Results 11,981-12,000 of 13,291 for speaker:Joe McHugh
- Energy Resources. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: The Minister should answer the question.
- Energy Resources. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: Does the Minister have any incentives for the haulage industry?
- Energy Resources. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: He is rambling.
- Energy Resources. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: What short-term incentives does the Minister have to prevent haulage operators going out of business?
- Energy Resources. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: That is not an answer.
- Energy Resources. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: They are going to be out of business.
- Price Supports. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: Offshore energy projects currently get a set figure of â¬140 per megawatt hour, but will there be parity between offshore and onshore projects? If so, what will the rate be, assuming it will not be exactly the same? When will it be announced and what confidence can the Minister instil for the project investors? We are not talking about the super-rich, but about small farmers who got...
- Telecommunications Services. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress the Government has made in rolling out next generation and high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21645/08]
- Telecommunications Services. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: I thank the Minister. He is two weeks shy of completing his first year in the job and many questions and grey areas remain regarding broadband provision. The public is looking for a clear policy direction. The forum on broadband met last February. Since then Deputy Coveney, the Fine Gael spokesperson in this area, has repeatedly asked when the forum will report and engage in consultation....
- Telecommunications Services. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: Will the Minister answer the questions?
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had contact with the National Consumer Agency or with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment to address the high cost of diesel here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/08]
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: I will be brief this time and give the Minister some time to answer my question. I came into this job working from the basic premise of thinking globally and acting locally. The Government has gone completely askew. It is blaming global matters and doing nothing locally. Everybody knows that diesel is â¬1.40 per litre. The Minister is trying to get people to use environmentally friendly...
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: That is the proposal.
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: With all due respect, we have had ten years of wealth in this country which we have not redistributed into the area about which the Minister is talking.
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: The consumer can benefit directly rather than having a windfall for the producers.
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: The long-term solution could have been found ten years ago.
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: Apart from aspirations, what are the Minister's alternatives?
- Fuel Prices. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: What about the loss to this sector during the ten years when we had wealth, which was wasted and squandered by the Government of the day?
- Alternative Energy Projects. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will launch or bring forward a national strategy for the promotion of bio-fuels; the details of same; the role he envisages bio-fuels will play in Ireland's energy mix; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21647/08]
- Alternative Energy Projects. (29 May 2008)
Joe McHugh: The Minister's colleague, the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, announced the introduction of bio-fuels schemes in 2007 at which time he promised there would be a period of consultation to be followed by the introduction of legislation. It is now mid-2008 and as of yet consultation has not taken place. Furthermore, we are still completely in the dark about the proposed legislation....