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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Alternative Energy Projects (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the Minister of State. That is very wise. Will the interim report be placed before the Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for its consideration before any decision is made? Will representatives of the EPA be brought before the joint committee again in advance of any decision being made on the second tender? I have tabled a motion to be taken at...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Alternative Energy Projects (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: On a point of clarification. Does that mean the land-based studies will not being going ahead from 1 January?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Alternative Energy Projects (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: So nothing further will happen.

1916 Quarter Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Almost 100 years ago Dublin and the entire island of Ireland were in a state of desperation. Unemployment was rampant. There was a massive rate of child mortality and swelling slums were rife. The only option many people had was to be shipped off to the killing fields of Europe to spill their blood for their imperialist oppressor. Out of this despair and destitution, arrived the men and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the ownership of the broadband infrastructure as part of the national broadband plan intervention strategy; the cost to the public Exchequer; and the date for the construction of this project. [44814/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he has taken to ensure Whitegate oil refinery in County Cork will remain in operation after July 2016. [44817/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has reached agreement with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the regulation of wind farm projects. [44813/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Conservation (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland will opt into the mandatory smart metering system. [44815/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Services Programme (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why the grant payable to community organisations under the community services programme employment scheme is not being increased to meet the increased minimum wage of programme participants. [45245/15]

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I will deal with the amendments tabled by Deputy Mac Lochlainn, who sends his apologies for not being here but he is chairing a committee meeting and hopes to join us later. Amendment No. 12 states provides that a copy of any notice or other document that is required or authorised by or under this Act to be served on or given to a person shall also be sent directly to his or her legal...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: What we are seeking by way of amendment No. 12 is that documents would be served directly to the person's legal representative at the time of issuance of the notice. The people about whom we are speaking in this regard are often under severe pressure and may not be used to dealing with officialdom. I cannot understand how the inclusion in legislation of a provision that would require the...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: "(3) A copy of any notice or other document that is required or authorised by or under this Act to be served on or given to a person shall also be sent directly to his or her legal representative at the time of issuing the notice.".

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 13: In page 13, line 25, after "violence" where it secondly occurs to insert "and acts of domestic violence". This amendment proposes the insertion after the word "violence", where it secondly occurs, the words "and acts of domestic violence". This would ensure that persons suffering from domestic violence have clarity with regard to their rights in terms of...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Did the Minister of State say that some of these are in line with EU policy or EU legislation?

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: A couple of things strike me. The first is that it was not worth Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn's time submitting amendments. It is clear they will not be accepted. That is probably a result of an effort to get this Bill passed before we break for Christmas. I have a second, more important point. If an Irish citizen was afraid to report acts of domestic violence but had to go...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 14: In page 15, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(c) membership of a particular social group including membership of a trade union.”. The rationale underlying this amendment is that it reinstates the current position which is that a trade union falls within the definition of "particular social group" under the 1951 Refugee Convention....

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I wish to discuss amendment No. 77.

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I misunderstood the situation.

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I also wish to speak to amendment No. 77 which reads as follows: In page 34, line 19, after “repeated” to insert the following: “but compelling reasons arising out of previous persecution or serious harm alone may nevertheless warrant a determination that the applicant is eligible for protection”. The rationale behind the amendment is that a provision under...

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Had he been here, Deputy Mac Lochlainn would have strongly defended his amendment.