Results 1,001-1,020 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney

Hospital Staff. (25 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: We are talking about when she was admitted into hospital. Please do not try to make a fool of people.

Hospital Staff. (25 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: As opposed to a cover-up to smooth things over.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: The Tánaiste will know of proposals to build large-scale wind-energy farms offshore in a number of locations. In order to facilitate that work, I believe there is a requirement to update the Foreshore Acts, which is promised by Government. When will that be done and which Department will take responsibility?

Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: I got the same answer a month ago. Do we still not know which Department is taking responsibility?

Order of Business (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: Is it to be transferred to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government?

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: The Government made clear statements on that years ago.

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: Only five years ago?

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: We were assured that a full site investigation had been carried out. That is the problem.

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: For the record, they are saying that five reports were carried out. Is that correct?

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: I feel sorry for the Minister of State because she has been put into a position having clearly been briefed over a short space of time and is expected to answer detailed questions which the Minister should answer. All of us representatives from Cork have been involved in this case since the State took it over four or five years ago. Does the Minister of State not accept we received...

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: What I said was part of a long question. This is a very serious issue at the heart of Cork Harbour. A couple of hundred yards from the site young people sail boats and Ireland's Naval Service headquarters are next door. We are being told the Minister of State knew nothing of what was under the surface for five years after taking over a site that had been a steelworks. Is that the case?...

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: If that is the case I ask the Minister of State for answers to my direct questions.

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: The buck stops with the Government. There are 1,000 people living 100 yards from this site.

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: The Government stated clearly there was no problem.

Toxic Waste. (26 Jun 2008)

Simon Coveney: What about the questions I asked?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the continuing potential risk to human health and marine ecosystems in the Cork Harbour region due to toxic and hazardous waste at the former Irish ISPAT site at Haulbowline.

Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: No. Last Thursday afternoon, the Minister of State, Deputy Máire Hoctor, misled the House, whether deliberately or not, I do not know. However, she misled the House in response to questions regarding the Hawlbowline site in Cork harbour and the content of that site in terms of toxic and hazardous waste. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to provide for an extra 40 minutes...

Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: On a point of order, it is a long-standing precedent in the House that when a Member misleads the Dáil, whether deliberately or not, he or she is given the next available opportunity to correct the record. I understand it is a judgment call for the Ceann Comhairle. I ask the Ceann Comhairle now to give the Minister of State, Deputy Hoctor, an opportunity to correct the record on what she...

Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: I have already put down a matter on the Adjournment but it was not accepted.

Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: On the same issue, this afternoon the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government met representatives of the residents in Ringaskiddy.