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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I think it does. The only problem is that the person who contacts hotline.ie to report cyberbullying might not know it is technically illegal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Okay. I thank Ms O'Keeffe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I understand a suppressor can be got to allow people to use their laptops without interfering with the telecommunications of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the officials for appearing before us today and commend the work they are doing in regard to child pornography, which is a very serious issue. There appears to be good co-ordination, communication and joined-up working between the Government here and governments internationally to address this problem. However, I am not so sure that is the case in regard cyberbulling, the specific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Chairman, perhaps the problem is not the telephones, but iPads or laptops.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: Beyond installing the infrastructure, do the Minister's office and the Department of Education and Skills have a role in training young people in the safe and respectful use of social media?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Social Media: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the Minister for coming before us today. I will focus on schoolchildren. I represent a community where, unfortunately, in the recent past three young people died and there was certainly a prima facie case that cyberbullying was a contributory part, if not a major part, in the young people's decision to end their lives. Something so traumatic in our community made us wonder what we...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Women's Strategy (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the dates on which his Department has published periodic reports on the implementation of the National Women’s Strategy; the date on which the next periodic report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11560/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to enable the new Human Rights and Equality Commission to more effectively, efficiently and cohesively champion human rights and equality. [11561/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Services Speeds (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will improve education centres' access to high speed broadband particularly in the western region in view of the fact that they require adequate upload and download speeds for eLearning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4682/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the social welfare contract, currently held by An Post, will be put to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9979/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Charge (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the details of the new broadcasting charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11276/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will grant an exploratory licence for the Lough Allen Basin, County Leitrim, prior to the publication of the Environmental Protection Agency report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11543/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning applications for wind farms which were approved between the years 1997 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10938/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land with rushes growing on it is considered grazable land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11544/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if physical and satellite inspections are carried out on farms in a small timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11545/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of notification farmers are given prior to an inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11546/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Generation (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the Minister for his reply. Everybody agrees that wind energy is a good thing, but the expected benefits from renewable energy, including wind energy, will not be achieved unless there is a strategy in which we set out what we intend to achieve and how we intend to achieve it in terms of the financial income to the State, the impact on the host community and the benefits for the host...

Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Generation (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Colreavy: It is not a strategy.

Topical Issue Debate: Wind Energy Generation (28 Feb 2013)

Michael Colreavy: It is a statement of objectives.