Results 1,701-1,720 of 2,725 for speaker:Noel Coonan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: What was happening was well flagged in advance and widely known. If the members did not receive an invitation to Dublin Castle-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: -----that is regrettable. They should have received it. Nobody could stand over that. I accept that every public representative should be treated with respect and be properly briefed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: I thank Mr. O'Connor and Mr. Beausang for attending and giving us a briefing. I am sorry I missed the earlier part of it but I was following the debate elsewhere. Mr. O'Connor spoke about regulation, compliance and certification. He said the objective was to strengthen the system, but how does he equate that with the exclusion of architectural technicians from the list of professional...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: Is Mr. O'Connor questioning their qualifications to some degree? These are people who have done rigorous study and completed a degree course. They are qualified. They are different from the architects who are covered under the grandfather clause; I am not entering into that debate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: These are professionals in their own right who have a specific purpose and are qualified, yet they have been taken off the list. One of them is on the BRAB although I do not know whether she is still a member. In effect, Mr. O'Connor is saying these people are not qualified to do the job. They have degrees. They are professional people in their own right. They have a professional task to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: I suggest to Mr. O'Connor that if not his organisation then the Department has made an elementary mistake in leaving those people off the list and that it is not prepared to correct that mistake because it would be an admission that it was wrong from the outset. It is rather strange that these people who are highly qualified are not allowed to work in Cavan but can work in Derry or Tyrone in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: While the board has worked with them, from now on, under the new regulation, it will not work with them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: I thank Mr. O'Connor. As a last word, I note that as architectural technicians stand qualified at present, they will not be included. They must go through a process, as the degree or qualification they have at present is not sufficient. Mr. O'Connor is talking about being obliged to register and undertake other courses to be acceptable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (16 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: In effect, he is dismissing what they have. I will leave it at that.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (18 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a redundancy payment will be finalised for persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45398/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (18 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45465/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (18 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a redundancy payment will be finalised for persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45398/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (18 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for domiciliary care allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45465/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration (23 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow registration of death in Ireland of Irish citizens who have died abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46966/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding (23 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: To ask the Minister for Health when an application for funding will be finalised in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45923/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration (23 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow registration of death in Ireland of Irish citizens who have died abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46966/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding (23 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: To ask the Minister for Health when an application for funding will be finalised in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45923/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding (23 Oct 2012)
Noel Coonan: To ask the Minister for Health when an application for funding will be finalised in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45923/12]