Results 421-440 of 2,343 for speaker:Michael Colreavy
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: Can we?
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: Perhaps that is the reason the Chamber is empty. Having expressed my frustration I will be a tad cynical and say I am surprised the Government did not launch this as a new initiative to reduce youth emigration. In many ways that would be an ingenuous scheme. I am surprised the Government would not have enacted it sooner because what better way to stop people leaving our country than to sell...
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: On 28 April I asked the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh, whether he was happy with the Environment Protection Agency, EPA, interim report on hydraulic fracturing. That report was less than two pages in length and it was a disgraceful document to be given to the Minister and the Dáil. On 28 April, the Minister of State indicated that he had received a further updated report from...
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: I understood that the more detailed EPA report was to be made available that evening, let alone that week. The more detailed report has still not been made available and I have serious concerns as to why that has not happened.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: Is it possible for me to get a copy?
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: I thank the Taoiseach.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: I thank the representatives for appearing before the committee. My party colleague Deputy Brian Stanley would have been keen to be present because, geographically, he would be more immediately affected by Bord na Móna than me. He cannot be present but I have no doubt he will be buzzing my ear on it when we meet again tomorrow. Please forgive me if some of my questions appear to show a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: There is a need for annual planning for specific plants and the need for-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: I think section 31 must be alive and kicking again. If it was my telephone, please forgive me, but I do not think it was.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: I ask Mr. Horgan to talk through the annual planning vis-à-visthe longer-term planning for the merged companies. I understand that if the weather is bad it can impact peat production. I also understand that if the weather is good, demand for the product decreases. There are other opportunities. Mr. Horgan talked about unregulated fuel imports from Northern Ireland, which seems to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: Sorry; I did not hear that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: It is just the standard levy. There is nothing additional to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: I do not know what the legal position is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: I thank our visitors. I think there is a difference between the expectation and the actual. Workers were entitled to expect, when all the publicity was there about diversification, that job security, the standards and the hours they work would be protected. That was one of the reasons put forward in terms of merger and diversification. The industry employed approximately 4,000 people in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: Yes, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: I refer to Mr. Horgan's comments. I understand his point about good governance, meaning that everyone on the board is equal. However, I think he needs to clarify that it is entirely in accordance with good governance and sound governance that worker representatives on a board have a responsibility during and between board meetings to protect and promote the workers' interests as well as the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: Mr. Horgan does not agree with that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: Then what is the point in having worker representatives?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: Workers are under the misapprehension that the people they nominate onto this board will, in some way, protect their interests during board discussions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Peat Briquette Production: Bord na Móna (27 May 2015)
Michael Colreavy: In my limited discussion with employees in the industry, there is no such understanding.