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Question· writtenPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 July 2020
59. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to put in place a compensation package for persons who booked flights prior to 16 March 2020 for summer 2020 in cases in which airlines are insisting on flying thus forcing families to either risk Covid-19 and bring back a second wave of the virus here or lose significant sums of money (details supplied). [16408/20]
Question· writtenPQ 270asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
270. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he is taking to ensure airlines refund customers who have followed advice to restrict foreign travel for essential business only and cancelled flights leaving many thousands out of pocket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16109/20]
Question· writtenPQ 223asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
223. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a clear directive will be issued in respect of foreign travel and of moneys paid to airlines should a person not travel due to Covid-19 advice or regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15315/20]
Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
200. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the aviation recovery plan through the establishment of the task force for aviation recovery; when the plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15124/20]
Question· writtenPQ 191asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
191. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will offer guidance to persons who have booked overseas travel during the period of time when official health guidance is to avoid such travel but in circumstances in which the airlines and-or tour operators are refusing to offer compensation or credit for deferrals or cancellations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15037/20]
Question· writtenPQ 143asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2020
143. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he plans to support the thousands of workers employed in airlines and the airline industry in view of the huge challenges now facing the sector due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14956/20]
Question· writtenPQ 141asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
141. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that airline companies are refusing to refund fares to persons who cancel their holidays abroad in line with the advice of the Government not to travel unnecessarily abroad in 2020; the action he will take to ensure persons are not at the loss of the airline fares paid in good faith, either by direct refund by the Government or by way of discussions with the airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14586/20]
Question· writtenPQ 121asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason airlines, such as an airline (details supplied), are permitted to continue to sell airline tickets and run flights without refunding passengers when non–essential travel is advised against; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14281/20]
Question· writtenPQ 114asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
114. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that customers are being charged €50 per person for cancelling their tickets further to the announcement that customers who have booked travel tickets through an agency should be refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14222/20]
Question· writtenPQ 97asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
97. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the result of requests made to request airlines to refund families that cannot travel even though flights may be operating. [13953/20]
Question· writtenPQ 93asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
93. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the provision of section 18(A)(4) of the Package Holidays and Travel Trade Act 1995 applies to persons who booked a holiday earlier in 2020 to Spain for a family wedding through an online UK based travel company which subsequently had to be cancelled due to the pandemic (details supplied); if not, the options open to them to recoup their money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/20]
Question· writtenPQ 91asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
91. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial protections in place for those who have flights booked for outgoing flights to Spain while the current guidance is that no non-essential travel is to be undertaken; if persons can claim a refund under EU directives; if the travel provider has a duty to refund or voucher the cost of flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13863/20]
Question· writtenPQ 81asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2020
81. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to liaise with the airline industry to ensure that consumers who have been unable to make scheduled flights due to the current travel restrictions are being prioritised and dealt with in a fair and just manner via airlines internal complaints and refund application facilities in view of the fact many have incurred significant personal losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13725/20]
Question· writtenPQ 735asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
735. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work to protect the jobs and livelihoods of those in the airline industry here when an airline (details supplied) exits examinership. [13578/20]
Question· writtenPQ 734asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
734. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts made to date to resolve the impasse between pilots and a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13568/20]
Question· writtenPQ 726asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
726. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with airlines to ensure that passengers here that had flights cancelled during the Covid-19 pandemic receive refunds without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13446/20]
Question· writtenPQ 725asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
725. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a report of his interactions with an airline (details supplied) concerning the future of same and the protection of the Dublin based pilots at the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13445/20]
Question· writtenPQ 707asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
707. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action being taken by his Department to aid the recovery of the aviation sector which has been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis; the extent to which proposed redundancies in an airline (details supplied) can be prevented by EU Covid-19 related supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13163/20]
Question· writtenPQ 698asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
698. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport her plans to ensure that the management at an airline (details supplied) engage with workers and their trade unions regarding industrial relations matters at the airline. [13116/20]
Question· writtenPQ 697asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2020
697. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the management of an airline (details supplied) and the workers and their trade unions to help prevent the loss of 500 jobs at the airline. [13115/20]
Question· writtenPQ 742asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
742. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet representatives of organisations (details supplied) to discuss their recovery plan and in order to open lines of communication with the tourism recovery task force and the task force for aviation recovery. [12670/20]
Question· writtenPQ 739asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
739. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to aviation trade and tourism here will be given consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12619/20]
Question· writtenPQ 701asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
701. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an association (details supplied) will be invited to contribute to the tourism recovery task force; if the association will be invited to contribute to the taskforce for aviation recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12316/20]
Question· writtenPQ 674asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
674. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the advice in respect of foreign travel by Irish citizens to the effect that this should only be undertaken if it is essential is being kept under review; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that airlines operating here are taking bookings from persons living here wishing to travel abroad contrary to Government advice; the rights of these passengers in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12019/20]
Question· writtenPQ 651asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
651. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the challenges facing persons trying to obtain cash returns from airlines; and the advice or supports being provided to such persons. [11660/20]
Question· writtenPQ 650asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
650. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if supports are available to persons that have booked airline fares with carriers and are still awaiting their entitled refunds; his views on whether this is acceptable behaviour from carriers; and if his Department has been in contact with the airlines involved regarding the issue. [12597/20]
Question· writtenPQ 648asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
648. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 563 of 9 June 2020, the airlines that have used Shannon Airport during the Covid-19 lockdown as requested by the type of activity they were involved in. [12558/20]
Question· writtenPQ 428asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2020
428. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health the airlines that have been awarded the procurement contracts for the delivery of PPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11891/20]
Question· writtenPQ 894asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
894. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an organisation (details supplied) will be included on the task force for aviation recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11615/20]
Question· writtenPQ 892asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
892. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the membership, terms of reference and work schedule of the task force for aviation recovery; the proposals it has submitted to his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11613/20]
Question· writtenPQ 884asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
884. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that persons who had paid for airline travel and in circumstances in which it is necessary to cancel such travel due to Covid-19 restrictions and quarantine requirements, will have full refunds of the cost of tickets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11510/20]
Question· writtenPQ 874asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
874. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the protections in place for air passengers who are unable to use their tickets due to travel restrictions in circumstances in which the flight is scheduled to depart; if airlines will be obliged to refund these passengers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11268/20]
Question· writtenPQ 871asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
871. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will appoint persons (details supplied) to the task force for aviation recovery that his Department is constituting. [11209/20]
Question· writtenPQ 860asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
860. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports in place in circumstances in which an airline is insisting on travel as flights will be available but the family have medical concerns and do not wish to travel. [11029/20]
Question· writtenPQ 856asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
856. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if guidance will be given to consumers regarding summer flights to European destinations as current guidelines advise against flying; if airlines will refund consumers for flights already booked but not cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11022/20]
Question· writtenPQ 854asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
854. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding protecting jobs in the airline industry in particular in circumstances in which some companies operate both here and outside Ireland, are in financial difficulties and are seeking substantial redundancies; the contacts there are between his Department and the persons who are making these decisions in these companies to ensure that there is not an unfair number of redundancies here and jobs are placed abroad in order that pilots and cabin crew from abroad can fly in and out of Ireland as part of the airline business while at the same time no jobs are being maintained here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11005/20]
Question· writtenPQ 850asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
850. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct an airline (details supplied) to discharge its responsibilities to customers who booked flights with the airline which were subsequently cancelled due to Covid-19 and promptly provide refunds to those customers who want them and vouchers to those who are willing to accept them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/20]
Question· writtenPQ 840asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
840. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the decision by a company (details supplied) to make its workforce here redundant; his further views on the announcement by the company that persons made redundant will be paid only statutory entitlements and that having laid off all employees based here it will operate from abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10900/20]
Question· writtenPQ 837asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
837. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he plans to draft the terms of reference for the task force for aviation recovery announced on 3 June 2020 to ensure that regional airports, including Ireland West Airport Knock, are represented on the task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10812/20]
Question· writtenPQ 826asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
826. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the task force for aviation recovery which he announced in Dáil Éireann on 3 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10693/20]
Question· writtenPQ 820asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
820. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ascertain the airlines that enter and leave Irish airports that use HEPA filters as standard in their aircraft and which do not (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10610/20]
Question· writtenPQ 570asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
570. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessment he has made of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control guidelines on flight safety during the Covid-19 outbreak; the applicability of same in assessing the appropriateness of generalised quarantine measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10006/20]
Question· writtenPQ 568asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
568. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if airlines will be instructed to refund families their tickets already bought for travel ahead of the pandemic in which families cannot travel even if the flight is operating. [9997/20]
Question· writtenPQ 563asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
563. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the activities that have been underway at Shannon Airport during the course of the lockdown; the airlines that have been using the facility during the lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9958/20]
Question· writtenPQ 559asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
559. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects restrictions on airlines providing services for passengers that are to commence regular non-essential work here will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9895/20]
Question· writtenPQ 540asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
540. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to job losses at a company will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9717/20]
Question· writtenPQ 534asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
534. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an airline announced a significant number of redundancies here and across Europe; if he has engaged with the company in respect of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9678/20]
Question· writtenPQ 527asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
527. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support the aviation industry here following the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10028/20]
Question· writtenPQ 526asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
526. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) is under examinership here and has announced 280 redundancies and is enforcing statutory redundancy payments against precedent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9780/20]
Question· writtenPQ 525asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2020
525. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to help safeguard jobs at a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9736/20]