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Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Not through Shannon.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: In less than three months it will not be possible to get a flight from Shannon to Heathrow. There is no point in telling people that they can get a flight to Orlando if they want to travel to London. In less than three weeks time——

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: ——due to deteriorating industrial relations in Aer Lingus, it may not be possible to get an Aer Lingus flight to anywhere. Last weekend British Midland indicated that it does not intend to run a service from Shannon to Heathrow. I would like the Taoiseach to tell us the name of the proposed carrier that will offer a service from Shannon to Heathrow. As I understand it, it was either...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Why were the two directors not appointed at a much earlier stage? Why is it now, only after the horse has bolted, that the two directors are being appointed apparently with a mandate to protect the State's interests in that company?

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: My question refers to the Shannon-Heathrow route.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach for the early part of his reply which clarifies entirely the position on the Shannon- Heathrow service. It is quite clear from the Taoiseach's reply that the Shannon-Heathrow service is dead.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: All the talk about finding an alternative has simply dried up, particularly with the British Midland decision.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I interpret the Taoiseach's response to mean that connectivity and not Heathrow is the issue, that the Government is now no longer actively pursuing a service from Shannon to Heathrow.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: That is what it comes down to.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: He says you can go to Gatwick and Stanstead and if you want to go to Disneyland they will provide a service to Orlando.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: However, if you want to do business through Heathrow there will not be a service.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach, in his reply, stated the Government is abandoning the Shannon-Heathrow route. That is a disgraceful abandonment of regional policy and of the people of the west and mid-west. It is an abandonment of the country's strategic interests as they relate to Aer Lingus. In his reply to the question about the appointment of the board the Taoiseach said the decision was a management...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Taoiseach.

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will list the persons appointed to State boards or agencies operating under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20154/07]

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: What changes, if any, have been made since the reformation of the Fianna Fáil Government, with the participation on this occasion of the Green Party, following the general election? Is it the case, as the Taoiseach previously stated publicly, that those selected by him for appointment to boards are his friends? Has there been any move towards the method proposed in March by the Green Party...

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: What understanding exists between the parties in government with regard to the making of appointments to State boards? Is there an arrangement by which the smaller parties in government can make or recommend nominees for appointment to these boards?

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Is there an understanding or agreement in terms of allocations, ratios, proportions and so on between the parties in government with regard to the making of appointments to State boards?

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no agreement.

Standards in Public Office. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach his views on changes to the code of conduct for office holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20155/07]

Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (10 Oct 2007)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the action he will take arising from the report of the MacEntee commission into aspects of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings in 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20156/07]