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- Gas Exploration (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: There are many things I could say, but I will put it simply. To go back to the Croagh Patrick analogy, it might have passed all those technical tests and still not be considered because at the time the State took that policy on gold mining there. Will the Minister of State consider publishing a Green Paper or a White Paper on the issue of onshore exploration in this country before any...
- Sustainable Energy Projects (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I am disappointed to hear of the narrowing of the Warmer Homes scheme. Anyone with an inefficient house and a low income should be assisted. In 2010, the budget allocation for the three energy schemes was â¬94 million and â¬93 million was actually spent. In 2011, after the jobs initiative budget, the allocation was â¬99 million. The Minister has cut that to â¬64.6 million. In 2011,...
- Sustainable Energy Projects (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Income from the pension levy was supposed to go into these schemes. It is not going into them.
- Sustainable Energy Projects (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: That was a socialist approach. People on high incomes should not have medical cards.
- Sustainable Energy Projects (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: â¬69.4 million. The Minister should check the Estimate.
- Sustainable Energy Projects (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Then the Government took â¬30 million off pensioners.
- Sustainable Energy Projects (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: â¬69.4 million.
- Sustainable Energy Projects (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: What is the projected outturn for last year?
- Telecommunications Services (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: A favourite term of expression among public servants is "shortly" or "in the near future". Could the Minister give a more precise definition of what "shortly" means? Does it mean one, two or three months, or three years? The Minister is now ten months in office. Does he not believe it is time he moved on with regard to broadband? What is his policy, rather than that of the industry, on...
- Telecommunications Services (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: What does it mean to the Minister?
- Telecommunications Services (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister agree the industry has its interests, which are mainly shareholder interests, and also that some in the industry reputedly, from what we read in the media, have huge financial constraints in regard to what they can do or want to do? I would be interested in finding out what the Minister said the Government wants to do in this regard and the minimum that is acceptable to the...
- Telecommunications Services (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It would be stupid to do that.
- Better Energy Programme (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome what the Minister stated about introducing building energy rating, BER, as a condition of rent allowance. I started that process in Government when I was in the Department of Social Protection. To be honest, I do not know why my predecessors had not done this because it is a no-brainer. When one looks at the statistics one finds that people in rented accommodation make up the...
- Better Energy Programme (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: That supplies â¬30 million, which means the normal Exchequer contribution to this scheme comes only to between â¬30 million to â¬40 million this year. If the Exchequer provided â¬60 million last year, to which the Minister has added another â¬30 million from the pension levy, that makes â¬90 million. This year the Minister will get the â¬30 million again because there is a levy on...
- Better Energy Programme (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The reason is the initiative-----
- Better Energy Programme (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I must explain this to the Minister.
- Better Energy Programme (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The jobs initiative was about giving the â¬30 million to beef up the amount of money on these schemes. Fair enough, last year the Government did that. However, given all the three card tricks that go on in the Department of Finance, although the â¬30 million is to come from the system again this year I notice the figure for spending has gone back to the initial figure of last year, more...
- Television Licence Fee (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive answer. As he said, if one were to introduce a broadcasting charge for every household and every applicable business, income would not go down but only up. Other platforms for watching television, such as the iPhone or whatever other way, are still a bit far-fetched for 99.9% of people. However, they are growing in popularity. Will the Minister...
- Television Licence Fee (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It also costs the Exchequer, TG4 and the broadcasting fund.
- Television Licence Fee (18 Jan 2012)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister of State is very wrong. I am very good at using my iPhone.