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- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: 442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements that will be put in place to support householders and local authorities repair internal sometimes under-floor leakages identified following installation of water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17910/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: 659. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Health Service Executive west is reducing the level and frequency of day centre services in County Leitrim and withdrawing the service entirely in at least one rural location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17929/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I thank the two delegates for coming before us. I represent Sligo-North Leitrim and I am sorry to say we do not trouble the GAA very often in Croke Park.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Yes, there is always next year. Reference was made to Mr. Colin Regan. The GAA has taken the very best from County Leitrim when it has Mr. Regan working with it. He is an exceptionally fine man.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Yes, he is here also. Well done to him. We are well represented, although so far we have not troubled the GAA in championship terms very often. We do intend to get over this. Like other Deputies, sometimes it feels that because we are asking detailed questions there is criticism of an organisation. I do not think anybody could or should undervalue the great work being done by Cumann...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I understand Sky did not cover all Heineken Cup games in 2006, but it did in 2007. On the percentage of households reached by RTE and pay-TV sports channels, 99% had RTE 1 and RTE 2, 25% had Setanta, 25% had Sky Sports 1, while 17% had Sky Sports 3. That is the scale involved. If it was within the capability of RTE, TV3 and TG4 to handle all of the games, would we be having this discussion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Does the GAA deal with retransmission companies in the United States? I received an e-mail this morning from a chap in the United States about companies such as Premium Sports and Ustream in San Francisco.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Have the contracts with Premium Sports and Ustream been renewed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Does the GAA benefit from that contractual arrangement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Surely that is something that should have been reviewed now that we are talking about expanding and making the games more accessible to the diaspora. Was it explored?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: The issue is, if we now have different ways of making the games available to the diaspora in the USA, Australia and elsewhere, why are we still paying middlemen to make money out of retransmitting the games?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: It still seems that there was an opportunity, using RTE Digital, to eliminate the need for middlemen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: At a certain time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: If that contract with middlemen has been renewed, I am still puzzled as to what is in it for them, given the wider availability. Mr. O'Neill said there was an oversight and he had forgotten to tell the media the GAA had signed another three-year deal with Premium Sports. Was that an oversight?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Are they the only three companies the GAA is in partnership with?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Not yet.
- White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (Resumed) (17 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Sinn Féin's goal is to create a united Ireland based on social justice, equality and democratic accountability, an Ireland where access to health care is based on need rather than on wealth, place of residence, gender or any other social status. Our vision is of a seamless all-Ireland health service based on universal public provision that provides full equality of access and that is...
- Order of Business (30 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Last month, this party brought the Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014 before the House and it was not opposed by the Government. A fortnight ago, thousands of people marched through the streets of Dublin to protest against the development of turbines and pylons in their communities. Many, if not most, of those people are sceptical that the Government's decision not to oppose was more to do...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Community Broadcasting: Discussion (30 Apr 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I thank the delegates for appearing before the committee.