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Radio Licensing (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We will certainly invite ComReg and I understand the joint committee is in the processing of doing so. In the meantime, policy is laid down by the Minister, not ComReg. When he talks about 70% coverage, he is referring to population; the figure is about 50% in the case of territory. It is interesting to note that the figure for Germany is 90% and for the United Kingdom, 95%. Is it...

Radio Licensing (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am asking a question. Will the Minister set minimum coverage requirements to be sought by ComReg to ensure there will be a universal service throughout the State, or will he be the agent adding to the digital divide within the country?

Radio Licensing (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not incidental.

Fiscal Policy (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I imagine that in his heart and soul the Minister is on the same track as me. It appears the ideologues in the Minister of State's party and the troika are pushing this along. Reading between the lines I suspect the Minster is trying to follow the principle of festina lente. While he has been forced to agree in principle, he will place a dris chosáin all along the way in the hope this...

Fiscal Policy (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was set by the Minister.

Fiscal Policy (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the coming four years the turnover of the State will be in excess of €200 billion. The margin for error in that amount far exceeds the €2 billion referred to in the programme for Government to be raised through the sale of State assets. Therefore, like many other things, in financial terms, this aspect could be renegotiated. It is simply a drop in the ocean. So far this year the...

Fiscal Policy (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We have exceeded them.

Fiscal Policy (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has been very helpful and Deputies may have obtained a better reading of his mind this afternoon than on any previous occasion. He referred to Greece. Ireland and Greece are in a totally different position because we have adhered to the agreement we reached with the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. It is my understanding from the statements of the Government...

Fiscal Policy (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister understand what is driving the process? It is being done in the interests of private companies and financiers which want to get their hands on assets the Irish people have built up. If that is the case, we will work with the Minister to ensure they do not succeed. We will support him and I hope he will support our efforts.

Renewable Energy Tariff Scheme (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when it is expected that the European Commission will give State aids permission to the REFIT scheme; the reason for the delay in approving same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29908/11]

Renewable Energy Tariff Scheme (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister agree, in view of the European Union's stated objectives in regard to renewable energy, that there is a contradiction between the huge delay in giving these state aid permissions and the targets of the European Union itself? Will the Minister explain whether he believes the time it is taking is reasonable? Will he further clarify when he believes the permissions will be given?

Renewable Energy Tariff Scheme (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will it be three or four weeks?

Renewable Energy Tariff Scheme (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I find it extraordinary that the Union has been lecturing us about our public service yet it cannot deliver something that is of vital European as well as Irish interest. I understand 1,000 MW of power is ready to proceed. As I understand it, under the REFIT scheme, as proposed, a generator - in other words, the person who owns the windmill - gets €66 per MW hour produced, whereas the...

Renewable Energy Tariff Scheme (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Then make it higher.

Renewable Energy Tariff Scheme (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It should go to the generator.

Renewable Energy Tariff Scheme (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: With no disrespect to the Minister, it does not address the balance between the generator, the supplier and the consumer. I know the study to which he refers and while it deals with the cost to the State of REFIT, it does not address the issue that-----

Strategic Energy Infrastructure (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he considers any of the gas networks, the electricity networks, or the electricity transmission systems as strategic infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30188/11]

Strategic Energy Infrastructure (19 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am very pleased the Minister has confirmed that these are strategic national assets. How can he square what he has just said about these being strategic national assets with the commitment in the programme for Government that the sale of assets would be non-strategic assets? How can the Minister explain the Government's decision to sell what he has now has declared to be strategic...

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will not be able to do justice to this very complicated subject in ten minutes, but I hope to lay down some basic principles, the first of which is that we should acknowledge what has long been a basic characteristic of Irish society, namely, that families desire to own their own homes. Second, we must recognise that the vast majority at risk of losing the family home bought it in good...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (18 Oct 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money lent or invested by the Exchequer in the guaranteed financial institutions and the National Asset Management Agency, broken down by institution, to date in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30048/11]