Results 201-220 of 23,497 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Has the Minister not established that?

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Has the Minister a figure?

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: It is, since the Minister has been talking about floating part of the company.

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: We are not talking about an up-front payment.

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: This is over a considerable period.

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: They are all lease agreements now.

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The key issue is that the Minister does not know the company's capital requirements. If there is a case for part privatisation, it should be made. Let us have the figures on the table to see what the capital requirements will be over the next ten years and the best ways of meeting them. I want the Minister to tell the House whether he is considering at least a part privatisation of the...

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is very vague. He does not know the company's capital requirements.

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: What about this figure of €300 million?

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister most certainly can.

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is talking about State investment.

Air Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister should please explain it to us.

Road Network. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is committed to open road tolling; the steps he has taken to expedite this matter; when the necessary legislation will be published; the cost of its introduction at the West Link toll bridge; and the timescale proposed for the new system to be in place. [9823/05]

Road Network. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: My question has been superseded somewhat by the comments of the chief executive of the NRA yesterday to the Joint Committee on Transport. He indicated that the NRA is examining the possibility of buying out the NTR contract, removing the tolls on the West Link bridge and replacing them with demand management tolls on the approach roads. It is an interesting proposition which has much merit....

Road Network. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: I agree that it should not take that long. I asked the Minister to comment on the proposal which is emerging from the NRA. It is a cost neutral proposal. The NRA is not talking about removing the tolls but about facilitating free flow on the M50 and replacing the existing tolls with demand management tolls on the approach roads. There would be no cost to the State. Is the Minister well...

Road Network. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: It frees up the M50.

Road Network. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is dodging the issue.

Road Network. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister's approach is at variance with that of the NRA.

Road Network. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: It is.

Road Network. (24 Mar 2005)

Róisín Shortall: No——