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Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: There are no windfall gains for Endesa.

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Will the Minister outline where the windfall gain is for Endesa in charging for its carbon? He said repeatedly that this is about recouping carbon windfall gains evenly across all generators. Clearly, we are not doing that in regard to the PSO but that is a different issue. There is no windfall gain for Endesa. There is a considerable loss. It paid €24 per tonne for its emissions and...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (22 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 11: In page 5, between lines 47 and 48, to insert the following: "(6) No carbon revenue levy is payable by an electricity generator that has purchased the full value of their carbon allowances available to them until the end of 2012 in a commercial transaction.".

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (17 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has developed a strategy for restructuring the public service to deliver significant savings in order that front line services will be protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24716/10]

Departmental Appointments (17 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Minister for his reply. By way of clarification, I have not been given any new appointment in the past few minutes I am merely here to assist my colleague who had to go to vote in a different room. Perhaps the Minister will inform the House of what percentage of appointments to the type of jobs outlined by him have in the past two years come from outside of the public service....

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (15 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community mental health teams that are currently in existence; the location of same; their staffing complement; and the plans that are in place for increasing the number of adequately resourced community mental teams. [25074/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 405: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are no longer able to claim jobseeker's benefit having at least 260 paid PRSI contributions as they are over the 12-month limit in Cork city and county and have now had to come off the live register in tabular form. [25270/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are no longer able to claim jobseeker's benefit having less than 260 paid PRSI contributions and are over the nine-month limit, in Cork city and county and have now had to come off the live register in tabular form. [25271/10]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (10 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the recent recommendation of the UN special Rapporteur on Burma that an official UN commission of inquiry be established to investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity in Burma. [24898/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who are no longer able to claim jobseeker's benefit as they are over the 12 month limit in Cork city and county and have now had to come off the live register in tabular form. [24897/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (3 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools that do not have a functioning broadband connection. [23095/10]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (2 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rational of paying energy suppliers a REFIT balancing payment for supplying electrifying source from renewable energy generation; and his approach to the REFIT balancing payment of future grid connections under gate 3. [23674/10]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the tender process for the appointment of an accountancy firm (details supplied) to the Irish Adoption Board; the terms of reference of the current enquiry; the expected expenditure involved with this enquiry; and the envisaged over all time scale of the enquiry. [23399/10]

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: I welcome this legislation and recognise the work that has been done in the Department to produce the Bill as a Bill in its own right. It is important to give credit where it is due and I suspect there has been significant work in the Department over the past ten days or so to put this Bill in place. It is far more satisfactory to deal with the issue of the levy by way of a Bill. A Bill is...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: This legislation may be challenged in the courts, although perhaps the only company willing to do so will be Viridian. I do not expect the State-owned energy companies will take the Minister to court; they would be ill advised to do so and will simply have to put up with it. However, the same does not apply to private energy companies and we must prepare for that by ensuring we have a...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: The Minister might find I have reviewed my position on the matter by next week.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: They declined because gas prices fell.

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: We might all learn something if we listen carefully to what the Minister is telling us.

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Perhaps we should try to get some answers to our questions. I would like confirmation with regard to the Minister's response to my previous question. He said the last time he met the IRFU on this issue was last November. Six months later he deemed it appropriate to announce that he was going to ensure free-to-air coverage for Heineken Cup and Six Nations rugby. That is the ideal scenario,...

Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)

Simon Coveney: Perhaps the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, would like to get in on this discussion.