Results 13,021-13,040 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister and the Government reconsidering the €10 departure tax? We have heard in recent days that this is the straw breaking the camel's back for operators. Michael O'Leary of Ryanair says this tax is the primary reason 200 jobs at Ryanair in Dublin Airport have been lost and we hear that Aer Lingus will have to find €30 million in 2009 to fund the losses resulting from this...

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: That is exactly what it is.

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: We are losing jobs.

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Where there is no travel tax and no departure tax.

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: He might be right about some things.

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: That is what the Government does.

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: That is for 2010. I remember the unfortunate budget.

Air Services. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The figure for this year will be €95 million.

Cycle Facilities. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: It sounds like a good idea. However, the problem with cycling provision is that the Government is not prepared to spend any money on it. While I welcome the Minister's comments on the Sutton-Sandycove route, the Australian Labour Party Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, will this year introduce a cycling programme with a value of 40 million Australian dollars. By contrast, we seem to be doing...

Cycle Facilities. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: We are still waiting.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on reviewing the public service obligation awarded to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann for 2009 in view of the programme of cutbacks of up to 400 buses and 600 jobs planned at both public transport companies and the effect these cutbacks will have on rural and urban communities here; the meetings he has had with Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus...

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister should confirm that one of the key findings of the Deloitte report was that subsidies to public transport and specifically to buses in most other European cities are far higher than in Dublin, which is something that Fine Gael conveniently forgets. For example, subsidies of 68%, 79%, 57% and 62% obtain in Brussels, Lyon, Zürich and Amsterdam, respectively, while Dublin of...

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: ——why is there no voluntary redundancy in this matter? Is the Minister not the responsible person in this regard?

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: That is what he really thinks.

Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment immediately engages with the management and workers at SR Technics to prevent the closure of this critical aviation and engineering company; and if she will also urgently engage with all of the relevant State...

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I will ask on behalf of Deputy O'Dowd.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the key actions contained in his recent document, Smarter Travel — A Sustainable Transport Future; the reason there are no specific targets and deadlines for each of the actions proposed within the document; when the total €4.6 billion that this policy will cost will be allocated; the amount of the €4.6 billion which...

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: If I understand the Minister correctly, under the 12-year plan, the actual net amount being provided in 2009 for smarter travel, of which the majority of Members of this House would be supportive, is only €6 million. The Minister announced last week that €4.5 billion would be available up to 2020, in addition to Transport 21. To most ordinary citizens that would appear to suggest an...

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I heard what the Minister said.

Public Transport. (17 Feb 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister just told us it is €6 million.