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Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: What happened yesterday was farcical.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: On the same issue-----

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment ensure that the National Implementation Body will begin negotiations with the Irish Airline Pilots Association, IALPA, SIPTU, IMPACT and the other trade unions in order to ensure that this disaster is avoided? Some 4,000 jobs are at stake. The Taoiseach would want to begin being concerned about jobs. The budget did not...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: What was perpetrated yesterday was a complete fraud. The Minister for Finance did not supply figures with the budget.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport if has received the Road Safety Authority's draft regulations for the introduction of compulsory basic training for motor cyclists; the reason he has missed the deadline for introducing compulsory basic training for motorcyclists as mandated under the road safety strategy 2007 to 2012; his views on the continuing high casualties in road...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has given directions to the medical bureau of road safety on the recalibration or replacement of Breathalyzer and evidential breath-testing machines in the context of the Road Traffic Bill 2009; the number of machines which will be completely replaced; the number of same which will be recalibrated; the estimated cost of the recalibration...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear. It is shocking.

Railway Procurement Processes. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: We had a lengthy discussion on the matter at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and we intend to conduct a deeper investigation. Could the Minister confirm, first, whether the total figure for losses discovered in the Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon report amounted to €2.4 million, or whether it could have been a much higher figure, as calculated by Senator Shane Ross, of perhaps €8.5...

Railway Procurement Processes. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister.

Railway Procurement Processes. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister aware of the suspension of any member of senior management in recent times? I wish to make a final point on the previous question. Why did the Minister derogate Irish Rail from the European directive on consumer and passenger rights, which it appears-----

Railway Procurement Processes. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister would probably like to answer it.

Railway Procurement Processes. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: He decided not to join up for another five years. He joined the aviation one.

Road Safety. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Before we go to war at 3.45 p.m. I join Deputy McEntee in commending the Minister on the work that has been done on road safety and also the chief executive, Noel Brett, and the chairperson, Gay Byrne, of the Road Safety Authority. I wish to ask a question on targets which have been missed. Compulsory education and training for new motorcyclists was supposed to be in place approximately a...

Road Safety. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: What about motorcycles and speed cameras?

Performance Indicators. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Will the memoranda of understanding relating to private transport operators include high standards for the quality of vehicle fleets? Is accessibility an aspect the new transport authority will be keen on? I support Deputy O'Dowd's point on passengers. When the Bill went through the House a few weeks ago the Labour Party tried to add a section for a passengers' champion. This would be an...

Public Transport. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: How was the appointment of the chairperson - in this case Mr. John Fitzgerald - made? What is the exact remuneration packaged enjoyed by Mr. Fitzgerald and what are the terms and conditions of the job? When will the National Transport Authority be fully operational and how many staff will it have in 2010? I presume it will come under the Department of Transport Estimates that will come...

Road Safety. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Given the concerns expressed at hearings of the joint committee, does the Minister think it is time to conduct an independent review of safety in the port tunnel, particularly as there were a number of closures in the early days? Why did the NRA not include the port tunnel in the EuroTAP safety review under the 2004 directive? What was the total cost of the port tunnel? Have all the legal...

Aviation Industry. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the impact of reductions in passenger volumes on airline carriers and new aviation infrastructure including Dublin Airport's new terminal two; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46096/09]

Aviation Industry. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: My question to the Minister was to do with events in Aer Lingus, the joint largest domestic Irish aviation employer but the reply does not reflect my question at which I strongly protest. Has the Minister received a copy of the Project Greenfield plan for Aer Lingus from his three nominee directors on the board? We are facing the loss of between 676 and 1,000 jobs, according to the new chief...

Aviation Industry. (9 Dec 2009)

Tommy Broughan: He is the Minister with responsibility for transport. This is one of the problems with the rules of the House. What are the implications for connectivity if Aer Lingus follows Ryanair in a race to the bottom and becomes a pale copy of its competitor? As Christoph Mueller stated in today's edition of the Financial Times, the company will have to link up and become part of a broader company....