Reacting to reports suggesting practices such as ‘shoulder tapping’ were proposed to encourage Aer Lingus staff to quit, other staff issues need attention at the airline. I questioned Aer Lingus chairman, John Sharman, at the Joint Committee on Transport: There was a need for 1,300 people to exit the company under the redundancy programme which …
Monthly Archive
for: ‘July, 2005’
Open the Gates: NTR Announces More Congestion
NTR publish figures for the first half of 2005. Traffic is up nearly 4%, to an average of 98,000 vehicles on weekdays. New Eazy Pass lanes are opened on the Westlink, adding to congestion.
EPA Stands up to Cement Roadstone
The Environmental Protection Agency has provisionally refused permission for Cement Roadstone Holdings to build a landfill to store the illegal waste found on their land in Co Wicklow. Speaking at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment, I congratulated the EPA and urged them to impose the best solution to protect the environment and water …
BUPA Vs VHI an Ideological Clash which should be Debated
1.7.05 – Reacting to the news that Mary Harney had refused to require health insurer BUPA to subsidise its competitor VHI, I said that the Seanad should debate the subject: “I cannot understand how an issue of such controversy [as risk equalisation between the VHI and other health insurers] could be put on the back-burner …