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Broadcasting Services (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know that, but this is fundamental.

Broadcasting Services (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister consider making it a condition of the licence that no one would be paid more than a Minister's salary, which, we would all agree, is rather generous?

Community Forum (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources when the next meeting of the North West Forum, Erris, is due to take place; the agenda for this meeting; if he intends changing the membership of the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11073/11]

Community Forum (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am disappointed to hear there is no plan to have a meeting of the forum. Does the Minister accept that the forum was a good way to resolve issues on the ground and that it did extraordinarily good work? Does the Minister agree the challenge was to secure greater participation, although some of the groups who were opposed to it in various forms attended the meetings as observers? Does the...

Community Forum (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Who does the Minister think is representative of the area? The issue in north-west Mayo is that people have very different views on this project and those views vary from area to area of the Erris region, a huge geographical area. Those who were opposed to the gas pipeline comprise both outsiders and local people and they must be respected for their views. Will the Minister accept that the...

Communications Masts (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister for the information he has provided. He has basically answered Deputy Ó Fearghaíl's question. Bhí sé ag iarraidh a fháil amach an mbeidh na crainn cumarsáide agus tarchuradóirí seo ar fáil do na comhlachtaí sin. Can I take it that the Minister has been reassured by RTE that these sites will continue to be available for other purposes? Will they be available...

Communications Masts (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Absolutely.

Communications Masts (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister mentioned in his reply that RTE will decommission some of the sites it will not need for television services in the future, after digital television has been introduced. Will it be possible to ensure the future use of such sites for other services is ascertained before any of them are sold or disposed of in any way? As the Minister is aware, people in many rural areas have...

Communications Masts (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is the subject of another question.

Electricity Generation (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister agree that we do not need to reinvent the wheel given the large amount of information on micro-generation available internationally? With an average tariff threshold for micro-generation of 50 KW in the rest of Europe, is it not self-evident that economies of scale arise the larger one designates the threshold? Does he also accept that the average energy requirement of a...

Electricity Generation (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There may be some in Galway East whereas there is not a single dairy farm west of Galway city.

Electricity Generation (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On the economics of the system at national level and for private companies and producers, the micro-generation of electricity is potentially a good source of income for farmers and would put their land to good use. Does the Minister agree that in assessing the economics of the case for micro-generation, one must examine its potential for making small farms more viable, which is an objective...

NewERA Programme (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the progress made with the NEW ERA proposal since assuming office; the funds provided for same; the source of the funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10828/11]

NewERA Programme (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister of State clarify that the idea of the NewERA programme was to sell off some State assets and to use the money to provide broadband and other infrastructure?

NewERA Programme (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Perhaps the Minister of State can clarify how this would sit with the EU-IMF programme, which states that all funds realised from the sale of State assets are meant to go towards the reduction of debt.

NewERA Programme (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I seek clarity on this issue because the Government recently has been engaged in considerable use of statements like "on the one hand and on the other". On one day it states the assets must be used in a sell-off of State assets while on other days, one is told the great big new idea is to have a massive investment in reinvestment, which obviously all Members would welcome. Will the Minister...

NewERA Programme (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To clarify, the Minister of State does not know whether there will be a NewERA project.

NewERA Programme (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It will be a little like the jobs initiative; a micro-NewERA.

NewERA Programme (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Now that the Government has examined the information that always was public knowledge in respect of available resources, can the Minister of State outline how much of the pension fund it now is intended to invest in the NewERA project?

NewERA Programme (12 May 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister of State's ministerial colleague sitting beside him could tell him.