Results 821-840 of 2,725 for speaker:Noel Coonan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: Will Mr. Smyth please respond to the issues raised by Deputy Corcoran Kennedy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: The Deputy is more than welcome, particularly as she is the Labour Party spokesperson today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: We welcome everybody.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: Which Charlie is the Deputy speaking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: I ask Mr. Smyth to deal with these questions, beginning with the recommendations made last year in the Shannon report which have not been acted upon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: It was on the maximum spend for a small local authority schemes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: Is the Deputy asking if the OPW is happy to have the final say?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: The Deputy should allow Mr. Smyth to reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: I will allow the Deputy to ask a supplementary question later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: The Deputy has had a good run on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: I want to be fair to the other members who wish to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: Deputy Flanagan asked about funding for the local authorities for specific projects.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: The Deputy should speak through the Chair. I do not want to have any one to ones.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: The Deputy will need to take up the individual case later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: That is a matter the committee should pursue further with the ESB and Met Éireann.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: I ask spokespersons to limit their remarks to five minutes at the outset and other members to three minutes so everybody gets an opportunity to speak before the OPW officials leave for their next meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: As we have a quorum we will commence the meeting. I advise members that they must turn off their mobile telephones when attending committee meetings. Active mobile telephones interfere with the sound system and RTE has informed us that it will not broadcast any part of a meeting where interference from mobile telephones has occurred. I remind members that we are in public session....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion (Resumed) with Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: We will now discuss the difficulties in obtaining home insurance for properties in areas that have experienced extreme weather events with representatives from the Office of Public Works. I welcome Mr. Tony Smyth, director of engineering services, and Mr. Liam Basquille, principal officer in engineering services in the OPW, and thank them for attending. I draw attention to the fact that,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: I am sorry but we will be late for the vote unless I cut short Deputy Bannon. I sincerely thank our guests. I am sorry the meeting must end like this but it is due to the pressure of parliamentary business. Our guests have given us much information that the committee will digest and respond to in due course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)
Noel Coonan: I ask the Senator to conclude.