Results 16,261-16,280 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: On a point of order, this man has already spoken. I want to get back to this issue.
- Cancer Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is the Minister aware that in the Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, on 26 June 2007, a clinical nurse manager wrote the following? The Oncology service has expanded at a dramatic rate . . . . There are no dedicated allied health professionals attached to the service. This ultimately means that nurses provide all care for the patients with a Consultant overseeing medical aspects of...
- Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a detailed timetable of actions he proposes to take on the urgent need to accelerate roll-out of high speed broadband infrastructure throughout the country in the wake of the international advisory forum on this issue that met in Dublin in February 2008; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: What about the â¬1,600 a night? They must have golden prayer mats.
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10630/08]
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (11 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Nepal; if he has concerns about recent reports of food and energy shortages; the action he can take regarding the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10328/08]
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (11 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the agencies, groups or individuals that he has granted funding to for assistance work carried out in Nepal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10329/08]
- Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (11 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of penalty points that could not be applied in 2006 and 2007 due to a local authority not having a statutory by-law in place. [10047/08]
- Overseas Development Aid. (11 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Three minutes.
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of public money spent on the construction of the Dublin Port Tunnel to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10005/08]
- Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce competition in the Dublin bus market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10006/08]
- Dublin Port Tunnel. (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Transport if he had contact with the National Roads Authority regarding the problems affecting the Dublin Port tunnel; if public money will be necessary to fund critical maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10001/08]
- Dublin Port Tunnel. (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: This tunnel was designed and built to last 100 years. However, it has been open for 15 months and there have been significant failures of the Scada system. Is that acceptable? Does the Minister believe the software was properly tested and was the best available internationally? Is it fit for its purpose? I met the NRA yesterday, was in the tunnel complex and spoke to people there and to...
- Dublin Port Tunnel. (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: The tunnel contractor is not doing the work and the NRA is now doing it but it does not know how to fix the system. Each time there is a failure, the system must be reset manually which is unacceptable. Does the Minister not think it is time for an independent audit of the system installed and why it was recommended? Clearly, it is not fit for purpose. Having spent â¬750 million on this...
- Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Transport the changing policy conditions that led to his announcement that all plans to introduce competition into the Dublin bus market have been abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10002/08]
- Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am amazed by the Minister for Transport's flip-flop on this issue. It is similar to that which occurred in respect of driving licences. A couple of weeks ago, the Minister indicated that he was not in favour of increased competition in the bus market. It is clear that he is under a great deal of pressure from his colleagues in government, the Progressive Democrats. The former Minister,...
- Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Why did the Minister not deny the veracity of the statement at the time?
- Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: There is, clearly, a flip-flop because at a briefing on his first day in office the Minister was told that the Dublin transport authority Bill was ready to be published. When I raised this issue with him some months ago, he said we would have the Bill before Christmas but we did not. There was another flip flop. Is it that the Cabinet cannot agree the Bill? What is the truth of the...
- Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: Yes, he has.
- Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister should not use the word "lie".