Results 2,241-2,260 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Information and Communications Technology. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the proposed one-stop shop for State-owned broadband will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16854/10]
- Information and Communications Technology. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Not only am I surprised by the Minister's answer, but I am quite worried by it. We have been waiting for nearly a year for a progress report on the promised one-stop shop for State-owned broadband services to facilitate those investing in broadband in Ireland and piggy-backing on investment the State has made, whether in fibre, in ducting or in whatever infrastructure. The Minister has...
- Information and Communications Technology. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Which one will be under the one-stop shop and which will not?
- Information and Communications Technology. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: What about the MANs?
- Information and Communications Technology. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: The Minister is saying the one-stop shop now only applies to ducting. Less than two months ago he stated that such a management system would facilitate the wider objective of promoting co-operation between different telecom providers for backhaul and wholesale services. This now seems to be nonsense. Am I correct in interpreting what the Minister is saying as being that the one-stop shop...
- Information and Communications Technology. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: We have fibre already in the ground but it is not being used and it is not connected.
- Information and Communications Technology. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: It is not a one-stop shop.
- Broadcasting Legislation. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans he has in place to facilitate the roll out of commercial digital terrestrial television, DTT, should the consortium (details supplied) fail to reach agreement with RTE and the broadcasting regulator. [16855/10]
- Broadcasting Legislation. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: I raised this issue more than a year ago because I was concerned the tendering process to provide a commercial DTT service was collapsing, following the pull-out of Boxer which had won the competition. I am not asking the Minister to interfere with the competitive tendering process. However, will he recognise the tendering process put in place two years ago to ensure a commercial DTT...
- Broadcasting Legislation. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Please allow me to finish because this is important. The Minister bluffs every time he is asked this question, claiming he has no responsibility in the matter, and just sets the date for when RTE must do the business. The first and second chosen bidders are out of the equation.
- Broadcasting Legislation. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: The remaining and only other bidder involves RTE itself. When does the Minister intend to intervene to put a new policy structure in place to get commercial DTT multiplexes up and running? Will he continue to let the BAI handle the process while he takes a hands-off approach when everyone involved concedes it is collapsing?
- Broadcasting Legislation. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: It is the tendering process I am raising.
- Broadcasting Legislation. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: The Minister is saying that the process he set up through legislation-----
- Broadcasting Legislation. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Yes, but the legislation in question is now the Minister's responsibility. The first two preferred bidders in the tendering process established by the legislation are out of the game. Will the Minister confirm he expects the BAI to move on to the third best bidder? It may not have been a chosen operator at all but, because it was the last man standing, it could potentially be the next...
- Broadcasting Legislation. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: There is no market for DTT without a commercial service.
- Broadcasting Legislation. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: There is no market for DTT without a commercial service. The Minister knows that.
- Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the initiatives he plans to take to encourage mutable providers of electric transport charging infrastructure to facilitate competing solutions and implementation; the progress that has been made on setting up new memorandums of understanding with car manufactures in the same way that has been done with a...
- Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: I support what the Minister is trying to do in terms of making the transition from combustion engine cars to electric transport and mainstreaming that technology, and that mindset, to ensure people realise we can have normal family cars that are comfortable, powerful and safe but which are driven on batteries on the Irish electricity grid rather than by imported fossil fuels. I question the...
- Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: I hope the Minister will accept that I would welcome new memoranda of understanding with companies like Mitsubishi and, I hope, many others. My main concern is regarding charging infrastructure. The Minister said there is no obstacle to other potential operators of charging infrastructure as long as they all abide by the requirement for standard plugs and so on. That is obvious. We must...
- Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)
Simon Coveney: What about a global tender to invite expressions of interest?