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Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (6 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Radio Teilifís Éireann is subject to public procurement guidelines in relation to the appointment of contractors and the purchase of services; if it is obliged to go to public tender to procure these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12287/12]

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (6 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has any target figure to be realised from the sale of State assets broken down by State enterprise and the target in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12288/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Reviews: Departmental Reviews (6 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of all policy reviews instigated by him and his Ministers of State since assuming office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12218/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of money allocated by him in the past four years to energy and natural resources; the amount of money allocated by him in the past four years to energy efficiency schemes including the warmer homes, the better energy scheme and their predecessor schemes; the allocation to the scheme in 2011 and 2012...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (6 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 430: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if inspectors under the REP scheme are entitled to carry out unannounced inspections on farmers' properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12189/12]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (6 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if horses are eligible to be counted as livestock for stocking density purposes under the 2012 disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12190/12]

Lá na Gaeilge: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Molaim Conradh na Gaeilge as an obair atá ar bun acu le Seachtain na Gaeilge. Go deimhin, ba mé an chéad duine a thug deontas do Chonradh na Gaeilge le seachtain na Gaeilge a chur chun cinn. É sin ráite, tá sé náireach nach bhfuilimid ach ag caitheam dornán bheag nóiméad sa Teach ar an ndíospóireacht seo. Ceathracha nóiméad an méid is fiú do phlé na Gaeilge i gcaitheamh na...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If I have time left over, I will be willing to share it.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will need the quarter of an hour remaining until 7 p.m., as I have spent a long time preparing what I have to say. John Healy, a journalist with The Irish Times, once wrote a famous book entitled, No One Shouted Stop. Democracy, the cornerstone of the European Union, is under threat and those who question this are subjected to slogans and told they are eurosceptic. This does no service to...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Minister of State wishes to make a point, I will listen, as I always do when a point is made.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister of State did not listen to what I said. I would be the first to admit that we made two absolutely fundamental and monumental mistakes in this country without criticism from the then Opposition. The first was the construction of the euro, which was flawed because it believed in the power of competition to ensure good governance. I am willing to learn from my mistakes. I agree...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am honest enough to admit that I did not fully understand the catastrophic mistakes in the construction of the euro, but I understand the greatest minds in the financial system, including some in the Minister of State's party, did not recognise them either. Second, light touch regulation in the financial sector worldwide, including in Ireland, led to serious consequences. I am also honest...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the Government will reach its renewable electricity targets for 2020 and if he believes that the recent decision on curtailment by the Single Electricity Market Committee in relation to curtailment will have any effect on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12852/12]

Written Answers — Hydraulic Fracturing: Hydraulic Fracturing (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends developing a comprehensive national policy in relation to hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12853/12]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if donkeys are eligible to be counted as livestock for stocking density purposes under the 2012 disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12948/12]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing payment under the 2010 agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12950/12]

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (7 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to maintain or extend the rural transport scheme in County Galway in view of the importance of the scheme and the critical impact any reduction in this scheme will have on rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12949/12]

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is a pity the Government has not allocated a decent amount of time for the debate as one cannot discuss what is a complex issue in five minutes. The reality is that nobody in the House is against the sale of State assets because, if one takes it to an absolute ridiculous level, it would be equivalent to saying that if a State company owned a van it wished to trade in for a new van, it...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: He is absolutely right about Coillte. What is being done in respect of Coillte is a disaster. There is always a movement of State assets, big and small. What is being discussed here is the sale of strategic State assets in large quantity. Two years ago the Labour Party would have thrown its hands in the air and said this was disgraceful. The Labour Party never ceases to amaze me. The...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We got €6.4 billion from willing investors who bought shares in Eircom, which in today's money would be €9 billion. That amount of money particularly for a rapidly redundant technology, that is, copper and wires, would give a significant dent in providing money for jobs. If the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, said he was going to sell off redundant technologies and get €9 billion, €7...