Results 24,261-24,280 of 24,567 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

State Airports. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: How can any of the airport authorities decide on its future without knowing what will happen to the money-making facet of the business, Aer Rianta International? The Minister's predecessor gave very clear signals of his intentions in this regard. Does the Minister not have to make what is ultimately a political decision on what is to happen to Aer Rianta International?

State Airports. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Which airport will get Aer Rianta?

Driving Tests. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister's announcement on Tuesday about reducing waiting lists for driving tests sounded well, but people should not get too excited because his predecessor, the Minister, Deputy Brennan, made a similar announcement in February 2003. Does the Minister accept that there are now longer waiting lists for the driving test and fewer testers? There is fewer than one tester for every 1,000...

Driving Tests. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Where will the Minister find the testers?

Driving Tests. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: I should hope so. What are the Minister's proposals in that regard?

Driving Tests. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: How does the Minister propose to do that training?

Driving Tests. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: They will be training themselves.

Driving Tests. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is naive.

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister aware that about this time last year, reporters from a Sunday newspaper attempted to bring bomb-making equipment through Dublin and Shannon airports? They had no difficulty in doing so and wrote an article about it. Subsequently I asked a question of the Minister's predecessor. Will the current Minister tell the House about the system in his Department to monitor airport...

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister suggesting that this happened by chance?

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister accept that it is not credible to suggest that by chance on the one day when the EU committee happened to be in Dublin airport there was a coincidental lapse in security? Does the Minister accept that the EU committee has shown up a system's failure at Dublin airport? Will he explain why the committee under the aegis of his Department which has explicit responsibility for...

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: It is even more serious than that.

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: What has the committee been doing?

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Taken aback is hardly an adequate response.

Business of Dáil. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Deputy happy with the revision?

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: What has happened to the Railway Safety Bill 2001? Over two years have passed since it left Committee Stage. No framework exists to deal with a serious rail accident.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: That has been the case for quite a time. What is causing the delay?

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: We have not heard about it on this side of the House.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has now sanctioned funding for the opening of the Ballymun Health Centre; when she expects that the centre will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15346/05]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (11 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to review the law governing international adoptions in view of the experience of a person (details supplied) in a case in Indonesia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15345/05]