Results 30,161-30,180 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I agree with the Deputy. The Government published this last summer and my understanding is the Department of Finance has made some changes to it and essentially will republish a new Bill. This will be in this session and the Government greatly desires to have this legislation being brought forward at the same time as the horse racing legislation, which the Government also has prepared,...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: You might give me a little bit of latitude, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. If I am allowed, I commend the co-ops-----

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: -----in Kerry and elsewhere, for the work they have done. We have come through a very difficult period in agriculture. The past six months has been very challenging for farmers. It has been a very expensive winter for them. As a result, many of them are in situations of debt which was not the case for them in the past. Much of the debt has been provided by co-ops, some of it...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: That is something for which my Department is responsible and on which we have been working. The Bill is almost ready and will be published before the end of the session.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I am pleased the Deputy has raised the issue because it gives me an opportunity once again to express the sympathy of everyone in this House to the Bolger family. I was at the funeral, which was one of the saddest funerals I have ever attended. It was difficult to see three coffins of three healthy men, experienced fishermen, two of them farmers. It was an extraordinarily sad day and that...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I share the Deputy’s concern. I am told that proposals are being worked on by both the Departments of Justice and Equality and Health at the moment because both Departments are involved and that we should have proposals before the end of the year on both of those pieces of legislation.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The second issue is one that needs to be raised with the Whips and if it can be accommodated I am sure the Government will have no difficulty with it.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: In terms of the tenant purchase scheme and the need for new legislation, I am told the matter will be dealt with through a housing Bill and that we should see it before the end of the year or else early next year.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I thank Deputy Coffey for raising the matter. I got it very much on the ground when I was coming back from Waterford last weekend when I stopped at a bike shop in Dungarvan and I was met by the owner. I was innocently buying something for my bike and he made some strong comments about a recent letter he had received on rates. The Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill is currently on...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: In this session. The Bill is well advanced.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I understand the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, wrote to Deputy Adams on this issue. Deputy Adams many not have had a chance to see the correspondence yet but there is a strong commitment in it to bring forward consolidated legislation in this area, which is necessary. He has made it quite clear that his Department wants to prioritise it. We do not have an exact date...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The only thing I can say in response is that the legislation the Deputy referred to initially has been through this House and is in the Seanad at the moment for final consideration.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Taoiseach dealt with the substance of this question in some detail earlier. With regard to the legislation, there are no dates at the moment for the noise nuisance Bill or the common arrangements for gas Bill. There is a date for the EirGrid Bill, which is next year. Deputy Bannon is right in stating that the Bill needs to be introduced, and we will see it early next year. That is my...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: On the first question, there are two tranches of legislation Deputy Boyd Barrett may be interested in. The first is the legislation the Deputy mentioned, the offshore gas storage Bill. The second is the maritime area development and foreshore (amendment) Bill. Both will be introduced before the end of the year, probably early in the autumn. On the second issue, I am unsure what...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I have already commented on the wind energy concerns.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: If there is legislation in the lottery system then it will come up for a Friday sitting.

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I can ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, or the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, to get back to Deputy Troy on that, if he wishes. The Department of Justice and Equality will have to consider the court judgment yesterday on forced marriages and minors in forced marriages. I do not believe it is...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998; No. 18, motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009; and No. 19 - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 9 p.m. and...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I do not have an indication of a date on the second issue of the patient safety authority, but I will ask the Minister to revert to the Deputy on it. The Deputy is correct in what he said about the Health (Amendment) Bill. The section on the provision of free GP care was taken out of that Bill deliberately because it will be introduced in separate legislation as opposed to through...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: That is the indication I have - before the end of the year.