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Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will arrange for an independent expert report on the economics of hydraulic fracturing as an input into the decision on whether to ban fracking. [44982/13]

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: We touched on this point earlier because we did not realise that the Leas-Cheann Comhairle would do such an effective job chairing this debate as to bring us to this point. I am satisfied to hear what the Minister of State says but unfortunately he did not say "yes, I will". There are people in other jurisdictions who say their water has been damaged, there has been gas build-up in their...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Will the EPA talk to these people?

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: The evidence of people whose homes have been damaged is not hearsay, nor is it television drama. It may not be scientific data but it is not hearsay and the voices of those people deserve to be heard. If those voices are not heard and if they are smothered by a report that refers only to scientific data, it will find no acceptance in this State. In response to the Minister of State's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Postcode System Establishment (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I will do a little further research on that but I understand the practice throughout the EU is that, although the technology is there, the identification potential is not reduced to fewer than a cluster of four or six houses. The reason I asked for the financial information was that PA Consulting did a report, although I do not have the date for it. However, based on 2007 figures, it lists...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Postcode System Establishment (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he will take to ensure the introduction of the recently announced national postcode system does not compromise personal data. [44984/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Postcode System Establishment (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the Minister. I support the introduction of postcodes in this country and I want to see it work well. There are three areas of concern. Irish language people are concerned that the increasing use of English placenames and abbreviations may become part of the postcodes. The Minister might advise me as to how we can guard against that. A second concern is that because someone can...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the Minister of State for his response. In my role as Opposition spokesman on communications, energy and natural resources, I speak with people from both ends of this debate. I speak with representatives from the companies whose motivation is clear, namely, the desire to make money, which is fine. However, I also speak with people who have been affected by fracking, including...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the Minister of State for his clarification and I assume the finding of all these studies will be laid before the House.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: They should be forwarded to the spokespersons as speedily as possible. As I do not believe Members will get to this issue during Question Time, I have a further question. There is growing evidence that hydraulic fracturing and those involved in it are part of a giant Ponzi scheme, because it is costing three times as much as had been projected to get the volume of gas they are getting in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Would this cover the lifetime of the project and not merely its establishment?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I apologise, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 2. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the structural damage to hydraulic fracturing equipment with consequential environmental damage and possible water contamination triggered by recent flash floods in a heavily fracked area of Colorado, USA. [45353/13]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I am sure he will use that time well.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: In the time available to me, I would like us to think about the process used to prepare and present this budget. My party colleagues will speak about the impact of it, which I did last week, but I would like us to think about the process used to prepare and present it, which was very clever. Myles McEntee, when covering the Fine Gael conference in Limerick for a Sunday newspaper, said the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Business of Joint Committee (23 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: It is my understanding that we also agreed that the committee would examine the overall energy strategy and add it to the work programme for next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Nuclear Energy: Discussion (23 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: For the purposes of clarification, I asked not who would fund the building of a nuclear energy station, but how much would it cost and who would carry out this objective considering the group has recommended that we should adopt and an official study into the impact of SMRs as a replacement for Moneypoint.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Nuclear Energy: Discussion (23 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I would imagine that such would be a fairly extensive and expensive piece of work. My concern would be that if we are putting all these resources into one direction of inquiry, we will not be looking at matters such as renewable energy strategies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Nuclear Energy: Discussion (23 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the delegates for their presentations. If I recall the Latin I learned correctly, the word "bene" means good. Was this a subliminal thought when choosing a name with the acronym BENE or was it Freudian? I find it difficult to understand why we are having this discussion. Generally, either the Government or the public would create a demand for a discussion such as this, but that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Nuclear Energy: Discussion (23 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: In Ireland there are peaks and valleys in electricity usage. There is both high and low volume usage. Would the group's proposals be dependent on using an interconnector between Ireland and Britain and the interconnector between Britain and continental Europe? Are we looking at this issue in terms of having a European-wide network? If we were to have a small modular reactor, SMR, at...