Results 31,201-31,220 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister says he has no plans to extend the rail line to Navan. What will it take to change his mind and to start planning for a rail line to Navan? Has he not considered changing his plans in view of the recent EIS on the widening of the M50? It showed that the M50 will not work even if its width is doubled. Regardless of what super highway is provided, there will be gridlock at the...

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Does the Minister have plans for a line?

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: People in this country do not choose public transport because the public transport options are not available to them due to the failure of this and previous Governments to provide them. With regard to setting out plans, the Minister said earlier that he had asked the NRA to consider plans for a new orbital motorway. Why does he not tell Iarnród Éireann that he, as the public policy maker,...

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Public relations consultants.

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: So would the Minister.

Rail Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: They have been on the table for five years.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport the role his Department will play in the possible planning of new orbital motorways around Dublin; the work which has been done to set out the design, cost and possible timescale for the building of such roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5090/05]

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: History tells us that if we ask the NRA whether it is a good idea to build a road, it will inevitably say "Yes". As it is a road building agency, its function is to build roads. The Minister's Department should plan transport in this city. I contend we have no planning of a proper transport system for the city as evidenced by the fact that much as one might think of the southside as the land...

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: When will the Government plan transport?

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I was embarrassed listening to it.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It was nothing but waffle.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister is holding up the metro and the public transport provision which would solve the problem.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It is the car-based transport system.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Zurich, Barcelona, Madrid and Helsinki did.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: What happens to the ten-year fairytale if the Government is not re-elected, something to which we all look forward? What possible validity can a ten-year plan have when it requires the imprimatur of the people to decide who will be in Government in ten years time? Does the Minister believe there is a need for a greater Dublin transport and planning authority to implement the joined-up...

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The metro, a rail interconnector, two or three more Luas lines and the western rail corridor.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: All I have heard is waffle about them for years.

Road Network. (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: We promoted the Luas for years before the Government. The Minister's comments are nothing but waffle.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there are no consultant allergists in teaching hospitals here; if she intends to review this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4173/05]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (10 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether we need regulation of complementary and alternative medicines to deal with those persons who refer to themselves as allergists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4174/05]