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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: I could name all the different townlands in Castletownroche and Castletownkinneigh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: There is one stakeholder who really needs to accept this and that is the public. If the public do not have confidence in the use of the postcode it will be the biggest inhibiting factor to a successful roll-out. I take the point about Capita. Some operators did have genuine concerns and we have to take those as they are, but it seems to me that a trend has emerged whereby the high-volume...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: I wish to clarify that the delegates' presentation was forwarded as a PDF, so we were not able to provide that. However, we have a handout.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Nightline (10 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: The purpose of this morning's meeting is to engage with representatives from Nightline in regard to the new postcode system, Eircode.On behalf of the committee, I welcome Mr. John Tuohy, chief executive of Nightline, which is Ireland's largest independent logistics company, and Mr. Kevin Murray, managing director of Nightline. I draw the witnesses' attention to the fact that by virtue of...

Topical Issue Debate: Offshore Islands (9 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. I also thank the Minister, Deputy Kelly, for coming to the House to take it. I know he is aware of some of the issues which are affecting funding for the non-Gaeltacht islands. There has been a differentiation with regard to the funding for Gaeltacht and non-Gaeltacht islands. The former are primarily funded by...

Topical Issue Debate: Offshore Islands (9 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: I thank the Minister for his reply. I note the work that has been done in this area by the Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy McHugh, and Deputy McCarthy. As the Minister indicated, there is an uncertainty with regard to funding for Bere Island, Sherkin Island, Dursey Island, Whiddy Island, Long Island, Hare Island, Inishbofin, Inisturk and Clare...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: I suppose it would be too much to have expected something positive in that ten minutes. I ask the House to imagine Deputy Mattie McGrath with a seal of office because it would be something else.

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: I am pleased to rise to support this motion of confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government, which has been provoked by Sinn Féin. In doing so, I have absolutely no confidence in the Sinn Féin leadership. The unstable, obstructive, childish antics engaged by their so-called best and brightest, should be a wake up call to the Irish people of the dysfunction that is the cult of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: The chairperson designate has mentioned that Dublin Port is competitive and competes with other ports. Is there a complementary environment for cruise ships? If a large vessel is attracted to Dublin, there is no reason Cork Harbour cannot be in the mix. Are efforts made to attract such business?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: How many staff are directly employed by the port company?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: Does Ms McCaffrey expect to grow that number by an additional 230 staff on foot of the new development?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Dublin Port Company: Chairperson Designate (9 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: I thank Ms McCaffrey for the very interesting presentation and congratulate her on the recommendation for another term as chairperson. It is clear from her presentation that it is based on merit. I wish her well and good luck in her next term. There is a great deal happening in Dublin Port and it is clear from the figures in the presentation and in the 2013 annual report that it is in a...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which I support. It provides for the re-imposition of a water rate or water charge. Many people might not realise or even remember that households such as the one in which I lived, which had access to a public water supply, were paying approximately IR£145 per annum as late as 1996 for the pleasure of accessing public water. One...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: When a meter was installed in one household, it discovered a leak of 1 million litres in three months. I defy the Deputy to figure out how a district meter system would discover that. In another group of 22 households, leaks of 1 million litres per week were discovered by individual metering. That is water conservation through metering, in anybody's language. It is welcome to promote...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork will not be finalised by the PCRS, despite all the details required being supplied to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46579/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: 148. To ask the Minister for Health his views on adding Souvenaid to the list of general medical services reimbursable items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46584/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration (4 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: 149. To ask the Minister for Health his views on adding bronchitis-asthma as illnesses qualifying for a long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46590/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: The French have not been getting generous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: For what species?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Noel Harrington: One of the questions I asked was if there is a timetable in respect of Dr. Noel Cawley's committee.