Results 39,541-39,560 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: I am asking for a timeframe.
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: He is doing nothing about it.
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: Nobody is suggesting that.
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: Today the Minister said he will try to do something for householders who have high electricity bills but will invite options in three or four weeks' time. He is doing nothing for the businesses of the country which are overcharged for electricity. As a result, Ireland is an uncompetitive destination in terms of energy cost competitiveness. The Minister says he will continue as normal and...
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: By 2015 or 2020. That will do much for the recession.
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: Yes, it is.
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: It is a pricing problem.
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: He did not even know when the ESB decided to spend an extra â¬20 million on salaries. He did not know it was happening until he read it in the newspaper. That is how on top of his brief he is.
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: Stick to the script.
- Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: The Minister did not even keep an eye on salaries at the ESB. That shows the extent to which he is on top of his brief.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the â¬26 million package announced in January 2008 in respect of ocean energy programmes which has been spent; the reason promised grant aid to companies has not been awarded; the further reason applications for grant aid were only sought as recently as November 2008; and if he will make a...
- Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: I thank the Minister for his reply. It was on 15 January 2008 that the Minister announced this initiative. He announced that â¬1 million would be spent on a world class, state-of-the-art national ocean energy facility at UCC in 2008, that â¬2 million would be spent in 2008 to support and develop a grid-connected wave energy site near Belmullet, and that â¬2 million in grant aid would be...
- Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: Can I confirm that the Minister is saying that because only â¬1 million was spent out of the â¬26 million fund last year due to delays, which may be understandable, we are spending â¬7 million in 2009 on this initiative? My understanding is that in 2010 we will be spending the remaining â¬18 million on funding ocean energy projects. Is that correct?
- Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: They are specific questions.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: The Minister announced that â¬26 million would be spent. Will it be spent?
- Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: The Minister is all about announcements and not delivery. That is the problem.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: The Minister should say that to the companies.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: Is the Minister committing a budget of â¬26 million over the next two years?
- Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: I am sorry, but that is the usual bluff.
- Electricity Generation. (10 Feb 2009)
Simon Coveney: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made on the roll-out of net meters here; the timescale for the availability of feed-in tariffs for micro-generation units selling electricity back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4857/09]