Results 1,441-1,460 of 5,767 for speaker:Olivia Mitchell
- Air Services. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: My question is how the Minister intends to retain that stake.
- Dublin Transport Authority. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the progress made to date in establishing the Dublin transport authority since its announcement in 2005; the work carried out by the informal authority to date; when the enabling legislation will be published to allow for its formal establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21901/06]
- Dublin Transport Authority. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Dublin transport authority has been promised for almost ten years in some form. Therefore, the Minister's record is not so tremendous. When the Minister announced Transport 21, it was only the next day he remembered the need for some sort of body to pull it all together.
- Dublin Transport Authority. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister gave the chairperson an extraordinary brief â to go away and find out what her job was and to come back then and tell him. This does not inspire confidence that the setting up of the body has been given great thought. When will we get the legislation that will give this body teeth? Transport 21 is just drifting along in the meantime. All the individual projects are either...
- Dublin Transport Authority. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Is it theââ
- Dublin Transport Authority. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: I specifically asked about the reality.
- Dublin Transport Authority. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Or re-announcing them.
- Dublin Transport Authority. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Should I understand from the Minister's answer that the establishment of the proposed Dublin transport authority is a long-term project? Is it the case that the period of time covered by Transport 21 will have elapsed, in effect, by the time the authority is established? Can the Minister tell the House when the relevant legislation will be before it? Is it a long-term prospect?
- Dublin Transport Authority. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The Minister said that it is a long-term project.
- Dublin Transport Authority. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: When will we have the legislation?
- State Airports. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Deputy Stanton has just read it out.
- State Airports. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: The root of this problem is political indecision, as it has been with so many Ministers for Transport.
- State Airports. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: When it comes to aviation the Minister is always one peg short of a tent. A political decision must be made. Dublin, Shannon and Cork airports cannot produce realistic business plans. The Minister says he will not put pressure on them to produce business plans and will give them an indefinite timescale. It will be an indefinite timescale because they cannot make a business plan until they...
- State Airports. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: No.
- State Airports. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Did somebody on this side of the House say that?
- State Airports. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: We want a decision from the Minister today.
- Driving Tests. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: It is over a year and a half since the Minister first proposed outsourcing 40,000 tests, a meagre and timid ambition which would not have solved the problem at that time. It certainly will not work this year because each year an additional 40,000-45,000 test applications are made. Currently, approximately 130,000 people are awaiting tests. If the Minister's proposals are agreed, there is no...
- Leaders' Questions. (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: It could have been done.
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied with the situation whereby Bus Ãireann carries out its own safety and maintenance works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21933/06]
- Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (7 Jun 2006)
Olivia Mitchell: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the details of the audit carried out by Bus Ãireann on the safety and conditions of its fleet; the action he intends to take on foot of this audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21932/06]