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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Long Wave Radio Transmission: RTE (15 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I welcome the witnesses. I will not repeat what has been said. We have all received the e-mails and we all understand the level of hurt among Irish people abroad who cherish that connection they have with this country. Some of them feel we pay them lip-service. We talk about how precious the diaspora is and yet we make a decision like this which cuts off an important communication link...

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I dislike speaking near the end of a long list of speakers as most of what I want to say has already been said at least once if not a number of times.

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Yes. What is wrong with the Seanad? Its first problem is that it does not have any clearly defined purpose. People have been scrambling around the place looking for a purpose for the Seanad but we must consider what it is supposed to do before we can even begin to examine what it does. We must ask what we want of the second Chamber. Its second problem is that it is elitist, undemocratic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Primary School Boards of Management: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I do not normally attend the committee, but I am deputising for Deputy O'Brien. I compliment boards of management. It is great that people volunteer their time. The boards work very hard and have a great responsibility on their shoulders in what they do on behalf of their communities. Like Deputy Daly, I have received a number of complaints about boards of management, albeit not a large...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Primary School Boards of Management: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I will not identify the person or the school.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Primary School Boards of Management: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: He left the school and has been taught at home for the last three years. The Department of Education and Skills has paid for the home education of the child. I am not making any judgment whatsoever on the initial cause of this as I only got it second hand, but it is a matter that should have been resolved on the spot and was not. I saw the damage it did to the young student but also to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Role of Primary School Boards of Management: Discussion (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Both options were tried, but did not work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I apologise for missing the beginning of the presentation but I have another meeting to attend on Wednesday mornings. I will have to review my arrangements. I hope the witnesses will forgive me if the questions I ask were answered in advance of my arrival. I will explore a number of issues. The goals of Inland Fisheries Ireland are to improve the protection and conservation of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: It did not stymie my enjoyment of fishing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Not unless one had the figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Dr. Byrne is speaking of how efficiently Inland Fisheries Ireland works. I referred to taking the objectives the agency has set itself as key performance indicators. He should be able to provide figures on what was the starting position compared to the current position. This would allow us to decide whether the agency is hitting its targets. Inland Fisheries Ireland could be working very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: And the catch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: So you will have those sorts of data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: According to the information I have, approximately five people are engaged in trap and transport activities and that it is more of a description of a solution to a problem than a solution to a problem in itself, which probably is accurate. There must be a role for our European Union representatives in this regard because it is clear that Ireland probably is the only country in the European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I was not questioning the efficiency. I believe the witnesses have given the information. I was looking at the expenditure as a proportion of the income from the resource.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Is the IFI keeping abreast of the deliberations in respect of hydraulic fracturing and the potential damage to our waters?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Licence Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 2. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider ending Tamboran's licensing option for hydraulic fracturing considering similar moves in the Six Counties. [40556/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Licence Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: The Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, is probably aware of the activities of Tamboran Resources in Belcoo over the last seven or eight weeks. It came like a thief in the night and announced that it was going to start exploratory drilling. Thankfully, the Northern Ireland Minister, Arlene Foster, stopped the company's work because the quarry it was going to drill in Belcoo did not have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Licence Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the Minister of State for restating the current position. We are on the hind foot in relation to hydraulic fracturing. I do not understand why expressions of interest were even requested in the first instance. I do not know what persuasion or logic was used when it was decided to look for expressions of interest, nor do I know what persuasion or logic was used in order to issue the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Licence Applications (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I understand the Minister of State's response, which is in line with what he has said previously. I repeat that we are on the hind foot. I am not blaming the Minister of State or this Government for that. They were handed a poisoned pup. Expressions of interest should never have been requested. Research should have been done before expressions of interest were sought or exploratory...