Results 5,021-5,040 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I will not withdraw it because it is a lie.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputies do not want to hear the remainder of my speech and will try to talk me out.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I know Deputies are having difficulties following this but for their benefit, the lie is that this Government has no interest in and no commitment to the mid-west. This is a lie.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: As Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government I initiated the national spatial strategy with the full support of the then Government to ensure the benefits of economic prosperity were delivered to every corner of Ireland.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I gave the Deputy the courtesyââ
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy asked me a question.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Does he want me to answer or does he want to filibuster? I want to answer the question.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: If Deputy Hayes sits down I will answer him.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: For the benefit of the slower Deputies in the House, I stated the charge that the Government has no interest in and no commitment to the mid-west is a blatant lie.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: That is for Deputy Hayes if he has not caught up with the rest of us yet. I ask the Deputy to read the script.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: If he is having difficulty we will get glasses for him so he can catch up with the rest of us. As Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government I initiated the national spatial strategy with the full support of the then Government to ensure the benefits of economic prosperity were delivered to every corner of Ireland. That Government and its successors, including today's, is...
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: We have created the gateways innovation fund to ensure extra funding is available to these gateways. In my area of responsibility alone, a comprehensive transport infrastructure development programme will address all the key surface transport linkages to Shannon Airportââ
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ââwith an overall financial commitment of approximately â¬2 billion.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The plan will see the completion of a package of measures leading to improved road and rail access for the Shannon and wider region. This includes the upgrading of the Atlantic corridor linking Donegal with Waterford via Limerickââ
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ââwhere construction has been brought forward by three years to 2008. It includes construction of the Limerick tunnel, the upgrading work on the roads linking Limerickââ
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ââwith Nenagh, Cork and Adare and many other projects, the evidence of which is seen by the Deputies opposite, very much to their annoyance. Last year the Government approved funding of approximately â¬100 million for the development of the first phase of the western rail corridor from Ennis to Athenry with a view to completing that project in 2008.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Funding in principle has also been approved for phase twoââ
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ââof the corridor between Athenry and Tuam for completion by 2011.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: That is only in my own area of responsibility and that surely proves, even to the slowest learners on the far side of the House, that this Government is not neglecting the west or the Shannon.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I commend the motion to the House.