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Topical Issue Debate: National Asset Management Agency (16 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter this evening. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, for coming to the Chamber personally to respond. I could commend the Minister of State on the many actions she has taken on since she acquired this brief, but as I have only four minutes I will deal with the matter at hand, which is the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (11 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that the supplementary register for future elections is made available to all concerned parties in a timely fashion and in a standard format by all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43850/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: I call on the Deputy to be more measured in his language as some of these matters are actually before the court. While people may agree with the sentiments of the Deputy, I ask him to be more prudent in his choice of language.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy should allow our guests to answer. I will allow him to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: I ask the witnesses to respond to those questions first and Deputy Timmins can ask further questions then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank Mr. McAteer. I ask Mr. Aidan Carrigan to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: We will now deal with No. 6 on the agenda, Quinn Insurance and the State's insurance compensation fund, the ICF. I welcome Mr. Michael McAteer, joint administrator, Mr. Aidan Cassells, chief executive officer, Quinn Insurance Limited, QIL, Mr. Patrick Dillon, advisory services partner to Grant Thornton, and Mr. Aidan Sherry, QIL. From the Department of Finance we have Mr. Aidan Carrigan,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: Members have been given the full statement and they may question Mr. McAteer on the other points.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences Renewals (10 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will resolve the anomaly in the procedures for renewing a taxi licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43654/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: Mr. Tilson can make that accusation if he wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: I have one last question concerning the process of extracting sand oil from the ground. Is it done by an oil rig or is it done by one of those pumps that we saw on "Dallas" that goes back and forth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: Is it in a well structure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: That sounds like fracking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: The steam separates the oil from the sand, is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: Henry Kissinger once said that when he picked up the phone to ring Europe, he did not know who to call. Who, in Canada, is phoning Europe on this? Is it just this delegation or are discussions taking place at a higher level on this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: At what levels are they taking place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: Do members of the delegation have anything further to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the delegation for coming before the committee. We are not geophysicists or chemists but we need, at a global level, to start measuring the full carbon footprint of all production processes. If I buy a plug from China, Canada or Ireland, I need to know its full environmental impact. In terms of the sand oil issue at a European level, if the delegation can make their claim regarding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: I am still trying to get my head around this. The methods of extraction that we are familiar with in this part of the world, particularly in this part of the Atlantic, are offshore oil extraction by oil rigs and gas extraction by the same method. We are familiar with how oil processes in North Africa, the Middle East and Saudi Arabia have worked. What is different about sand oil? Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Ciarán Lynch: Is Canada a world leader in sand oil?