Results 1,461-1,480 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: Is the Minister of State in a position to name any other country which pays less in the context of tariffs?
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: Can the Minister of State name any other country which pays less in the context of tariffs?
- Departmental Bodies. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to privatise or sell off State assets or State companies under the remit of his Department as a revenue raising measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10716/09]
- Departmental Bodies. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: Is the Minister of State in a position to provide a guarantee that the Government will not sell, in full or in part, any of the companies that come under the aegis of his Department during the next two years?
- Departmental Bodies. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: With respect, my question did not relate to that matter.
- Departmental Bodies. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: I am referring to the companies.
- Departmental Bodies. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: I accept what the Minister of State says regarding the intention of the State to refrain from selling assets such as gas pipeline infrastructure and electricity infrastructure. However, my original question was somewhat more specific in respect of the actual companies involved. The State owns three or four energy companies. I am trying to establish whether the Minister of State's...
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: When one cuts through the spin, one can only judge the priority the Government gives to a particular area by the amount it is willing to spend. This time last year the Government, with considerable fanfare, launched an ocean energy programme and stated that â¬26 million would be spent over three years. Last year it spent â¬1 million and the Minister of State indicated it plans to spend...
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: The situation is worse now because the Minister has just told us it is subject to Department of Finance sanction.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: Since the Minister is being blunt and honest about the funding, will he clarify if the announced â¬26 million over a three year period still stands? If the Minister spends everything it is planned to spend by the end of this year, and hopefully the Department of Finance will sanction it, it will amount to â¬8 million. Does that mean there is still â¬18 million that the Government plans...
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: There is also Oceanenergy. There are two big companies.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: I asked a question.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: Will the Minister confirm whether the Government is still committed to spending â¬26 million to kick-start this industry? Is â¬7 million the new commitment?
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: The Government did.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: It was three years.
- Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: How many of the 60 metropolitan area networks built under phase II are operating currently? Most of them have been there for more than a year.
- Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: I asked how many are actually operating. We have spent â¬80 million putting that infrastructure in the ground. I am asking how many of the 60 MANs that are in the ground are actually lit up and operating, providing broadband services to the towns for which they were built and, most importantly, giving the State a return?
- Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: I am asking about phase II.
- Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: I am trying to be helpful in this area, but I have raised this issue consistently since last July. The reason all of the phase I MANs are operating successfully and giving a good return to the State is that they are being managed properly by a management entity. As it happens that is eNet, but the company is irrelevant. It is giving a good return to the State on investment. The management...
- Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2009)
Simon Coveney: What is the delay?