Results 501-520 of 40,856 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- State Airports. (7 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: I feel like a broken record raising this matter. The Cork Airport issue is an embarrassment. It is holding up the separation of Cork Airport, in terms of ownership and management, from the Dublin Airport Authority. We have a brand new terminal that has been operating for more than a year but we still have no idea how it will be paid for. A debt of â¬220 million is attached to the...
- State Airports. (7 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: That was not the deal.
- State Airports. (7 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: In other words, the Dublin Airport Authority will make the decision.
- State Airports. (7 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: When will it come into force?
- State Airports. (7 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: What about the commitment that was made?
- State Airports. (7 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: However, the Dublin Airport Authority holds all the cards.
- Written Answers — Army Equitation School: Army Equitation School (8 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans he has to improve the quality of horses available to the Irish Army for competition purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27773/07]
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (14 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the call of British Minister, Mr. Hillary Benn, to end the sale of 150 watt light bulbs by January 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23131/07]
- Television Licence Fee. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will grant RTE a licence increase; if so, the amount of same; if he will attach conditions to a licence increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29139/07]
- Television Licence Fee. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: I want to raise two issues with the Minister. First, he might be surprised to hear me say this is a miserly increase for RTE this year considering that in 2002 the Minister stated that RTE will be able to seek annual increases up to the level of the consumer price index and that all future increases will be subject to the strict monitoring of performance against financial, management and...
- Television Licence Fee. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: They were the obligations the Minister set for RTE.
- Television Licence Fee. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: RTE is doing what it was asked to do and it is being punished.
- Telecommunications Services. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the second phase of the MANs roll-out; the way he envisages MANs operating with a broken up Eircom; if he has been promised extra money in budget 2008 to make up the shortfall caused by a recent supplementary estimate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29140/07]
- Telecommunications Services. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: In a one-word answer, how much is the second phase of MANs expected to cost? While the Minister is looking for the figure, I will make one or two other points in the form of questions. The Minister's record on broadband has not been covered in glory since he took charge. Since his previous Question Time, the Minister has effectively bailed out the Greener Homes scheme with â¬10 million he...
- Telecommunications Services. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: With all due respect, the Minister has had time to prepare for my question on whether the second phase of MANs will proceed and whether the 92 towns that were promised fibre optic cable and the associated benefits can expect the phase to be completed on time. The Minister does not have the cost figure.
- Telecommunications Services. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: It did.
- Telecommunications Services. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: It is important that I have a final chance to contribute. Does the Minister expect the House to believe that, when a Department receives an allocation of â¬10 million from the Department of Finance with a broadband capital expenditure label, he can whip the money from that budget to bail out an entirely separate but worthwhile section of his Department that had overspent? Does he expect us...
- Telecommunications Services. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: I am not the Minister.
- Telecommunications Services. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: My job in Opposition is to ensure when a Minister is in charge of different areas he does not prioritise one area over another when they are equally important. The roll-out of broadband is as important as the greener homes scheme.
- Telecommunications Services. (15 Nov 2007)
Simon Coveney: Yet the Minister has taken â¬10 million from the broadband budget. Whatever budget we have for broadband next year it should be â¬10 million higher.