Results 561-580 of 2,211 for speaker:Paul Connaughton
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jan 2013)
Paul Connaughton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. With more than one in four of the Irish population smoking, it is imperative that the Government make all the necessary adjustments to current legislation to ensure that health policy in regard to smoking is properly reflected in law. More than 5,000 people die each year as a result of smoking and half of all long-term smokers die early...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (16 Jan 2013)
Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be heard in relation to the illness benefit claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58025/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (16 Jan 2013)
Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of REP scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1436/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (16 Jan 2013)
Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their disadvantaged area scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1438/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (16 Jan 2013)
Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applicants will be notified on whether or not they have been accepted into the new agri environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1439/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (16 Jan 2013)
Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1443/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Appeals (16 Jan 2013)
Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal in relation to the grassland sheep scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway was finalised; if so, the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1633/13]
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: I welcome the witnesses. What are the staff numbers for ComReg over the last number of years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: Is there a target for next year or is it hoped to stay at 107?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: Have there been any pay increases for people working in ComReg over 2010, 2011 and 2012?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: Who set the initial salaries when ComReg started in 2002?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: Is the chairman or any of the commissioners due a pay increase or any type of bonus for the last 12 months and the next 24 months? How will that work out?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: In 2011, ComReg spent over $4.5 million on technical advice. On what area was ComReg seeking that advice? Is ComReg short staffed and would it be better to employ people in that area? Is that a regular yearly cost?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: Moving on to the 4G mobile licence auction, will Mr. Chisholm give a brief outline of the steps involved in that process?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: Will Mr. Chisholm give an indication of the cost accruing to ComReg over the four years spanning the beginning of the process until the auction took place?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: Can Mr. Chisholm explain why the auction was a greater success than some observers apparently expected?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: I assume that when this process began and as it went on, a large number of criteria were set for those parties which wanted to get into the auction. I understand one criterion was that 70% of the population would have to be covered under the 4G licence. Is that 70% coverage to be achieved immediately or over a number of years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: The concern that I and others would have is that a 70% requirement really only includes Dublin, the wider area around it and the bigger cities. I note that there are issues with Saorview in certain very remote parts of Cork, for example. The concern is that companies would not feel obliged to roll out to all areas. There are issues with the national broadband scheme in this regard. How is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: On that point, when I was doing some research into the auction I came across an article in a newspaper which suggested that there was as issue within ComReg with data protection. Is that true?
- Public Accounts Committee: Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011 (17 Jan 2013) Paul Connaughton: Yes, I am.