Results 5,501-5,520 of 18,851 for speaker:Fergus O'Dowd
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will obey the rules and I will look at the Acting Chairman. To run a safe water supply we need to raise the money and we need to do it fairly, which is what we are doing. I wish to make one further point - I will be responding to parliamentary questions later. The Irish water company to be set up will be State owned. Its establishment does not represent the start of privatisation of...
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: He is in the Labour Party.
- Water Charges (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: The programme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The objective is to install water meters in households and move to a charging system based on usage above a free allowance. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government is currently preparing a strategy to implement these proposals, including the...
- Water Charges (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: Irish Water will not be a private company but a State-owned operation. The Government and the Dáil will be informed of the powers and responsibilities it will have. There is a tender out currently. I hope we will have an interim report by the end of July and a full report in October. The Minister will then go to Cabinet with proposals which we will discuss openly in the House. It is not...
- Water Charges (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: The programme for Government provides for an allowance and after that there will be a charge. Up to 2,000 people will work on installing the meters in homes. That is a large number of jobs, which will be important to local communities.
- Water Charges (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7, 14, 44 and 51 together. The programme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The objective is to install water meters in households and move to a charging system based on usage above a free allowance. The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government is currently preparing...
- Water Charges (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: Approximately 4,000 people are currently working in the water services programme, with 4,000 others providing ancillary services. The installation of meters will provide jobs for 1,500 to 1,800 people each year for at least three years. We will have more people working than ever before. The Deputy asked what will be Irish Water, and that question will be answered in the report....
- Water Charges (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: When the details are made available they will be made public and the Government will consider all aspects of the report. I did some research on other countries and many do not provide a free allowance. It is clear that within each home that will pay for the service, there will be an opportunity to reduce water consumption and the consequent bill. All of those issues must be dealt with and...
- Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: It is in my constituency.
- Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (16 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Progamme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The objective is to install water meters in households and move to a charging system based on usage above a free allowance. The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government is currently preparing a strategy to implement these proposals, including the approach to...
- Freedom of Information (21 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: No.
- Departmental Agencies (21 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: The programme for Government commits to the establishment of a NewERA authority as a dedicated entity to oversee investment as referred to in this reply. It is proposed that streamlined and restructured semi-State agencies will make significant additional investments over and above current plans during the next four years in next generation infrastructure in terms of energy, broadband,...
- Departmental Agencies (21 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will clarify. Irish Water will be a State-owned entity, not a private one, and it will not be privatised. The management of our water infrastructure will be by a State entity. The Deputy need have no fears in that regard. The Deputy's second point related to the programme for Government, which states that â¬2 billion from the sale of non-strategic State assets will be used to finance...
- Departmental Agencies (21 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: It will.
- Departmental Agencies (21 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: I have met the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Coveney, regarding the programme for Government's proposal on merging Coillte and Bord na Móna. He is discussing his opinions with Coillte and I have sought another meeting with him to discuss what progress has been made. There is no question of the land being sold. It will never be sold and will remain in State ownership.
- Departmental Agencies (21 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: The commitment is that both companies will be merged and a business plan is being examined with a view to determining what new synergies could result. Taking a decision will be a matter for the Cabinet, but the business plan will be a matter for debate in the Dáil.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: He was appointed by the committee.
- Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (21 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The objective is to install water meters in households and move to a charging system based on usage above a free allowance. My Department is currently preparing a strategy to implement these proposals, including the approach to be taken for the procurement of water meters....
- Finance (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: Abair i mBéarla é freisin, le do thoil.
- Planning Issues (28 Jun 2011)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am pleased to have the opportunity today to discuss the provisions of the planning code as they relate to the scope to seek to extend planning permissions. Section 28 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 amended section 42 of the Planning Act 2000 to provide that the duration of a planning permission may be extended where substantial works have not been done, or where the...