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- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: "(vi) the relevant local authority.". These amendments relate to the matter the Minister of State has tried to deal with in amendment No. 5, which we have just accepted. It is regrettable that his amendments do not make a specific reference to local authorities. Individual projects may affect local...
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I am not clear about what the National Standards Authority of Ireland does or what its role is. The Bill states that the standards and codes of practice applicable to designated petroleum activities will have been formulated or recommended by the authority. Essentially, the CER will have to take guidance from the authority. Is that how it will work? Is there expertise within the authority...
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 31: In page 19, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(f) a comprehensive public information and consultation process has been undertaken to inform and reassure locally effected populations of the safety considerations relating to the project.". This goes back to my big issue with the Bill, namely, that it must contain a very strong element of public...
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: With respect, the Minister of State is missing the point I am trying to make. Putting a safety framework in place is essentially a policy direction. Yes, there will be an element of accepting from the public views, considerations, concerns and so on and I accept that. However, I do not believe this will happen. Unless one is dealing with the specifics of a project, namely, a safety case...
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: That is the issue I am trying to address.
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: The Minister of State is trying to bulldoze things through.
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I would like to make a final point. I agree with some, but not all, of what the Minister of State has said. I do not think all of the concerns are spurious or are led by conspiracy theories, although some of them may be. There are plenty of people who have genuine concerns. In my view, they have an entitlement to make comments and ask questions before it is decided to grant a safety...
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I accept that they can.
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: An Bord Pleanála does not have safety expertise.
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 32: In page 21, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: "(2) The Commission shall before deciding whether or not to issue a safety permit, allow for submissions to be made by the public in relation to safety issues or concerns relating to the project under consideration for a safety permit.".
- Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I thank the Minister of State for taking on board some of the ideas we brought forward on Committee Stage and, to a certain extent, Report Stage. I thank his officials for their patience and for their informal briefings in response to requests for information.
- Search and Rescue Service. (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: In the absence of the Minister for Transport, I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Andrews, to take serious note of this issue. It is very unusual in an Adjournment debate in this House that the three main parties are represented and speaking off the same hymn sheet with the same concerns. I am one of the people who has been privileged to experience first hand the professionalism of the...
- Search and Rescue Service. (24 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Can we have a copy of the Minister of State's speech?
- Departmental Committees. (30 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I have two questions for the Taoiseach, primarily following on our experience of flooding in Cork on 19 November last. I agree with what he had to say about the response by local authority workers and many voluntary organisations, which, in some cases, was heroic. However, there are lessons to be learnt. Will the Taoiseach commission an independent inquiry into the flooding of Cork city at...
- Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (31 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the way a person (details supplied) went missing from Health Service Executive care in Donabate, County Dublin; and the progress made to date on establishing this persons whereabouts as a matter of urgency. [14078/10]
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (31 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Sustainable Energy Ireland has changed to Sustainable Energy Association of Ireland; the cost of implementing this change including all rebranding and advertising costs; and the full process involved in this change. [14076/10]
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (31 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the work that has been done to date in relation to possible gas reserves at Lough Allen; and the further works that are in planned for the future. [14077/10]
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (1 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 4 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [14429/10]
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (1 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 4 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [14430/10]
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (1 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 4 March 2010, when a reply will issue. [14431/10]