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- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I have been accused in the House of saying that everybody who spoke on the matter exaggerated, but that is nottrue.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Fine Gael chairman of a local authority in the area mentioned the fact that this would cause the loss of 100,000 jobs in the area. I made my statement because people should not exaggerate matters to the detriment of the region.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: On the public service obligation, it is not open to the State to acquire slots at Heathrow as has been suggested.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: It has been suggested that the designation of public service obligation routes on regional development grounds could be explored under the relevant EU regulation. The Government has done this. A State subvention for a PSO Shannon-Heathrow air service would be difficult to justify for a number of reasons, not least because other airports would seek similar provision.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Not on commercial routes. Aviation constitutes a liberalised competitive market and there is no evidence of significant market failure in the provision of air services to the State airports, including Shannon.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Indeed, Shannon has shown significant traffic growth and route development in the recent past. New services may emerge to avail of the opportunities arising from the ending of the Aer Lingus service. Ryanair currently provides connectivity to Gatwickand Stansted and, from winter 2007, Luton Airport.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: These airports are all in London.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Shannon Airport has already launched a new incentive scheme to enhance general connections to significant hub airports and this commercial approach to route development should be, and is being, encouraged by the Government.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I never did.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I did not. The Deputy is not allowed to mislead the House.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: On a point of order, I do not know whether the Deputy was in the Chamber at the time but he is now telling a lie about what was said.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: It was an untruth. I never made the statement referred to by the Deputy.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy should read it. He should read the entire paragraph.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy should read the entire paragraph.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I believed the Deputy was not in favour of the development of Ceannt Station.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I believed the Deputy was objecting to it.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: He is objecting to development.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: He is objecting to development.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: At least we did not blow them up or shoot them.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The negative impact from a connectivity point of view almost completely relates to one-stop connectivity and flight duration to key destinations in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Australia, as such destinations must generally be accessed through a major hub. This has obvious adverse effects in terms of business travellers and other users from the Shannon region. However, the senior...