Results 2,161-2,180 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: Good faith or poor judgment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: It is a matter of such significance.
- Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: I, too, welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. It is the responsibility of every public representative to advocate and relay on the floor of the Dáil the concerns he or she is hearing from constituents. I have already placed many of these concerns on the public record, at both Dáil and Oireachtas committee level. Many constituents were in contact with me this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: I welcome the engagement with EirGrid and thank the witnesses for the presentation. It is important for public confidence and public information that this engagement continues at every level. I wish to take it a step back to before the consultation period and the very formation of the Grid25 strategy, as well as its strategy. I understand this was adopted in 2008. The witnesses have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: Is that information available publicly? This is generalities again, but is that specific information available to the public?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: I have seen the stage one report. The public cannot understand why a route would not be taken on a public corridor, such as a motorway or a national road. That is not dealt with anywhere in the stage one report. EirGrid goes across country. It dismisses it and moves on. Unless EirGrid practically and specifically carries out a cost-benefit analysis on the options that are available for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: In the cost-benefit analysis that is conducted after the consultation it is important to look specifically at the DC, with full information on cost, routes and everything.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (11 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to sanction a similar exemption from income tax to the annual allowance of €1,000 paid to volunteer members of the Garda Reserve to other volunteer members of the emergency services such as the Coast Guard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53360/13]
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and for their presentation. Where more competition exists with suppliers, does it follow that unit prices are lower? There is much debate about wind generation, alternative renewable energy and so on. We also hear that we are importing nuclear energy from the UK. Perhaps the witnesses can clarify if that is the case.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: If there is any detail on the cost of electricity that is generated by wind energy, versus traditional oil generation and-or possible imported nuclear energy, can Mr. Nolan explain who the CER arrives at a price taking all of that into account? In arriving at the unit price, does the CER consider the wider competitiveness of the economy and the social affordability when setting prices? One...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: I thank Mr. Nolan for his response. It is helpful and it is an important element of information to contribute to the wider debate on energy security and the cost of electricity. CER has a very important role to play in that.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: What about the questions on the water?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and for their presentation. Where more competition exists with suppliers, does it follow that unit prices are lower? There is much debate about wind generation, alternative renewable energy and so on. We also hear that we are importing nuclear energy from the UK. Perhaps the witnesses can clarify if that is the case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: If there is any detail on the cost of electricity that is generated by wind energy, versus traditional oil generation and-or possible imported nuclear energy, can Mr. Nolan explain who the CER arrives at a price taking all of that into account? In arriving at the unit price, does the CER consider the wider competitiveness of the economy and the social affordability when setting prices? One...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: I thank Mr. Nolan for his response. It is helpful and it is an important element of information to contribute to the wider debate on energy security and the cost of electricity. CER has a very important role to play in that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: What about the questions on the water?
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (12 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants that are available for students attending colleges of further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53462/13]
- Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: We would do nothing at all if we were to listen to the Opposition.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2013)
Paudie Coffey: Peter’s exit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Paudie Coffey: I thank the executives for coming before the committee. This has been a very welcome public debate on the transparency and clarity that is required for these issues. We are establishing a new national utility, which I would equate to the establishment of the ESB or even Bord Gáis. I think we all need to keep that in mind. It is important that we acknowledge the practical expertise of...