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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome the delegation and the report, which I believe will be of assistance in helping Ireland to devise a roadmap to deal with its carbon emissions. In the witnesses' view, how important is it to engage stakeholders directly in this process, including implementation, design and so on? Some organisations are of the view that we should develop policy and legislation first, following which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Comprehensive Action Programme for the Reform of Local Government: Discussion (23 Oct 2012)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the delegation for coming before the committee because I believe communication and information around this document is essential even at this early stage. Many of the issues I wanted to cover have already been covered so I will ask some specific questions. The metropolitan areas are mentioned within the document and identified as being established within municipal districts. What...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: To ask the Minister for Finance the appeal mechanisms open to persons who currently have a pension bond who now wish to liquidate this bond in order to reinvest in a business, however the pension company are refusing to accede to the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48148/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: I thank Mr. Mullins and his delegation for taking on a large infrastructural project, and I wish them well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: I shall briefly refer to the last topic that was discussed - that is, network connections located at the back of houses. I am from Waterford and I am aware that there is quite a large urban tract in Waterford city where all mains are serviced through the rear of properties. I ask that the assessment base compiled be conservative and favour the customer rather than the supplier. I want the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: Is there a limit on that, in the sense that those tendering must have a turnover of €20 million? If so, it will exclude an awful lot of people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: Yes, and the minimum limit would exclude a lot of people in the places Mr. Mullins has mentioned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: The limits would exclude a lot of people with relevant experience. I am just making that point. The way the contract and the tender are established excludes a lot of people who would comply with many of the criteria outlined by Mr. Mullins. I know a number of such people and I am sure other Deputies do also. That is my only point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: On that question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: This is important. It is about the database and the asset about which we are talking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: I know but I want to get clarity on this. We are here to get clarity on the systems. This is a huge infrastructural undertaking and I do not envy what Bord Gáis has to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: What level of engagement have the witnesses with the local authorities and how much digitisation has occurred? I do not expect Mr. Mullins to answer that on the spot but I ask that he come back to us with the answer. I am aware, as is the Chairman, that local authorities have different asset management systems.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: This is key information that we need to understand because this is all very well but it is when we get to 2014 that we will see the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: I accept that but I want clarity on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Preservation of Historic Buildings: Discussion (8 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: I thank Professor Kealy for a very interesting presentation. It is helpful for us to understand the general context of conservation, preservation and so on. I have some experience because I come from a historic cultural town. What does the professor think of the term "management of change"? Finding a sustainable use is the key to preserving any building or context as far as is practical....

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: Great concern has been expressed in the south east about the leaked content of Professor Higgins's report on the proposed hospital network reconfiguration. I wish to put on the record that I support reform and reconfiguration in the health services as long as it is in the best interests of patients and patient care. The regional hospital network is in danger of being dismantled and...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: However, this proposal is for the break up and fragmentation of a regional population, which could threaten the regional health services.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (13 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: The existing network of five hospitals serves a population of 500,000 in the south east. There is almost a network of ten hospitals, with much duplication of resources, serving a population of 1.2 million to which we now want to add by sending some of the population of the south east to Dublin and Cork, into hospitals that already have capacity problems. This is a critical health care issue...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (14 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to review the practice of primary schools only submitting accounts to his Department on request; if he will now make it madatory to reduce the risk of mis-appropriation of funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50560/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (14 Nov 2012)

Paudie Coffey: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have been requested to submit their annual accounts to his Department for the year 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012, if he will provide this information in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50561/12]