Results 461-480 of 3,665 for speaker:Seán Power

Regional Fisheries Boards. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: The outstanding accounts are with the Comptroller and Auditor General. I would not like to give the impression that there is something wrong or that something underhanded is being done. The delay should not have happened. We will not be obliged to tolerate that delay much longer because the rationalisation to which I referred earlier is being carried out.

Regional Fisheries Boards. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: I am quite happy to accept that responsibility.

Regional Fisheries Boards. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: It is also the Deputy's responsibility to table the correct question. The original question refers to the wrong year. Everything is not perfect. The original question refers to 2007 and 2008. I am trying to be as helpful as possible. Under the Official Languages Act 2003, annual reports and audited accounts must be published in both official languages simultaneously. The Irish...

Regional Fisheries Boards. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: The Deputy asked a number of supplementary questions and I am happy to deal with them. We engaged in discussions with the Central Fisheries Board and the regional boards and we expect the process relating to the submission of Irish translations to improve in the future. Delays in the submission of these translations have caused difficulties in the context of producing reports and accounts...

Regional Fisheries Boards. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: To conclude, the submission——

Regional Fisheries Boards. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: The submission processes relating to the annual reports for 2006 and 2007 were not in compliance with statutory deadlines. Both reports were presented to the Government in May and July, respectively, but are yet to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

Regional Fisheries Boards. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: There have been delays in respect of receiving the Irish language version of each report from the Central Fisheries Board. Irish language versions of the 2006 and 2007 reports were only received last week. These report will be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas in the coming days. If the Deputy requires a reason in respect of the rationalisation we are carrying out, I can provide it...

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112, 143 and 148 together. As stated in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 25 September 2008, I have no statutory authority to establish a specific scheme or tribunal to provide for compensation to people suffering health problems as a consequence of working in underground mines. In addition, I have no resources from which to fund such a scheme. The...

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: I thought my reply was quite clear and I apologise if it was not the response the Deputy was hoping to receive. A group to lobby on behalf of former coal miners was established recently and launched a public campaign to seek compensation for those who had suffered illness, injury, disability or a deterioration of their physical as a result of employment in the mines. The three locations...

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: I do not believe any Member would blame the Minister for Transport for injuries caused, while driving, by a motorist with a valid licence. We must be realistic with regard to matters of this nature.

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: It is not an unreasonable comparison.

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: The Arigna mine operated under the private lease and the Deerpark mine was a completely private operation. While State mining licences applied at Ballingarry and parts of Arigna, the fact that an activity was undertaken under a lease or licence does not necessarily impose——

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: ——an obligation on the leasee or the licenser.

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: I appreciate the concern expressed by Deputies McManus and Coveney for miners whose health deteriorated as a result of the work they had to do. The health and safety issues they raised are covered by the Mines and Quarries Act 1965. Under that legislation, this is purely a matter for the Health and Safety Authority, which is under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and...

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: I am making the point that I do not have the statutory authority to accede to the request that has been made in the House today.

Health and Safety Issues. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: While I would like to help the people in question, I am not in a position to give the Deputy any positive news. This matter has come before the House on a number of previous occasions. I understand that a number of former miners met various Ministers over the years. I do not think the answer is going to change.

Television Licence Fee. (29 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: I am sure the level of evasion is much smaller in County Wicklow.

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (23 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: I have held no discussions in relation to the privatisation of the Shannon fishery.

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (23 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 232 together. Under the Fisheries Acts, primary responsibility for the management, conservation, protection and development of the inland fisheries resource rests with the regional fisheries boards, in this instance the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. I am advised by the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board that glass eels are not commercially fished or...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (23 Oct 2008)

Seán Power: Migratory species such as Atlantic salmon and European Eel are affected by hydroelectric generation. Prior to the collapse of previously healthy salmon stocks following an outbreak of the Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis disease in the late 1960s and early 1970s, I am advised that there were tens of thousands of adult salmon migrating through both the Shannon and Erne stations, decades after the...