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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Am I correct in saying that none of them was closed because they were found to have contaminated fuel on their premises?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: In an effort to be helpful, I agree that it is a matter for legislators. Perhaps we should examine the whole area of food hygiene inspections, whereby if there is a risk to public health an inspector can go in and stop it.

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Why are we having this debate tonight? The reason is that water charges are just another tax on the Irish people to cover the banks and the bondholders, who we bailed out and who are bleeding us dry, and will bleed future generations of this nation dry. That is the problem. Let us cast our minds back to Wednesday, 9 March 2011, which was my first day in this House. Recall what the...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: We will bring in a different tax.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Call an election. Bring it on.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Up democracy.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: That is a lie.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Yes.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: We certainly would not tell farmers lies.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: It was the Government which tabled this motion.

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I was just beginning to feel good about the Government accepting the motion when I began to hear rumours that Ireland had been classified in a UN report as a country that facilitated torture by the CIA. If these reports are confirmed, it will bring great shame on the people of this nation. In particular, it will bring great shame on the Governments which permitted the facilitation of this...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Intestate Estates (9 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements that are in place to meet the funeral-burial costs of a person who dies intestate and who does not have any family members with the means to meet the costs involved. [46749/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the presentation, which is very clear. We are getting a different message from them than we got from the Road Hauliers Association. I have two issues with the Eircode system. The overall issue is that I do not quite understand. I always look for simplicity and to my simple mind we are looking at a system under which one has a code that links a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Are the 139 areas in existence currently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: It is necessary to go through a second process in order to achieve that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Will Mr. Tuohy explain that to me, because this is what I find confusing. Will another table be required to translate the geocode into another code that shows the sequence of codes in an area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Who maintains the geodirectory?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: In the development process, did anybody talk to Nightline about proof of concept or was it tested in any way? Was Nightline listened to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Does Mr. Tuohy think it would be possible to take a geographic area and for different organisations to test the system in that area? Would it be sensible to test it in this way before signing off on the final decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Most people will not know their Eircodes. The witnesses will use the corporate knowledge of An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland to create a table that will allow drivers to know that Michael Colreavy's house is on Main Street, Manorhamilton.