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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: They declined because gas prices fell.

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I welcome this legislation and recognise the work that has been done in the Department to produce the Bill as a Bill in its own right. It is important to give credit where it is due and I suspect there has been significant work in the Department over the past ten days or so to put this Bill in place. It is far more satisfactory to deal with the issue of the levy by way of a Bill. A Bill is...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: This legislation may be challenged in the courts, although perhaps the only company willing to do so will be Viridian. I do not expect the State-owned energy companies will take the Minister to court; they would be ill advised to do so and will simply have to put up with it. However, the same does not apply to private energy companies and we must prepare for that by ensuring we have a...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: The Minister might find I have reviewed my position on the matter by next week.

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the tender process for the appointment of an accountancy firm (details supplied) to the Irish Adoption Board; the terms of reference of the current enquiry; the expected expenditure involved with this enquiry; and the envisaged over all time scale of the enquiry. [23399/10]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (2 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rational of paying energy suppliers a REFIT balancing payment for supplying electrifying source from renewable energy generation; and his approach to the REFIT balancing payment of future grid connections under gate 3. [23674/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (3 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools that do not have a functioning broadband connection. [23095/10]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (10 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the recent recommendation of the UN special Rapporteur on Burma that an official UN commission of inquiry be established to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. [24898/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are no longer able to claim jobseeker's benefit as they are over the 12 month limit in Cork city and county and have now had to come off the live register in tabular form. [24897/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (15 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community mental health teams that are currently in existence; the location of same; their staffing complement; and the plans that are in place for increasing the number of adequately resourced community mental teams. [25074/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are no longer able to claim jobseeker's benefit having at least 260 paid PRSI contributions as they are over the 12-month limit in Cork city and county and have now had to come off the live register in tabular form. [25270/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are no longer able to claim jobseeker's benefit having less than 260 paid PRSI contributions and are over the nine-month limit, in Cork city and county and have now had to come off the live register in tabular form. [25271/10]

Departmental Appointments (17 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Minister for his reply. By way of clarification, I have not been given any new appointment in the past few minutes I am merely here to assist my colleague who had to go to vote in a different room. Perhaps the Minister will inform the House of what percentage of appointments to the type of jobs outlined by him have in the past two years come from outside of the public service....

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (17 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has developed a strategy for restructuring the public service to deliver significant savings in order that front line services will be protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24716/10]

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I think I understand what the Minister is trying to do but it may require some further clarification. First, my amendment No. 8 essentially states that generating plant subject to PSO, whether it be for peat or for anything else, should also have the windfall tax or the carbon levy, as the Minister has decided to christen it, applied to it in terms of power that is generated and sold on to...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Regarding the capacity in an agreement that a generator would have with the ESB to sell power to it, when there is a CADA involved is it or is it not the case that a carbon levy will be applied? I want some clarification on that. Is the Minister saying there are only two generating stations in the country to which this may have relevance? In other words, for the peat power stations the...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: The challenge for the Minister is that he will need to find other ways of bringing electricity prices down to balance the inflationary impact of PSO payments. The way to do so is to examine other elements of electricity bills such as network charges. Amendment No. 8 is slightly different from one I tabled on Committee Stage which was ruled out of order. It proposes to allow the Minister to...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: The Minister is aware of our approach in this area. He has also met representatives from Endesa, the company to which we are referring. I am aware that it has written to his Department to seek understanding for its situation. My amendment, which is similar to Deputy McManus's, is linked to the previous amendment, which was ruled out of order and to which I cannot speak directly. However, I...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: There are no windfall gains for Endesa.

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Will the Minister outline where the windfall gain is for Endesa in charging for its carbon? He said repeatedly that this is about recouping carbon windfall gains evenly across all generators. Clearly, we are not doing that in regard to the PSO but that is a different issue. There is no windfall gain for Endesa. There is a considerable loss. It paid €24 per tonne for its emissions and...