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Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: Governments do not criticise each other.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if previous assurances in relation to timescale and commencement of building times are accurate; when building work will commence; the length of time this building work will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42504/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when work will begin on a school (details supplied) in County Cork; when the contractor will be officially given the go ahead to begin the building of this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42889/10]

Motorway Service Stations (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: Clearly, Gerry Adams is getting a bit close to the Minister.

Motorway Service Stations (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: He is nearly bordering it. I do not understand why this question is not grouped with Question No. 54, which deals with more or less the same issue. I drive from Cork to Dublin most weeks. I leave Cork at 10 p.m. and often drive home on a Thursday evening at a similar time. This is not only a serious road safety issue in that there is nowhere to pull in on the motorway between Dublin and...

Metro North (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: It is important to cut to the chase. It is no longer a matter for the National Transport Authority or the Railway Procurement Agency. They continue to work on metro north. The issues around metro north relate to whether the Government will sanction it and this is the issue I would like the Minister to address. There is great uncertainty around what is likely to be the biggest...

Metro North (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: Give us some clarity. That is why I have asked the question.

Metro North (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: Again, no answer.

Metro North (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: I wish to have the Minister on the record of the House regarding his commitment to metro north. Will the Minister clarify what he stated in Gort last week? I was not there at the time.

Metro North (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: I understand the procedure. Is the Government committed or not?

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: He has the cheek to lecture us.

State Airports (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Transport if his Department plans any asset sales from within the Dublin Airport Authority to assist paying off its debt; the level of debt now being serviced by the DAA; the strategy planed to reduce airport charges and drive up passenger numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42988/10]

State Airports (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: In the light of terminal two, T2, being opened on Friday, will the Minister say whether he considers it is value for money to open a terminal that has cost somewhere between €600 million and €700 million, at a time when passenger numbers going through Dublin this year will be less than 18 million, and each terminal has the capacity of up to 15 million? I understand this was a long-term...

State Airports (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: That is the context of the question.

State Airports (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: I have already asked two or three questions-----

State Airports (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: -----and I am just finishing the last one, if that is all right. In the context of passenger numbers increasing in the vast majority of European countries, does he consider that it is time the Government had a fundamental review of aviation policy in Ireland, to increase passenger numbers?

State Airports (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: I have two specific questions. Could the Minister explain why the Government did not follow independent advice, when the building of a second terminal at Dublin Airport was being planned, to have it built and operated by an operator independent of the Dublin Airport Authority? Has the Government considered the option of either leasing or selling one of the terminals at Dublin Airport, in...

State Airports (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: That is not true.

Local Authority Services (16 Nov 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport following the severe winter weather of 2009/2010, his plans to ensure that there will be no shortage of salt and grit; the structures of responsibility to deal with gritting on national and non-national roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42651/10]