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Other Questions: Wind Energy Generation (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: There is a good deal of information out there. Again, it is not light bedtime reading. Was one of the drivers of the export energy project the fact that, given the uncontrollable changes in frequency in the Irish network, an excess could be exported to Britain? I am puzzled. If the wind blows in Ireland, it is also blowing in Scotland, Wales and the west coast of England. If we have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Askon report into the undergrounding of pylons will be considered by the independent review group into EirGrid's projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11910/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: The question asks whether the Askon report into the undergrounding of pylons will be considered by the independent review group into EirGrid's projects. The report was published in October 2008.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: There are a very wide range of views, findings or statements, or whatever we want to call them, when we compare EirGrid's and Askon's analysis and reports on undergrounding versus overgrounding. Askon found that underground cables were better suited to integrating our network. It found that underground was more reliable, that transmission loss was significantly less than when using...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Postcode Implementation (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: There is nobody better than management consultants at making a simple matter complex. The more complex it becomes, the more they and their friends can cash in. A postcode system converts map coordinates into machine-readable format. The complexity in this case apparently arose because the system had to be tailored in a certain way to support the administration and organisation of public...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Postcode Implementation (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I have it on the good authority that the €40 million turnover threshold was indeed a requirement for tendering companies. Perhaps the Minister will look into the matter and draw up a note as to how that figure was arrived at. The Minister referred to complexity. In fact, all we have had is a statement to the effect that the complexity arises because the system will be used by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Postcode Implementation (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the awarding of the contract to oversee the introduction and maintenance of postcodes here; the number of companies that applied for the contract; the way a decision was reached to award the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11909/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Postcode Implementation (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I wish to take a couple of seconds to vent my frustration. Because of the rules, protocols and regulations in this place, I was not able to change my priority questions after 11 a.m. on Thursday. The Minister announced in the press a major change with regard to a renewable energy project which has been effectively mothballed. Neither Deputy Moynihan nor I could change our questions and it...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Protection Agency Expenditure (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of the Environmental Protection Agency study into hydraulic fracturing; the funding arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11496/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Exports (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had any discussions with the British Government regarding the amount it would pay for Irish renewable energy sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11495/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if studies have been carried out into reopening inland eel fishing here; if studies have been carried out into restocking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11492/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (11 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 521. To ask the Minister for Health when the decommissioned mammography equipment at Sligo Regional Hospital will be replaced and staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11677/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: In the north west of Ireland we use the phrase "a poisoned pup" which is referred to as a "poisoned chalice" in the rest of the country to describe a gift that does harm instead of good. Just over three years ago the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources was handed a poisoned pup when he took over his brief. The previous Fianna Fáil and Green Party Government had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Do they have any companies in Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: Is there a co-ordinating body looking at the European market and making decisions based on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I asked a number of questions but as they may not have been clear, I will ask them again. What connections, if any, do Meat Industry Ireland members have with factories in Northern Ireland, Britain or further afield in Europe? Do they have shareholders who also own shares in factories in other jurisdictions? In regard to specifications, does a group of humans sit around a table to agree...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. Deputy Martin Ferris normally sits on the committee but he cannot be with us today and apologises for his absence. He asked me to substitute for him today. I know that he is deeply concerned about this issue. Where do I begin? The meat industry exists to make a profit for shareholders, and there is nothing wrong with that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bull Beef Sector: Discussion (4 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: I will begin by apologising for Deputy Martin Ferris. He was supposed to attend the protest today, as well as the committee meeting, but he cannot be here. He rang me to ask if I would deputise for him. This is an issue of deep concern to him. I thank the four organisations for making their presentations. This is an issue of which I am aware from talking to farmers and farming groups...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks Projects (4 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 207. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the education programme for north midlands region National Park and Wildlife Service, Ballinafad, County Sligo is being terminated while there is a considerable waiting list of schools and other participants awaiting discovery primary science maths registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (4 Mar 2014)

Michael Colreavy: 221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the breakdown in terms of electricity, transport and heat in respect of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10491/14]