Results 39,841-39,860 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: My issue is not so much about what happened in the past, but how we handle it from now on. Why does the Minister only accept that one comprehensive report was done on this site, back in 2005, when——

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: When I was speaking earlier, the Minister dismissed all other reports as either not being independent or not being of a high enough quality.

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: When the Minister responds, can he answer that question? Has the Minister seen the survey on mercury levels on the beach at the site to which I referred earlier? If he has, what was the response of the Department? Has the Department carried out its survey on the beach? If not, then why not? What was the response to the concerns expressed by the independent engineer who was working for...

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: This is just a red herring.

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: The Minister has been in charge for a year and his record is not good.

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: Why is the Minister taking on the same consultants now?

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: Why is the Minister taking on the same consultants now?

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: Is the Minister saying that all of the shoreline material was shipped to Germany?

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: He was retained by the Department. Is the Minister saying he was not retained by the Department?

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: I got this information under the Freedom of Information Act.

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: What about his representative on site?

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: I have not said that. What I said is——

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: And the formal letter that came from the Naval Service.

Hazardous Waste: Statements (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: Hear, hear.

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: Will we have a new programme?

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: Am I correct in interpreting the Taoiseach's reply to mean that we will have a new programme for Government, subject to new budgetary constraints?

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: That is what he seemed to suggest but then he backed away from it.

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: Basically, one would start again.

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: I wish to raise two Government commitments that are not subject to budgetary constraints. The first pertains to energy competitiveness and the Government's assurance on overseeing the transfer of transmission assets to Eirgrid, thereby establishing it as the national transmission grid company by the end of this year. That was in the programme for Government for a good reason, namely, to...

Programmes for Government. (2 Jul 2008)

Simon Coveney: They are not. With respect, these are directly promised in the programme for Government.