Results 161-180 of 587 for speaker:Noel Coonan in 'Dáil debates'
- Flood Relief (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Coonan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and welcome the good news that work on the Shannon Callows will commence this year. I do not like reminding the Minister of previous statements, but he told me something similar last year about a scheme in north Tipperary, the Templemore relief scheme.
- Flood Relief (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Coonan: I am delighted to hear that. I was going to ask the Minister to confirm that he told me about the scheme at the start of last year and ask him whether it would at least start this year.
- Flood Relief (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Coonan: It is not mine.
- Flood Relief (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Coonan: Notwithstanding that, it is not mine.
- Flood Relief (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Coonan: With regard to the Shannon Callows, the Minister of State briefly mentioned tributaries, including the River Brosna. Are specific works scheduled for these tributaries? Will the work be done under contract or directly by the OPW? The Minister of State also mentioned that part of the solution to the problem was the storage of water from the River Shannon. Does that mean that in order to...
- Flood Relief (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Coonan: Part of the Lowry deal.
- Flood Relief (12 Jan 2011)
Noel Coonan: As a fellow Tipperary man, I acknowledge and appreciate the Minister of State's efforts concerning the Templemore scheme. It is nice to see that something can happen in Tipperary without a Lowry deal. There are three weeks left to ensure it happens, so I ask the Minister of State to use those three weeks.
- Garda Training (15 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: The Garda college in Templemore, County Tipperary, is probably one of the best police academies in the Europe if not the world. In an effort to accommodate the increasing numbers of recruits who were attending the college some years ago, a number of facilities were removed in order to put in place an accommodation block. The facilities to which I refer were used for the purposes of skills...
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: Whatever about Santa Claus coming down the chimney, he will not be coming on the M7 Castletown to Nenagh roadway. Will the Taoiseach ensure that workers, contractors and sub-contractors in his constituency and mine are paid in order that the road can be opened?
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: It is a disgrace that workers have not been paid since 1 November.
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: Will the Taoiseach intervene and ensure the road is opened? We would like to see the Taoiseach in that part of the country in all his honour and glory.
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: Will the Taoiseach ensure this happens?
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: I have already put a question to him but he did not accept it.
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: I put down a matter on the Adjournment.
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: I briefed the Minister for Transport on this matter last week and I predicted what would happen but the Minister for Transport did nothing.
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: We are talking about people who have not been paid since last November.
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: Workers haven not been paid and Christmas is coming.
- Order of Business (14 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: It is very well for the Minister for Transport to smirk about it but people have not been paid.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: They are dumbfounded.
- Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)
Noel Coonan: Good man, James.