process? It was not.
- State Airports. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: That was the end of the process, not the beginning.
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has decided to downgrade Waterford search and rescue helicopter services to a 12 hour service; the impact this will have on an emergency situation; the savings that will be made; if he will provide details of the new contract for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13067/10]
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: A 24 hour service at four bases that costs â¬27 million per annum will be changed for a 24 hour service at three bases and a 12 hour service at one base, which will cost â¬50 million. That is unacceptable, particularly to the people of the south east. Why is the Minister doing this? Why is the Minister reducing the time cover? Notwithstanding that we will have a different calibre of...
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister's decision is wasting money and putting lives at risk. If there is a 12 hour service in Waterford, then the helicopter will come from elsewhere for the other 12 hours. No matter how fast it is, it will not get five miles off the Waterford coast by the time a helicopter in Waterford could do so. The south-west coast of the UK is currently served by the AW139 helicopter, which is...
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: They are being used in the United Kingdom.
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: They will not get there on time.
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: They will not get there on time.
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: They do not.
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: If the 12-hour one is there, the fact is that it will not be there for 24 hours. The final point is who owns the helicopters? At the end of this period the Canadian company will have the helicopters, whereas if the Air Corps had them it would have them for ever. That is the other point; the Minister is wasting good money.
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Were the Air Corps asked, or the Department of Defence?
- Air Rescue Services. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: I do not believe it was.
- Railway Safety. (24 Mar 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: That is right.