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Seanad: Aviation Action Plan: Statements. (31 May 2005)

Fergal Browne: Has Senator Dooley been in Dublin Airport lately?

Seanad: Aviation Action Plan: Statements. (31 May 2005)

Fergal Browne: I welcome the Minister for Transport and his officials to this House. It is amazing that we are still discussing this issue in 2005. I was spokesman on transport for the first two years——

Seanad: Aviation Action Plan: Statements. (31 May 2005)

Fergal Browne: Most of the spokespersons on this subject have changed, as have the relevant Ministers. As Senator Finucane said, the recent Government announcement was game, set and match to Fianna Fáil. The Progressive Democrats, passengers and taxpayers were definite losers. In years to come, we will look back on this time as a missed opportunity. I have often been asked why Baldonnel was not considered...

Seanad: Aviation Action Plan: Statements. (31 May 2005)

Fergal Browne: Taxpayers may be regarded as consumers. The Minister might change his opinion if he tried to get a new telephone line or to have a telephone pole removed. The bottom line is that the service to taxpayers and consumers has gone rapidly downhill since privatisation. I remind Senator Wilson that Fine Gael's record is proud in this area. As Minister for Transport in the mid-1980s, the late Deputy...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: I propose to share my time with Senator Brian Hayes.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: I disagree totally with what the Minister of State has said. His claims regarding the Government's commitment to older people bear no relation to the truth in this matter. Once again, the Government has been found wanting and the fire brigade syndrome is in evidence. Instead of taking charge and being proactive as it should be, the Government merely reacts to crises. The purpose of any...

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: He was the Minister for five years.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: It had no choice.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: What is there to consider if money is being taken off people?

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: That is all the more reason to legislate.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: That is all——

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: I did read it.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: All it stated is that the Minister should have probed more deeply.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: That is an outrageous allegation.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: He had been pursuing it for seven years——

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: That is outrageous.

Seanad: Nursing Homes: Statements. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: He had been raising it for seven years and he was assured——

Seanad: EU Directives. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: I fully support everything Senator Bannon said. Big retail store such as Woodie's are now branching into electrical goods. I resent that because it is unfair to the small trader. If this directive is brought in as planned, it will wipe out small traders because huge multinationals will come in that have already been involved in the electrical wholesale business. It is grossly unfair as the...

Seanad: Disadvantaged Status. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: I wish to make the case that a boys' national school in Tullow, Scoil Phádraig Naofa, should be granted disadvantaged status. When the Minister for Education and Science announced a recent allocation of resource teachers, the boys' national school received half the allocation of the neighbouring school. The Minister is aware of Tullow because he represents the adjoining constituency. This...

Seanad: Disadvantaged Status. (1 Jun 2005)

Fergal Browne: I thank the Minister for his reply. Perhaps he will share his local knowledge of the area with the Minister for Education and Science. The situation may look reasonable on paper but the reality differs.