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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I thank Mr. O'Connor for coming before the committee today. When people like Mr. O'Connor get a great deal of flak, it is sometimes because the Government has not been doing what it should be doing. Is he aware of any jurisdiction that has a land and landscape planning and management policy which guides the development of infrastructure like pylons, wind turbines, pipelines for bringing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Does Mr. O'Connor believe such a strategy would help or hinder the development of infrastructure in this country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: In his submission, Mr. O'Connor said he understands the critical importance of "meaningful public consultation". Many people feel that the most critical question to be considered during the public consultation process is whether to locate these cables underground or overground. Rightly or wrongly, they feel that a decision in this regard was made in advance of the beginning of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: There is a lack of good information on the issue of whether to place these cables overground or underground. We need information on the technical feasibility, the levels of technical difficulty and the comparative costs. Some serious economists are questioning the economic aspects of wind energy generation. They have pointed out that a public subsidy will continue to be required here and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Is it wise to be exporting our green energy to Britain?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Surely they will have an impact on the ability of Ireland Inc. to hit its targets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Does Mr. O'Connor have continuing membership of any State, semi-State or private company, other than the pyrite resolution board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Has Mr. O'Connor's remuneration package been agreed yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Mr. O'Connor has not yet asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Could Mr. O'Connor develop his views on small-scale renewable energy generation? I am aware of a number of projects that offered fairly exciting prospects for renewable energy, but were killed by the cost of connecting to the national grid. Those costs meant it was out of the question for the projects to be pursued. Those who try to develop small generation projects feel they are not taken...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I would like to ask my second last question. People get really annoyed when self-evident truths are dismissed by spokespersons for energy companies. A spokesperson said on television there is no evidence that a pylon beside a house reduces the market value of the house, but that is evidently nonsense. I would like Mr. O'Connor to develop the point he made about recognising some means of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Okay. I have a series of final questions. I am not sure which is the most important one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I still need to get an answer to the question I asked about the conflicting evidence regarding the technical and economic aspects of undergrounding and overgrounding. How will that information be gathered, validated and presented?

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I have five minutes. I am not an economist. I suppose I am fortunate enough to have a resident economist at home. Otherwise, I would be insolvent at this stage. I do not intend to discuss economics, what the Government did or did not do in 2008 or the decisions it took. I would prefer for us to consider what is right and wrong, just and unjust, fair and unfair. I believe the Government...

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: My colleagues, Deputies Martin Ferris and Seán Crowe, have spoken previously on the Bill and have referred to many of the important aspects of the proposed legislation and to the general policy relating to forestry. I echo their welcome of the news that there is to be no sale of Coillte or its forestry assets. That is in the best interests of the forestry sector. Maintaining Coillte...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (27 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: On a point of clarification, Mr. Griffin's definition of "consultation", my definition and that of the communities might differ.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (27 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Consultation depends on the extent to which options are open or closed. If I tell a community that I am going to engage in full consultation when a decision to overground has been made, it is not consultation. Overcommunication could be viewed as just nagging people to the point at which they give up and say "okay". To what extent is the Government considering the range of options and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (27 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I thank Mr. Griffin and offer him best wishes on his appointment, which is a crucial role. There is development at EU level and developments within member states. Are they operating at different paces? Are there any areas of concern to Mr. Griffin in which Ireland may be falling behind or going ahead, perhaps working on the assumption of EU legislative catch-up at any stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Telecommunications and Energy Council of Ministers Meeting: Discussion with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (27 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I apologise for my late arrival. I got lost in Galway. I think the internal roads there have changed since I last updated the Sat Nav.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Telecommunications and Energy Council of Ministers Meeting: Discussion with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (27 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I apologise to Members for my late arrival.