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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: If people use them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: It should also be provided for other committee members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Has it been involved since the beginning of the project?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: How can it offer quality assurance on what it advised?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: While I understand, my concern is that if I propose the Michael Colreavy system to a customer, in 12 months time I will not say it is not meeting requirements. There is a potential conflict of interest.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: While I have no grounds for specific doubt, there is a potential conflict of interest when those involved in proposing a system also stand in judgment on whether the system also meets its objectives.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Will the dlegates explain why the indemnity fees were so high?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I did not-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I was not asking about the value of postcodes, which is self-evident.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: May I have an answer to the question on whether there are companies which have been involved in the project from the very beginning and which are still involved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: May I have an answer to my question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Is there any empirical evidence that in the absence of a postcodes system the delivery of postal services is costing more than it would with the geocode system?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: The delivery of letters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: (Resumed) Discussion (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: I thank the witnesses for coming before the joint committee. I like to figure things out in my mind and keep them simple. If I can understand them, I can then explain to people the reasons a measure has been introduced, what is its purpose and what will be its benefits to society in general. Reading the documentation and listening to the presentation, I am still some distance from reaching...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (19 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the future of Dromod railway station on the Sligo-Dublin Connolly inter-city service. [44443/14]
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: Water is not a commodity. It is essential for every living thing on this planet. Without it, there would be no life on this earth. Access to water has been fundamental to how our societies have been organised since prehistoric times. The growth of our cities, indeed that of this very city, was centred on access to water. 8 o’clock The privatisation of water would be a betrayal...
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (18 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: The council’s chief executive put forward the information that the Local Government Fund, the council’s main income source, was halved between 2008 and 2013 as a result of the collapse of the national finances. I read directly from the report, but changed the word "collapse" to "mismanagement". The Minister of State said the Minister met with the council and this is the point....
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (18 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: As long ago as last July, Sligo county councillors sought a meeting with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, about the council's precarious budget position. It is in this precarious position partly because it followed the then Government's policy of investing in water and wastewater infrastructure. Arising from that investment, the council's...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (18 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a delay in work being carried out by a private mapping company that his Department has assigned to do its work. [44283/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (18 Nov 2014)
Michael Colreavy: 249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment. [44284/14]