Results 321-340 of 23,497 for speaker:Róisín Shortall

Driving Tests. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister is naive.

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister aware that about this time last year, reporters from a Sunday newspaper attempted to bring bomb-making equipment through Dublin and Shannon airports? They had no difficulty in doing so and wrote an article about it. Subsequently I asked a question of the Minister's predecessor. Will the current Minister tell the House about the system in his Department to monitor airport...

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Minister suggesting that this happened by chance?

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Will the Minister accept that it is not credible to suggest that by chance on the one day when the EU committee happened to be in Dublin airport there was a coincidental lapse in security? Does the Minister accept that the EU committee has shown up a system's failure at Dublin airport? Will he explain why the committee under the aegis of his Department which has explicit responsibility for...

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: It is even more serious than that.

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: What has the committee been doing?

Airport Security. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Taken aback is hardly an adequate response.

Business of Dáil. (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Deputy happy with the revision?

Written Answers — Light Rail Projects: Light Rail Projects (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the position with regard to proposals for the construction of a metro system for Dublin; if new proposals on this matter have come before Cabinet; when a final decision on the metro will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15553/05]

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans in respect of the proceeds of any sale of Government shares in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15769/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (12 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buses in the Dublin Bus fleet in each year from 2001; the number of additional buses that will be acquired during 2005; when he intends to provide the funding promised to acquire 150 extra buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15577/05]

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: I wish to focus the attention of the House on the budget overruns and the waste of public money in respect of transport projects. The most obvious example is spending on roads. The recent "Prime Time" exposé, as well as last week's report by the Committee of Public Accounts and last year's review by the Comptroller and Auditor General of the primary routes improvement programme, have pointed...

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: There is still a long way to go.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Is it not a bit late?

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: It was costed at €18 million but it turned out at €31 million.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: One cannot get a bus or a train now.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: There have been no new buses for four years.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: We did not say that. However, serious amounts of money are being wasted by it.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: Some cost deficiencies.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Róisín Shortall: That does not excuse them.