Results 39,241-39,260 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: There are 59 MANs unlit.
- Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: A series of questions on broadband have been tabled but not grouped. Is the Department considering State intervention to purchase Eircom or Eircom infrastructure to try to improve State involvement in wholesale broadband provision? A "Yes" or "No" answer will do.
- Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: Is the Minister considering it?
- Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: All I want to know is whether the Minister is considering the option.
- Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: It has said it is not.
- Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: Is it a "Yes"?
- Inland Fisheries. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: We had a heated discussion at the end of last year when the Minister brought forward a proposal to postpone again the elections for the positions on the fisheries boards. We were told at the time there was an absolute commitment that the new legislation and the new board structure would be in place by August this year. The Minister of State is now telling us he hopes to have the legislation...
- Inland Fisheries. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: Sorry, the new authority. Is it the case that the Minister of State is hoping to have the new authority in place by the end of the year in order that there will be no need to further postpone the elections to the current boards?
- Inland Fisheries. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: Are the existing positions to be extended?
- Inland Fisheries. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: Perhaps the Minister of State is not clear on the history of the matter.
- Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his view on the impact that a decision of a company (details supplied) not to proceed with commercial digital terrestrial television will have on the roll-out of both commercial and free to air DTT services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19119/09]
- Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: Since the Minister is taking two priority questions together I hope there will be real engagement on the issue rather than simply statements from both sides. My party strongly supports DTT and we support the Government in its roll-out of DTT, including commercial DTT and free-to-air channels. To give the impression that the pull-out by the Boxer consortium has caused nothing more than a...
- Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: We have no set-top boxes now.
- Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that energy price reductions for gas and electricity represent an appropriate price reduction in the context of international energy markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19118/09]
- Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: When the Minister leaves office and his record is assessed, this will be his biggest failing. We are losing jobs by the week and international companies are openly saying they are leaving Ireland because of the cost of energy. The 2008 figures from neutral assessors of Ireland's energy prices show that only Cyprus has higher prices than Ireland for industrial electricity. Industrial...
- Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: So why are our prices the most expensive in Europe?
- Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: The Minister does not.
- Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: In two years in his job, the Minister has never said our electricity prices are too expensive.
- Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: After we hounded the Minister for a month.
- Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)
Simon Coveney: Households are getting 10%. That sums it up.