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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: That was based on population levels, with the requirement for a population of over a 10,000 for town commission status.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: Roscrea tried, with a population of over 5,000 but was refused town commissioner status because the requirement at the time was a population of over 7,500.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: I join in the welcome for the county managers. To play devil's advocate, which is a role I never like filling, there is a perception that this reform at local government level is mainly at the expense of the elected representative - in other words, the councillor - and of the front-line services - in other words, the people who are delivering services for the county councils such as road...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: Thank you. Senator Keane was here earlier but had to leave for a short while to attend a vote. I ask Members to be brief and only ask questions, because the committee is on a very strict time schedule.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: Does the Senator have a question for the delegation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: Does the Senator wish to know the cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: I thank Ms Jackie Maguire. Two issues were raised by members - the seven-year contract and the valuations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: I call Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, who will have to be brief as only two minutes remain.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: That latter question has already been asked and dealt with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: The Senator has only one minute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: I thank the Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: County and City Managers Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: I thank the City and County Managers' Association for appearing before the committee and for their presentation and assistance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Local Authority Members Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: I welcome the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, to this meeting and invite it to make its presentation. Following the presentation, we will have questions from members. I am particularly happy to welcome my colleague from North Tipperary, Councillor Kennedy, and Roscrea man, Councillor Noel Burke, who might deny he is a Tipperary man. I understand Councillor McElvaney is making...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Local Authority Members Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: I must remind Councillor McElvaney that we are operating under a tight schedule and I do not want him to get carried away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Local Authority Members Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: Would any other members of the delegation like to address the committee before we take the questions of members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Local Authority Members Association (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: It is nice to have LAMA members here to brief us on what we should be addressing in the forthcoming Bill. In that context, I ask them, if they could make one or two significant changes to it, what would be their No. 1 priority? We have discussed the welfare and well-being of local representatives, rightly so. As the late Tip O'Neill said, all politics is local. I recall that in its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Pillar (7 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: I welcome representatives of the green pillar and thank them for their presentation which contains many thought provoking ideas that will stimulate discussion. Many of us will sleep happier in the knowledge that, according to the delegates, we would have avoided all the bad experiences of the boom if the green pillar had been established before 2009. We can now rest assured that the...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: In introducing the Finance (No. 2) Bill, the Minister stated the objectives of the Government over the past two and a half years were, first, the implementation, and second, the exiting of the EU-ECB-IMF bailout. In parallel with this, the Government sought to support business by creating jobs, putting people back to work and putting people into education and retraining. In the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (12 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: 180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for disability allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47664/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (12 Nov 2013)

Noel Coonan: 364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that members of staff were selectively applying eligibility penalties to land in County Galway until it was discovered at an inspection (details supplied) that this was incorrect procedure resulting in a staff briefing for all staff on the 6 July 2011 in Galway;if he will confirm if only...