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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ and DAA: Chairpersons Designate (13 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The Chairman is always slagging me. I cannot help it. It is not my fault. I thank Mr. Geoghegan for attending. I wish him every success in his role. I am sure he will do a very good job. He certainly has the business background and experience that I hope will support the DAA going forward. I am not going to go back over questions people have asked. One of the advantages, or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ and DAA: Chairpersons Designate (13 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Competition is healthy and we need to have a debate in a public forum on a second airport in Dublin. I understand the Chairman's perspective that there is enough competition as it is. My experience of Dublin Airport as a passenger and from an airline perspective has been positive. I have found the senior management team down the years proactive, supportive and helpful, which is contrary to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ and DAA: Chairpersons Designate (13 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That is a great answer but to a question I did not ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ and DAA: Chairpersons Designate (13 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The question is straightforward. Does Mr. Geoghegan see Dublin Airport being slot-controlled in a way broadly similar to London Heathrow? I do not know how many movements there are in and out of Dublin every day. The biggest factor with regard to slot control - Mr. Geoghegan mentioned it earlier with regard to passengers - is safety. The space between aircraft when taking off and landing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ and DAA: Chairpersons Designate (13 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That is fair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: CIÉ and DAA: Chairpersons Designate (13 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That is my understanding of it as well. It is better we hear it from Mr. Geoghegan.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I want to bring to the attention of the House a huge issue relating to transport in Ireland, which is Dublin Airport. It is a fantastic facility with 30 million passengers passing through annually. That is approximately 83,000 passengers every day. It has exceeded its capacity. The staff at Dublin Airport are great, as Senator Marshall has said. Fantastic people are working hard to try...

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (19 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Cuirim míle fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit chuig an Teach seo. I dtosach báire ba mhaith liom a rá go bhfuil an tacaíocht atá Rialtas an Aire Stáit á tabhairt do ghnóthaí beaga le feiceáil. Tá sé an-mhaith agus an-tábhachtach. The support the Government is giving to small and medium-sized businesses is significant and...

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (19 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Tá brón orm. Tá fadhb mhór ann leis na scileanna bainistíochta. I actually think in Irish and speak in English. Gabh mo leithscéal faoi sin. A big problem with that is that the larger companies - the multinationals - are scooping up all of those people. Our unemployment rate is now 5.8% and it continues to go down. However, it is becoming increasingly...

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire chuig an Teach seo. Tugaim tacaíocht do na moladh a rinne an Seanadóir Ruane, I support her proposal on ten days. It is important. We also need to look at the school's perspective. The last thing, from my experience, that schools do is suspend a student. They go through all of the processes diligently. School management and the teachers make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Ní raibh mé le labhairt, I was not going to speak but I feel I have to. There are two reasons for this, the primary one being I fully support the Chairman in his role. He is doing a very fine job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: The colleague who spoke earlier was certainly not representing me. It was unfair and unbalanced, díreach é sin a rá. Tá cúpla ceist-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Níl a fhios agam faoi sin, sin scéal eile. Níl agam ach cúpla ceist ginearálta. I am the kind of person who looks at the glass half full and not half empty. Unfortunately, sometimes in these Houses we look at glasses as being more half empty than half full. Like Deputy Troy, I believe a strong positive effort has been made here with regard to improving the traffic...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Ní thógfaidh mé ocht nóiméad. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach seo. Tá sé an-deas é a fheiceáil. Le bheith fírinneach, tugaim an-tacaíocht dó go ginearálta mar is duine d'iarthar na hÉireann é. The Minister understands rural requirements. On this occasion, I support Senator Leyden's proposal....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (25 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the Bill, the primary purpose of which is to transpose, in part, the fourth EU money laundering directive into national law and to give effect to the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force. I have three main points that I ask the Minister and his officials to consider. First, and perhaps it might be a matter which can be returned to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chair Designate (26 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Can I come in? I believe this is an unfair question for a chair designate. I have been involved in the aviation industry for more than 25 years. I have dealt with many Government agencies and Departments and in my experience there are hardly any, bar none, at the professional level of the Irish Aviation Authority, and I have been at the other end of the stick. The Irish Aviation Authority...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chair Designate (26 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: That is not true. There is an investigation of the matter. The Deputy is being very unreasonable and unfair. There is a process-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chair Designate (26 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: I am not speaking on behalf of anybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chair Designate (26 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: Absolutely I do not, and neither does the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chair Designate (26 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Ó Céidigh: There is a process for that.