Results 38,801-38,820 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Digital Terrestrial Television. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: We are not in a selection process.
- Digital Terrestrial Television. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: We certainly are.
- Digital Terrestrial Television. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: For the first time the Minister has conceded that this process may not work out. If that happens the Minister says the BAI will be responsible for finding a way forward. I reject that. This is the Minister's responsibility. It is his obligation to ensure that we can have analogue switch-off by the end of 2012. He should not try to transfer responsibility to the BAI. Is it realistic to...
- Digital Terrestrial Television. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: There is a debt attached to that which must be repaid. It is â¬100 million.
- Gas Storage Facilities. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself with the capacity to store gas here in the context of energy security concerns and an over reliance on imported gas from the UK. [10457/10]
- Gas Storage Facilities. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I thank the Minister for his detailed reply. Regardless of a number of planned projects to which the Minister has referred, Ireland's reliance on imported fossil fuels makes us extremely vulnerable at present. More than 90% of the gas we use on this island is imported. Let us not forget that 55% of all of the power generated in Ireland is now fuelled by gas. Almost all of that comes from...
- Gas Storage Facilities. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I agree with much of what the Minister said. However, will he take action to require increased storage capacity rather than talk about the opportunities which exist in empty gas fields off Kinsale or in Northern Ireland or about potential storage of liquefied natural gas in places like Foynes? We need a Government decision. We have the capacity to store 55 days of oil. Some of this is...
- Telecommunications Services. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: The Minister should not spin the numbers.
- Telecommunications Services. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: People are buying mobile phones.
- Bio-fuels Market. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I understand Ireland can take three specific measures in conjunction with the legislation to promote the indigenous bio-fuels industry. Different countries take different views on import tariffs, with Germany and Britain taking different approaches. Which country's approach does the Minister favour? The French have decided to ignore the issue of import tariffs by requiring localised...
- Bio-fuels Market. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: The Minister failed to answer my questions on two of the three issues I raised. Irish farmers do not have a problem competing with other European countries in the area of ethanol production. Competing with sugar cane plantations in Brazil is making life potentially impossible for them. The Minister raised the prospect of importing unrefined ethanol from other European countries. The Irish...
- Telecommunications Services. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: At least we finally have some acknowledgement from the Minister that there is a problem with speeds. Every time he is questioned about broadband, he starts reeling off penetration figures. They are impressive but all they suggest is that people want broadband. Unfortunately, however, they have to use second-rate broadband by and large. Deputy Kathleen Lynch's question concerns how we...
- Telecommunications Services. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: I have raised the issue of open access to ducting with the Minister before and he said he was considering it. What conclusion has he drawn as to whether we should be regulating to require open access to ductings so that people can lay fibre to deliver high bandwidth, high-speed broadband into people's homes and businesses?
- Telecommunications Services. (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: The regulator needs policy guidance from the Minister.
- Order of Business (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Based on previous budgets.
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who have been taken off the live register to complete the GI1 and GID gas installation course with FÃS in the past 24 months on a monthly basis in tabular form. [10388/10]
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of work experience that a person needs to have in order to complete the FÃS GI1 and GI2 courses and be qualified as a gas installer. [10389/10]
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all persons sent on GI1 training courses with FÃS have one year's relevant work experience on GI1 type applications or installations prior to being sent on the course. [10390/10]
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (2 Mar 2010)
Simon Coveney: Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all persons sent on GID training courses with FÃS have a GI1 training certificate. [10391/10]
- Unemployment: Motion (Resumed) (24 Feb 2010)
Simon Coveney: I thank Deputy Varadkar for bringing this motion before the House. Despite the distractions we have had in politics in recent weeks, the key issue for people in their homes today is jobs. As my speaking time is short, I want to focus on two points. First, I wish to deal with assistance programmes and structures for small businesses that are struggling. I was involved in launching a small...