Results 461-480 of 40,856 for speaker:Simon Coveney

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Where is the research coming from?

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: I have given the Minister the Fine Gael position.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: An amount of €1 million has been spent.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Has the Minister spent €47 million?

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: As usual, it must be dragged out of him.

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Question : To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide a detailed and credible explanation for the way a senior official in his Department was fully aware of the Aer Lingus decision to transfer a Heathrow service from Shannon to Belfast on 13 June 2007 and yet he was not informed of this decision until 3 August 2007, six weeks later.

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: This is rubbish.

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: A civil servant is the scapegoat.

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: There is only one problem.

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Did it mention that some of the slots would be removed?

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Did the Minister know about the conversation?

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: On a point of information, when the Minister first gave an explanation he said quite clearly that his Department made contact with Aer Lingus, not vice versa. Now he is saying he is not sure who made contact with whom. Could he clarify this, please?

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: I will try to be brief. On 14 June Deputy Dempsey became Minister for this, his fourth Department. He is an extremely experienced politician at this stage. He got a written briefing from his Department, which we have seen, containing a section on the Shannon tourism and economic development and another section on the development of Shannon Airport. Is he seriously expecting us to believe...

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: ——of the briefing we have seen, and that a Minister of his experience did not ask his senior officials the basic question, whether there was likely to be a political timebomb that is about to explode over the summer——

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: ——or whether he could go on holidays safe in the knowledge that the biggest political story of the summer was not about to break? Is it reasonable to be sceptical when, the day before he got this briefing, the second in command in his Department was so concerned about a political story that was about to break that he rang Mr. Dermot Mannion, chief executive of Aer Lingus, yet the...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of the business plan for Cork Airport in view of the State's offer to absorb a proportion of its debt; if it is envisaged that autonomy is imminent for Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24345/07]

Written Answers — Transport Policy: Transport Policy (18 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent reported delays in the provision of Transport 21 projects and the potential to fast-track other projects in Transport 21 as a result of those delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24355/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (23 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the threat of strike action from the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union, the issuing of strike notice to the ESB and the potential threat to natural energy security should the Moneypoint power plant cease to generate power as a result of industrial action; the need to find an...

EU Summits. (24 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Exactly.

EU Summits. (24 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: How can we agree to it if we do not know how it will work?