Results 6,261-6,280 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Air Services. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I do not accept the thesis the Deputy put forward. Others may have an ideological view, I do not. Based on all the credible evidence — there is as much as one can read — the future of Aer Lingus can only be secured in a highly volatile market if we position it to bring in investment from——

Air Services. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: If we position it to bring in investment from the private sector——

Air Services. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: That is the reality.

Air Services. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy seemed to suggest that even now the Government could invest. That would be challenged in Brussels immediately.

Air Services. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: Does Deputy Shortall want me to answer the question or does she want to ask and answer the question?

Air Services. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: Unlike Deputy Shortall, I expect Deputy Olivia Mitchell and myself are almost on the same page. We are trying to position this airline for growth, development, the best interests of the staff, growth in jobs, tourism, customers who fly out of this country and for the economic development of this country. That is what the hard decisions are about. It would be easy to take other decisions and...

Road Network. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I understand from the National Roads Authority that the free flow toll arrangement to be put in place on the M50 on completion of phase one of the upgrade in 2008 will be a single point toll. I expect to receive specific proposals later this year from the NRA on these 2008 arrangements. The planning permission granted for the M50 upgrade requires that a scheme of specific demand management...

Road Network. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I hope the Deputy supports Government investment in both roads and public transport. As the Deputy well knows, the funding for the 50% increase in capacity on the M50, which is significant, will come directly from the tolls collected. They will be reinvested immediately in that road system. I said that at the end of the year the NRA will come back to Government with a proposal for a move to...

Road Network. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am glad we had the opportunity to put the Green Party policy in place because that party now wants the M50 festooned with tolls, with no alternative public transport system in place. I reject that view.

Road Network. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: It was suggested I recently changed my mind on this matter. I quoted what I said last year.

Road Network. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I made it quite clear——

Road Network. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I made it clear that taking a balanced approach to all road users and those using public transport, one cannot go down that road for a capital city the size of Dublin until public transport is organised.

Road Network. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: That is the Fianna Fáil position and the position of the Government.

Road Network. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: Just because Deputy Shortall's party leader decided to misquote me does not mean I must go down that road.

Road Network. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: The line of the Labour Party these days especially is "I know he did not say it but I want to hear him deny it". That seems to be the mantra in terms of creating mischief in the public mind.

State Airports. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: All three airports showed record traffic last year with passenger numbers of 18.46 million at Dublin, 3.3 million at Shannon and 2.73 million at Cork. This represents growth of 8% at Dublin, of 38% at Shannon and close to 21% at Cork. The new boards for Shannon and Cork, in conjunction with the DAA, are bringing a new impetus to developing and growing their airports. The State Airports Act...

State Airports. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am not for one minute being passive, which the Deputy knows. As I stated in my response, my objective — the only one any government can have — is to ensure the three State airports are placed on a financially sound footing.

State Airports. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am not sure if Deputy Mitchell is speaking for a group of Cork Deputies or if she is putting forward the Fine Gael party position when she suggests all of the debt from Cork Airport should be loaded on to the passengers at Dublin Airport.

State Airports. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: That seems to be the Fine Gael position.

State Airports. (7 Mar 2006)

Martin Cullen: I am in exactly the same space. I suggested to Deputies Shortall and Mitchell on a previous occasion that they read precisely what was said by the former Minister for Transport in this House when he introduced the State Airports Act in 2004. One of the key points he made was that to advance the rapid independence of Cork Airport, a leasing arrangement on at least some of the debt would have...