Results 2,941-2,960 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: I will not take a point of order.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: I have asked the Deputy to resume his seat.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: No, it is not, unfortunately. The Deputy has had his 15 minutes to contribute.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: Please, Deputies.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: I ask the Deputy Dooley not to interrupt.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: Please, Deputy.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: I call Deputy McNamara, who will share his time with Deputy O'Mahony. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: I ask the Deputies to speak through the Chair.
- Shannon Airport: Motion (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: The Deputy is interrupting his colleague.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant that was awarded to a person (details supplied) and subsequently withdrawn will have their grant reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55376/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to bring together local and regional employment agencies and the private sector in a formalised structure to target the weaknesses in particular regions on an ongoing basis to help to tackle the unemployment crisis in different regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55059/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Job Initiatives (11 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish territorial employment pact areas based on the NUTS 3 Regions here, similar to that which was done in Austria in the late 1990 and early 2000's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55058/12]
- Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: Fianna Fáil were pulling stokes 40 years ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: Are there any proposals to introduce certification systems in areas where there are high radon levels? I know the incidence of it varies regionally and it is not in every area. Is there any proposal by the Department to implement a certification system, similar to the BER certificates, to reassure people purchasing or renting houses that radon levels are being properly controlled in those...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: Yes. Radon is a particular type of gas. Will provision in that respect be covered in the regulations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: I accept that but my question is that given the danger of the incidence of this gas, should the building regulations not include a provision similar to the BER certificate, namely, that before a house is sold or rented the new occupant would be assured that the problem is under control?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: What Mr. Layde has said is a voluntary measure. It is important that we discuss this and have a full meeting to deal with this. The measure Mr. O'Connor mentioned is voluntary. Radon is such a dangerous gas that I believe, and it is only my opinion, certification in respect of it should be provided for in the building regulations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: I thank both delegations for coming before us. I commend the SEAI for the work it does through the various retrofit programmes. I also commend it for the important information and education programmes with which it is involved. I read recently about a dual initiative in which it was involved with the Department of Education and Skills, whereby information was provided for schools in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)
Paudie Coffey: Mr. Layde referred to the new regulations and the emphasis on competent persons signing off on various stages of developments. I am concerned by the fact that competent persons - engineers and others - also signed off on many of the major legacy issues that have arisen in housing estates, etc. It is important that we should properly define what constitutes a competent person and we should...