Results 3,081-3,100 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey
- Broadcasting Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: This is a debate which must be addressed in the broadcasting Bill. There needs to be anticipation, as God knows what will happen in the next six or 12 months as all the platforms come together. The question must be addressed, and it will be with the broadcasting Bill. On the matter of An Post, the Deputy may be one step ahead of me. An Post indicated at one stage that it was not interested in...
- Harbours and Piers. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: We would not like to have the people of Ros a'MhÃl waiting for the Opposition parties to get back into Government.
- Harbours and Piers. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I am mad for a fight.
- Offshore Exploration. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The fiscal terms for the licensing regime under which offshore exploration companies operate are provided for by the Finance Act 1992. The system is straightforward and is based on a corporation tax rate of 25% applying to profits earned. Historic capital expenditures are 100% deductible at the start of production. No royalty or production bonus or their equivalents are required. The regime...
- Offshore Exploration. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I have stated all along that the community in the immediate vicinity of the pipeline and the terminal should benefit from any gas find. I have believed for a long time that where people are discommoded by a development in the national interest they should gain locally, and that includes those near the pipeline. Unfortunately, no one can gain from it until the gas is piped ashore, which has...
- Offshore Exploration. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: Neither the Deputy nor I should anticipate what Shell intends to do. The Advantica report deals with all safety issues in an objective way â I was asked about this matter prior to and after the report was published. It was given a free hand to examine those issues of concern to the people in the area. I categorically state to the Deputy that any future consent I give, and there are a number...
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 22, 24, 44 and 91 together. In my recent address to the Energy Ireland conference, I stated that the Government did not favour the privatisation or atomisation of the ESB in any circumstances. Future possible directions for the electricity sector, taking into account all relevant considerations including the development of the all-island single electricity...
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I am aware that the Deputy does not know what is happening but because he is not aware of what is happeningââ
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I am not criticising the Deputy, I am saying that just because he does not know what is happening does not mean that nothing is happening.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I would not like anyone to think that the diligent officials in my Department who are working on the energy paper are doing nothing. They are committed to this issue and have put in long hours with me over a considerable period to produce an energy paper that will be well worth the wait for Deputy Broughan and the other Deputies.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: Over the coming weeks.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: If I can be around the first week in August, so can the Deputy.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: As soon as I can fix a date. It should be around that time.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I will probably be working throughout August. The Deputy should not make any holiday plans for August.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy raised a number of questions, including the reason I did not publish the Deloitte & Touche report before now.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The reason is that it is an important part of the energy paper but it is not the be all and end all. The Deloitte & Touche report is part of that. We have used it as an input in terms of the electricity sector in the overall energy paper we are producing. That is the reason it has not been published before now. It will be published some time after the energy policy document is published. It...
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ââto make it much more efficient and make the market much more competitive when we move that forward.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I would not be so foolish as to make a statement like that on any report that has had this type of circulation, but all the copies of the Deloitte & Touche report are personalised to the individuals and organisations that received them. To my knowledge they are all still accounted for. However, I would notââ
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ââpredict that nobody else would have seen it. Many journalists have asked me about its contents. The Deputy can ask the journalists. They have heard nothing from me. On ownership of the grid, security of supply, the experience with Eircom etc., in my Energy Ireland speech a few weeks ago I clearly stated the importance of maintaining the grid and the transmission lines in public...
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: On consumers' interest, there are two aspects to the remit of the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER. One is competitiveness, which encompasses various aspects, and the other is consumer protection. I believe it has considered establishing consumer panels. However, more importantly, the national consumer agency, recently announced by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, will...