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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
321. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on efforts to develop a recovery plan for the aviation industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18669/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2021
309. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will accede to the request for a meeting made jointly by groups (details supplied) to discuss their body of work to stimulate aviation and support regional airports. [18358/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
306. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) and Cork Airport regarding protecting jobs and existing routes from Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17456/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
299. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Transport if he has had the opportunity to meet with representative bodies for cabin crew, ground staff and airline cargo employees as part of the broader engagement of his Department with the airline industry regarding the recovery of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17123/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2021
252. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the additional supports his Department is considering to assist the aviation industry through Covid-19 restrictions and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16318/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
405. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the extent to which the post-Covid-19 restoration of air passenger and cargo transport has been examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15887/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
394. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the level of intervention he will take in respect of airlines in the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and if he plans to offer a financial assistance package to carriers. [15863/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
393. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the level of intervention he will take in respect of State airports in the context of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and his plans to introduce a further round of financial assistance to State airports in 2021-22 in view of the real possibility that inward and outbound air travel may not be possible again in 2021. [15862/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
316. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport the reason, after the long and detailed negotiations with the IAA employee staff panel on the rescue of the deficit in the IAA staff superannuation scheme which resulted in LCR19713 (2010), this major industrial relations agreement was misleadingly represented by the IAA to his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform during 2011 and 2012 as an agreement to amend terms and benefits of the IAA staff superannuation scheme without notifying IAA staff either individually or through their unions until late in 2018, just before LCR19713 was due to end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14797/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
309. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport his plans to provide financial assistance to a company (details supplied) to assist it in remaining financially viable. [14677/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
301. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the meetings his officials have had regarding the Irish Aviation Authority hybrid pension scheme in the past 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14573/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
100. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport the actions he is taking to protect aviation workers at Cork Airport; and if he will consider using the connectivity fund for this purpose. [15511/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
43. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport his views on the future viability of the aviation industry sector and the thousands of jobs in the sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15565/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2021
42. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the way in which he plans to support the aviation sector in light of the necessary public health restrictions and the devastating impact of Covid-19 on the sector; if he plans to establish a new survival and recovery taskforce to plan and prepare to sustain and recover this important industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15577/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
288. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the employment wage subsidy scheme extension to the end of 2021 for the tourism and aviation sectors which are both unlikely to see a substantial recovery in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13123/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
263. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce an income support scheme for workers in the aviation industry along the lines of the scheme introduced in Germany which enables employers to reduce hours rather than laying off staff and provides up to 60% income replacement for the time employees cannot work; the analysis his Department has carried out into the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13553/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
259. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the way in which the recently adopted European Union Aviation Safety Agency rules in relation to flying drones will impact on the older regulations; and if it will be possible to retrospectively classify drones with a CE class mark. [13418/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
243. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the value of financial requests submitted by airlines here during the ongoing pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12906/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
242. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to extend the 80:20 use it or lose it slot allocation rule for airlines that is set to expire at the end of March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12905/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2021
229. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if he will put additional financial supports in place for the aviation sector in the wake of Covid-19 given recent announcements by airlines of further job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12784/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2021
157. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason workers in the aviation industry on casual contracts due to Covid-19 are not entitled to the pandemic unemployment payment. [12368/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2021
26. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to prohibit so-called ghost flights to avoid the payment of refunds to customers; the amount still owed to Irish customers as a result of Covid-19-related flight cancellations; his plans to prohibit exorbitant fees being charged to families to change flight dates in line with public health advice (details supplied) and the no flight-change fee advertisements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12363/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
168. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport if a consideration will be given to publishing international arrivals from category 2 designated states based on the original country of departure in the weekly aviation statistics in the interests of transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12168/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
152. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers arriving into each airport in Ireland on a weekly basis since 1 January 2021 by country of original departure in tabular form and not country of last departure as is listed in the weekly aviation statistics. [11816/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2021
99. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 46 of 25 November 2020, 158 of 8 December 2020 and 145 of 3 February 2021, if his officials have now conducted a thorough consideration of the comprehensive and substantial submissions; when he received these submissions; the number of staff and former staff involved; if he has sought a response from the Irish Aviation Authority; the process and timetable for the examination of the submission; when he will be in a position to make a response to these submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11961/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
34. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who have arrived into Ireland from Brazil in each week from 1 January 2021 to date; the reason the weekly aviation statistics published on gov.ie do not include figures for Brazil despite reports that the three cases of the Brazil P1 variant of Covid-19 recently identified in Ireland are directly associated with recent travel from Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10934/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2021
25. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Irish aviation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10601/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
150. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport his plans with regard to the ongoing difficulties that customers are facing with airlines when acquiring refunds for flights that have not taken off or cancelled travel due to Government regulations or health advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10487/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
144. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport if he and his Department will continue to monitor the impact of Covid-19 on Irish owned and operated airlines given the extent to which other countries have had to support their airlines with obvious implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10299/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
143. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport the degree to which he sees a need to support Irish air transport having particular regard to the impact of Covid-19; his plans for measures to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10298/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
131. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the supports he will provide to the aviation industry to support it through the Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10242/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
128. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if his Department plans to act on the four key concerns outlined in the aviation briefing document circulated by a union (details supplied). [10162/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
123. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport the plans being considered to compensate consumers who have bought air travel flights but no longer want to travel due to the pandemic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10049/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
119. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on all his engagement with airlines on the question of direct State support for this critical industry; if Ireland's international airlines will be supported in their efforts to withstand the devastating fallout from the pandemic with an injection of capital similar to the approach taken in other countries with a view to safeguarding the vital airline connectivity and employment that they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10038/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
117. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider the proposal by a union (details supplied) for an aviation income support scheme similar to the scheme in place in Germany that enables employers to reduce hours rather than lay off staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10014/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
111. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to ensure that connecting routes held by Irish aviation companies are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9889/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the supports that will be put in place to protect airlines and airline workers; and if he has carried out forecasting on the cost to tourism and foreign direct investment in Ireland if airlines servicing Ireland collapse. [9804/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
105. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the plans being considered for airlines to refund passengers their total flight cost if they did not take their flight in November 2020 following Government advice not to fly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9737/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2021
73. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the sources of fine particulate matter in the atmosphere over Ireland by volume or weight between commercial transport, private transport, commercial burning of solid fuels, private burning of solid fuels, commercial use of other fossil fuels and private use of other fossil fuels, aviation and other categories; the steps he plans to take to reduce this matter in the atmosphere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10540/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2021
77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he has met with representatives of airlines since he assumed office including virtual meetings; and the details of the persons or bodies present at those meetings and the discussion that took place. [9221/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2021
474. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the issue of jobseeker’s benefit expiring for workers in the aviation industry who have been put on short time for the duration of the pandemic; if an allowance will be made to extend jobseeker’s benefit for these workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7988/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2021
76. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if airline staff who are resident in Ireland but working in the UK for UK or US airlines can use the valid annex 3 certificate in accordance with the communication from the European Commission on green lanes when travelling between the UK and Ireland and internally in both jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7985/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2021
182. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if further supports beyond the €80 million package announced in November 2020 will be made available to the Irish aviation industry. [7331/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2021
175. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport if representations by staff of companies (details supplied) highlighting the ongoing uncertainty of the Irish aviation sector have been brought to his attention; his plans to extend urgent financial support to these airlines following the example of New Zealand, Portugal and the UK in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7280/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2021
153. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he has given consideration to a declaration signed by several Ministers for Transport in the EU calling for certain measures to be taken to insure social responsibility in the aviation sector (details supplied); if he will sign this declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6991/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2021
151. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to support the aviation sector in Ireland; the supports that have been issued to Irish airlines; the engagement that has taken place with representative bodies of airline staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6962/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2021
125. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the details of any communications between a person (details supplied) and any departmental official or Government party member of the Houses of the Oireachtas in relation to the Irish Aviation Authority prior to the official notification of the appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6522/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2021
124. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the reason the Public Appointments Service was bypassed in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6521/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2021
123. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the person or body involved in lobbying or making recommendations for a post to be filled by a person (details supplied); the dates and the involvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6520/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2021
122. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport the background and the processes involved regarding the recent appointment of a person (details supplied) as interim chairman of the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6519/21]