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Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad: Motion (23 Oct 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I will begin to wrap up. Recent OECD figures show that one in six Irish-born people now live abroad. That is a significant number. In recent years emigration has been a major factor. Economic pressures drove young people in particular out of this country. We are good at organising feel-good PR events but we are failing miserably to treat emigrants as Irish citizens. That is wrong, and...

Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad: Motion (23 Oct 2015)

Michael Colreavy: What we need is Government action.

Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad: Motion (23 Oct 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I wish to raise a point of clarification.

Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad: Motion (23 Oct 2015)

Michael Colreavy: A Chathaoirligh, I wish to raise a point of clarification.

Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad: Motion (23 Oct 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I wish to raise a point of clarification on a statement made by the Minister of State.

Report of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad: Motion (23 Oct 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I wish to make a point of order. Is the Minister of State saying an Irish citizen living abroad would not have the right to go to the European Court of Justice on this matter?

Travellers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (3 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move:That Dáil Éireann:extends its sincere condolences and sympathy to the Lynch, Gilbert and Connors families on the tragic loss of their loved ones in the Carrickmines fire and offers solidarity and support to the wider Traveller community; recognises that Travellers experience endemic racism and discrimination in Irish society and suffer disproportionately in all the key...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Protection Agency Investigations (3 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 1141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to list the individual names and the organisations, agencies and Departments of the participants in decisions to recommend or award contracts for the Environmental Protection Agency's hydraulic fracturing research project to a company (details supplied). [38143/15]

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Austerity has been a political choice for this Government. When Fine Gael and Labour entered government, they promised a democratic revolution - an opportunity to change the way that business was done in Ireland and to improve the lives of all citizens. Instead, what was delivered was a Government that hammered the poor and attacked the weakest in society instead of protecting them. Its...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Very good. Who writes the Deputy's script?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for appearing before the joint committee. I reviewed the questions I asked on the previous occasion they appeared and I wish to indicate that I will be asking some of them again today. I like to start from a point of agreement. I think we would all agree that every business, agency, politician and person on the island of Ireland wants adequate,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Is it a 15 year look forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Why was EirGrid caught by surprise in regard to the Grid Link project? Was it a case of "Oops, we estimated too high"? Why was that surprise visited on EirGrid if it does an annual plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: My specific query is whether it involves taking resources from low demand areas to high demand areas because there is a possible down side in that scenario.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: A potential heavy-demand customer may wish to set up a business outside the major centre of population.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I do not know yet. My concern is that if there were an industry that was a heavy-demand user that wanted to set up in the west or north west, would it not gravitate towards the major city because that is where the supply is going? It is taken from the south and put into Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Or a possible customer who is looking to invest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I asked about the potential for integration of the British supply and mainland Europe supply with regional option.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Is it a fact that we could be using the less expensive and much less obtrusive series compensation technology if Northern Ireland had the same web infrastructure as the Republic?