Results 15,841-15,860 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: One needs an airline willing to fly to the airport.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Why must we take all the pain and none of the rewards?

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: When will we receive the plan?

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress he has made over the term of this Government to advance the use of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15006/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the unfairness of stamp duty on credit cards, being based on the number of cards held, rather than the amount owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14143/07]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Question 834: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been progress in acquiring a site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14412/07]

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: The tunnel is approximately two years late from the date it was originally promised.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is under construction but it is years late.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is no doubt but that the tunnel in Limerick is at least two years late.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: If the Minister was not so disruptive, I would address the air transport issue. I welcome the opportunity to address this transport agreement. Unfortunately, the Labour Party does not have a Deputy in Clare but this issue affects Limerick East and the entire mid-west region. Platitudes from the Minister are no good to the region. We need constructive action. We cannot stop the open skies...

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the two areas in which the Minister gave commitments which he has not yet fulfilled. There was meant to be a reasonable transitional period during which Shannon could adjust to the new regime. The time period allotted is only one year. The Minister signed the agreement in March and the one in three provision will only last for one year, from March 2007 to March 2008. We will...

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I do not know how well the Minister knows the mid-west, but the strength of the area has been built up around Shannon Airport over a long time. We have been innovative, constructive, flexible and co-operative and have shown the rest of the country how to behave as a region. Shannon was a region when no other area even knew what being a region was about. Now the Minister is just pulling the...

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister has not done all that. Deputy Pat Breen expressed his scepticism in regard to Aer Lingus's commitment to Shannon Airport. The Minister stated that at the time he negotiated the transitional arrangement relating to Shannon, he sought and obtained assurances from Aer Lingus that in the context of a level playing field between the airline and its competitors, it would maintain the...

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: This is all about the Pale and the Dublin region. There is no concern in the Minister's attitude or in his speech about the needs of the mid-west region——

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: I hate to interrupt my future Government colleagues in Fine Gael but I wish to continue my contribution. I want to ask the Minister about the rail link for Shannon and the feasibility study. According to a written reply to a question I tabled two months ago on 20 February 2007, the Minister stated that a steering group was established which included a wide range of local interests. He...

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister could have asked for the report and shown a bit of interest.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is it because there is no money in Transport 21 for such a rail link that the Minister has not been too concerned about speeding it up? We need a rail link for Shannon Airport and the proper infrastructural connections.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Minister is building a big rail link out to Dublin Airport——

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: We need one for Shannon Airport as well.

Air Transport Agreement: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Jan O'Sullivan: Motorways are not the answer. A motorway will not be much use to a tourist flying in from the USA who is not hiring a car and who wants to get to a destination in Deputy Deenihan's constituency or my constituency or the constituency of most of the other Members here tonight. A rail link to the airport is needed for those who do not have their own motorised transport. The Limerick — Ennis...