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Telecommunications Services (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: This is an issue we have been raising for about 15 months, ever since Boxer DTT Limited pulled out of the tendering process. People have been warning the Minister that this fiasco was likely to happen. The proposition for DTT in Ireland was that a commercial operator would provide channels on four of six multiplexes and that RTE would provide free-to-air channels on two of the multiplexes,...

Telecommunications Services (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: It is important that the Minister recognise that even though he is talking about DTT being made available from October 2010 onwards, the reality is that nobody will be accessing it from October. We do not even have set top boxes. We do not know what they will look like, how much they will cost, who will make them, who will provide them or who will install them. There is total uncertainty...

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: For God's sake, skip the lecture and answer the question.

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Could he answer the question?

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Answer the question.

Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will announce a new support scheme for microgeneration; and the form that the scheme will take. [23544/10]

Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I will endeavour to get an answer from the Minister. He has become one of the great deflectors in terms of giving out information.

Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I ask the Minister for the date on which we will have a new scheme to support microgeneration across the country. This is something he has promised repeatedly for at least the past eight months and it was my understanding that we would see it before the summer break. Can he give the industry, farmers and business people factual information rather than another explanation as to why it makes...

Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: It is difficult to have faith in the Minister when he tells us one thing on the record in committee before completely revising his statement on the floor of the House. This also occurred in the case of the so-called one stop shop for broadband which has been totally remodelled. Those involved in the micro-generation industry are concerned that a new scheme will not be introduced before the...

Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: The Minister told us this would be done by the summer.

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Does the Minister believe it is appropriate for a Minister in his position to announce to the country that he will legislate to ensure that all Six-Nations rugby and Heineken Cup rugby is free-to-air in the future by placing it on the A list a few days before two Heineken Cup semi-finals without any consultation with the IRFU and taking everybody by surprise? He seems to be trying to grab...

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: The Minister announced his decision.

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: We might all learn something if we listen carefully to what the Minister is telling us.

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Perhaps we should try to get some answers to our questions. I would like confirmation with regard to the Minister's response to my previous question. He said the last time he met the IRFU on this issue was last November. Six months later he deemed it appropriate to announce that he was going to ensure free-to-air coverage for Heineken Cup and Six Nations rugby. That is the ideal scenario,...

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Perhaps the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, would like to get in on this discussion.

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Perhaps he could clarify the Government position. I do not know about the Minister, Deputy Ryan, but I know the Minister of State, Deputy Lenihan, has an interest in this sport

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Will the Minister accept that the IRFU also has a vested interest in ensuring that as much rugby as possible is on a free-to-air basis? Will the Minister give us a date as to when we are likely to have a decision on this issue? Will he also indicate when Government policy, rather than his views, will be finally forthcoming?

Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: The Minister has already read this reply into the record.

Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I will not rake over old ground and refer to our frustration with regard to a date not being provided. However, will the Minister outline his views on the putting together of an effective new support scheme for microgeneration? Will he indicate whether his Department intends to model any new scheme on what is being done in the UK, which essentially involves having a relatively low export...

Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: When the Government introduces a new support scheme for microgeneration - I hope it will emerge by the end of this month - will European Commission approval in respect of it be required? It could take a further couple of months to obtain such approval. Does the Government intend to obtain approval in advance in order that the scheme can be implemented immediately rather than having a...