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

Michael Colreavy: Why are we having this debate tonight? The reason is that water charges are just another tax on the Irish people to cover the banks and the bondholders, who we bailed out and who are bleeding us dry, and will bleed future generations of this nation dry. That is the problem. Let us cast our minds back to Wednesday, 9 March 2011, which was my first day in this House. Recall what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I have one specific question. How many, if any, of the 130 stations were closed because it was proven that there was contaminated fuel on their premises?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: None of them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: So no stations were closed because they had contaminated fuel on their premises?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Am I correct in saying that none of them was closed because they were found to have contaminated fuel on their premises?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: In an effort to be helpful, I agree that it is a matter for legislators. Perhaps we should examine the whole area of food hygiene inspections, whereby if there is a risk to public health an inspector can go in and stop it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. Diesel laundering is a crime because it is the same as taking money out of someone’s pocket because the revenue does not go to the State. It goes to crooks. Petrol stretching has caught the public imagination because it is a particularly nasty crime. We learned this morning that the profit margin is small but it puts considerable cost...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Contracts (2 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of part-time teachers employed in the 16 ETBs. [46154/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made for the running of Education and Training Boards Ireland in 2013. [46155/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of IVEA in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive. [46156/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial contribution her Department made to the running of NAPD in the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive. [46157/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on an /Millward Brown opinion poll of 19 May 2014 which revealed that parents have overwhelmingly backed teachers in their opposition to proposals to have them marking their own pupils' junior certificate papers and that 60% of those polled also said that teachers should not assess their own pupils; her further views that this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (2 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 20 November 2014, the position regarding correspondence received by him from Sligo County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46190/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (2 Dec 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the obligation for broadcasters to use the Irish language in their services. [46148/14]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Nov 2014)

Michael Colreavy: It is fitting that we are paying tributes today to the late Ted Nealon. I welcome his family to Dáil Éireann. I knew Ted Nealon. My first engagement with politics was during the H-Block hunger strikes. Up to that point, I had kept a lengthy distance from politics. The H-Block hunger strikes drove me to try to bring about change in this country. My first engagement with what I...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Michael Colreavy: It may be that the advice the Minister needs was voiced by marchers on streets the length and breadth of the country.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Michael Colreavy: There was one part, only one part, of Deputy Coonan's contribution with which I agree: yesterday was a good day for Ireland. It was a day when the people created their own democratic revolution. The Taoiseach and the Government parties unwittingly brought this about. The democratic revolution which was promised and referred to by the Taoiseach is now in the far safer hands of the people....

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Ask the people - call an election; I dare you.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Michael Colreavy: That is an outrageous allegation and the Acting Chairman should ask the Deputy to withdraw it. He is a scandalous hypocrite.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I have two final questions. Will there be a saving to An Post in terms of sorting office operations and will delivery performance be improved as a result of the introduction of the new system? What is the position on the people or companies, or people associated with companies, that have been involved in the project from the outset and continue to be involved in the management of the contract?