Results 1,521-1,540 of 2,343 for speaker:Michael Colreavy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: 25 Years of Independent Broadcasting: Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (15 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: It is a very good one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I thank the gentlemen for travelling here. What a mess and what a lost opportunity. The evidence is disturbing because they are saying that matters between Croke Park and Dublin City Council were fine until this bad man came along and upset the apple cart, insisting on enforcing legislation, as he sees it. It is a bad place to be. Although I was not here for the meeting with Mr. Keegan, I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: When the One Direction concerts were organised, was the GAA dealing with the same CEO?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: What is Mr. Downey's role in Dublin City Council?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: To what extent was he involved in discussions and meetings regarding the Garth Brooks concerts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Was he more involved that the chief executive?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Mr. McKenna said he was shocked. He was so confident that it would go well that he went on holidays. Something unexpected happened, which he felt was not in keeping with the discussions and meetings. To what extent was the chief executive involved in those discussions and meetings with Mr. McKenna?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: There are two elements with regard to Croke Park. There is a legal element and there is also the understanding with the residents around Croke Park. The legal issue is that Croke Park can run three special events in a year without a licence. It must apply for a licence for any more than three. This has happened previously. I accept that because of the timescales involved the promoters...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: It is a chicken and egg situation. It is obviously something we must examine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: That is the lost opportunity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I agree that it was massive. I have two final questions. Is there any risk that Aiken Promotions, Croke Park, Garth Brooks's people or others will seek damages because of this fiasco?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Somebody calculated for me that approximately €227,724.02 interest will be earned on the tickets sold.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: They suggested that it should be applied to struggling Irish musicians throughout the country.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: The set has been constructed. It is probably hugely expensive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Concert Licensing: GAA and Aiken Promotions (16 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Is there scope for an application for different dates for the five shows?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Exploration Industry (17 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: 2. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the approach he will take regarding subterranean drilling and any conflict that could arise with property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31949/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Exploration Industry (17 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I take this opportunity to congratulate the Minister, Deputy Alex White, and Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh, on their appointments. I look forward to working with them. Although I crossed swords on many occasions with their predecessors, Deputies Pat Rabbitte and Fergus O'Dowd, and was sometimes frustrated with them, I do recognise that they worked very hard and were making progress....
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Exploration Industry (17 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. However, I am as wise now as I was before I tabled the question. Hydraulic fracturing involves vertical and horizontal drilling. A drill rig might be located 1 km from my home but as a result of the horizontal aspect, drilling could actually occur underneath it. What is the legal position for home owners and landowners in circumstances where...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Exploration Industry (17 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: What precise legal protections are available to landowners, home owners, etc., if companies decide to drill beneath their properties? Will the Minister of State establish the position in that regard and communicate further with me in respect of it?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Exploration Industry (17 Jul 2014)
Michael Colreavy: What legal protections apply with regard to underground or subterranean drilling?