Results 14,281-14,300 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Harbour Authorities. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister should be accountable to the Dáil.
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Transport, further to parliamentary Question No. 50 of 9 December 2009, the salary scales of the chief executives within all bodies, companies and agencies under the remit of his Department in 2008 and 2009, in view of the fact that they are not provided in annual reports and increases in salary payments are apparent; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: That reply represents a significant change since 9 December 2009. When I asked the Minister the same question on that date, he told me to look at the annual reports. The figures are not in the annual reports. We need more accountability. I welcome the fact that we are now at last to receive the figures. Will the Minister request that figures be provided regarding those who report to the...
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is not prurient.
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: They do not apply to the commercial companies.
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: There are also bonuses. The bonus for the chief executive of Dublin Airport Authority in 2007 was â¬167,000. He also got fees of â¬17,000, pension contributions and other taxable benefits worth â¬181,000. My interest is not prurient in that we need to know what chief executives of State or semi-State companies are paid. I welcome the fact that we will. We need to know a lot more about...
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am talking about fraud.
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, absolutely.
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: We cannot see the audit results.
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: How many positions will be reserved for the card-carrying members of Fianna Fáil? Most of the Minister's appointees - I exclude civil servants and members of State companies such as those mentioned by him - are connected to Fianna Fáil. He has appointed a plethora of Fianna Fáil henchmen throughout the country to bodies that give incomes of â¬12,600 or more. The key point is the need...
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: The question is: who is in Dempsey's den?
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister appoints Fianna Fáil people exclusively.
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Would the Minister not get a committee to nominate?
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Would the Minister not agree that stuffing the boards of many of these agencies up and down the country with Fianna Fáil henchmen, which is what they are, brings the whole process into disrepute? Will he not further agree that it is time to scrap that out of date, Tammany Hall system and move to a new system where nominations are announced in the newspapers and people who wish to apply...
- Departmental Bodies. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: No. It is transparent and open.
- Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: In the second budget in April of last year the Minister cut the allocation for the restoration programme for local and regional roads by â¬80 million. That was a savage cut. Is it not a fact that in the recent budget the Minister cut his allocation again by â¬325 million? He is very close to over â¬425 million or â¬430 million in cuts in funding for roads which are falling apart...
- Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: What is the status of the Leinster outer orbital route, which the Minister supports?
- Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: I just want an answer on this road project.
- Road Network. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Broughan thinks he is dealing with the Minister for Toyota.
- Public Transport. (10 Feb 2010)
Fergus O'Dowd: While I welcome that reply, and I acknowledge that Bus Ãireann does an excellent job, which the independent audit of its work found and praised the company for, nevertheless, would the Minister agree that there are needs for change within the company? One of the elements Bus Ãireann needs to change is where there is only a small number of people, say less than ten, travelling on certain...