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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: It was a legitimate question and the condescending reply was ludicrous.

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: They say in films about the mafia that the fish rots from the head, and I agree with that. There is a strong stench at this stage coming from the Minister's direction. When I stated on television that I believed there was corruption in the Garda Síochána over a year ago, I believed that to be true but I could not in a million years have thought it to be true to the extent that it...

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: There are definitely parts of the health service which could not be cut back any more and which need extra money. However, when it comes to capital spending, it seems the worst possible thing that could happen to a hospital or health facility is for the Government to upgrade it. In the 1970s the government upgraded the maternity unit in Roscommon Hospital, and guess what? They closed it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I also mentioned the potential for a Bill that would provide for a tenfold increase in the set-back distance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: What would be the result of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I heard Mr. D'Arcy's earlier answer and I did not think it answered my question, which is why I asked it again. Do the witnesses have figures on what the impact of that would be? This is a fairly major proposal, and the Bill has been tabled by a Government Deputy. Bord na Móna is planning into the future, and I know the witnesses do not think it is our money, but I do. Where would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Can I get an indication that is more accurate than the word "significant"? One's man significant is another man's insignificant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: My question is one to which there is a yes-or-no answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I have one question, to which I would like to hear whether the answer is "Yes" or "No". Can the witnesses confirm whether these projects will be covered by the strategic development initiative? If these are for profit outside the country, it would not be a strategic development initiative for here; it would be a strategic development initiative for Britain. Will it be covered? Does Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: It is not necessarily the best decision in the world. We are making such decisions on the basis of desperation. This is because we have to pay back to Britain the money we supposedly received from it in the form of a bailout. We are now so desperate that we no longer care whether we destroy our communities, blight our landscape for ever and decimate our tourism industry. The decision is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: With respect, did Mr. D'Arcy not think that we might know about global warming? There was no need to feed information on the matter to us as if we were babies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I have numerous questions to ask, plus follow-on questions when the delegates respond. I have been here for four hours and 20 minutes and have not yet had an opportunity to ask a single question. It is very unsatisfactory that our questions are being taken in a block.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: My first question is for the representatives of the two energy companies. They might be aware of the Bill that is down for First Stage on the Dáil Order Paper. It was originally tabled by Deputy Willie Penrose and, in addition, some colleagues and I, in an attempt to have the proposal debated in a speedier fashion, have also put it forward. It would create a situation in which the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 350. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total spending by Enterprise Ireland, broken down by Enterprise Ireland and its subsidiary organisations, each county enterprise board, Dublin Business Innovation Centre, Cork Business Innovation Centre, Galway Business Innovation Centre and so on, on external consultants in the years 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 351. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the names of each consultant-consultancy paid over €25,000, the EU public tender threshold limit, by Enterprise Ireland and its subsidiary organisations in 2012 and 2013; if the tenders for these jobs were ever published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8356/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Census (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the requirement to submit a sheep census become legally enforceable under Irish law; the specific statutory authority underpinning the sheep census obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7881/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Town Trusts (18 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 644. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 11 February 2014, in which he states that he was advised that the bank accounts were now separate, how does he definitively know this to be the case; if he can present the proof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8278/14]

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (13 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: It is a tough job.

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (13 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: It sounds like Esperanto.

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (13 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I am curious about who exactly came up with the new name. Were consultants employed to create this new word? If so, how much did that cost? Would it not have been possible to come up with a name in the Irish language? There are many words that could have been used. In light of the future plans for Irish Water - the Minister has told us he does not intend to privatise it, but we all know...