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Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I acknowledge that point and will return to it later. As new technologies emerge and develop, along with the rising price of oil and gas, reserves that had previously been dismissed are now becoming commercially viable. However, at present, companies are relying entirely on their own data in assessing commercial viability and it may not be in a company's interests to let a country know the...

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I welcome the Minister's speech this evening. However, I take issue with parts of it. I also welcome the response to what was a good report by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture. This afternoon I launched the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Bill 2013. The Bill seeks to set out some of the recommendations of the joint...

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I appreciate that, but the point I make is that there seems be a disengagement from the point of view of an Oireachtas committee setting out a report with recommendations. There is no clear path and no clear timescale for the committee’s considerations to be put before the House and the Minister. It is a case of waiting for someone to do something rather than having a clearly defined...

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Yes, entirely.

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: While it is true that the amount of oil and gas brought ashore has been small there is strong evidence that the reserves exist. At present very little gas and no oil is being extracted from Irish waters, however, the potential reserves exist, and perhaps more than that. There are weaknesses in our regime and not just in the rate of taxation. Companies that discover oil or gas in Irish...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 to ban unconventional gas exploration and extraction, provide for social clauses and public consultation on the granting of leases and ensure greater accountability through initiating an annual review of the lease by the Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Other Questions: Health Strategies (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will undertake to expedite the implementation of the National Asthma Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22575/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 111. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive respite care beds in the State at present and the number in 2010; if there are plans to increase the number of such beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22574/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mobile Telephony (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has allocated funding from the sale of the mobile spectrum in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20196/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: International Agreements (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 402. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada that would grant energy companies far reaching powers to challenge regulations governing shale gas exploration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22494/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Seismic Surveys (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 403. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department spent on seismic surveys in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22743/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Yield (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 404. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department receives from the television licence fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22744/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (14 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to derelict buildings (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22661/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (9 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the suitability of direct provision centres for child and family accommodation of asylum seekers; if she has urged the Department for Justice and Equality to introduce an independent complaints mechanism and independent inspection office of direct provision centres in order to ensure the highest standards of welfare and...

Fodder Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (7 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: It was just a general briefing.

Fodder Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (7 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: The move to arrange the briefing mentioned by the Minister was a positive one, particularly given the circumstances that have arisen recently. Many farmers are feeling the strain and stress of listening to their animals bellowing with hunger but having neither the fodder nor the money to tackle the situation. This is wreaking havoc on the financial and mental well-being of farmers. It is...

Fodder Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (7 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I was not quite sure what to say in this debate because I believe the Minister does a good job. He is the best Minister in the Cabinet. Those who proposed this motion would probably not have done as much as the Minister has done during this crisis. That is conjecture. I would like to refer briefly to this year before focusing on the lessons we might learn from this experience. We need to...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 78. To ask the Minister for Defence the medicines recommended for Irish troops travelling to Mali. [21284/13]

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Michael Colreavy: 83. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update in the current Defence Forces participation in the training mission in Mali. [21283/13]