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- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (29 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I have appointed two Special Advisers in accordance the terms and conditions set out in the . Minister of State Damien English has not appointed any Special Advisers nor has Minister of State Catherine Byrne, who has shared responsibilities between my Department and the Department of Health. Details of Special Advisers appointed are available on the Department of Public Expenditure and...
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I will try to be helpful here. When we were looking at proposals on how a committee would be established, as I said earlier we wanted to ensure that every group that wanted to be part of the committee and the debate could be. There were many proposals to use d'Hondt systems, which would have excluded some of the groups in the House. I rejected these because I wanted to bring forward a...
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Let me make a point. What we are trying to do here is to propose a name that would be as neutral as we can make him or her-----
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh has no connections with Fine Gael of which I am aware.
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: His appointment to the Seanad-----
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: He is an Independent Senator. We saw in the lifetime of the previous Government that the Taoiseach's independent nominees to the Seanad voted in all sorts of ways and often did not back the Government. We have also seen that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael do not share the same view on the issue of water. What we are trying to do with the committee is get the input of experts, and they are...
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: The Seanad can do that. It is up to the Seanad to choose.
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: On a point of order-----
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: -----we do not know what the commission will say.
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders— (a) a Special Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’) is hereby appointed, to be joined with a Special Committee to be appointed by Seanad Éireann, to form the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services. The Joint Committee shall consider the report of the Expert...
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I will do my best to take 14.
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I do not think the setting up of the committee should come as a surprise to anybody. I have spoken to many Members in this House informally in the build-up to this to try to get a consensus on what parties could live with. I know that there are deep divisions in the House on how we should fund domestic water services and so on. I accept that this is a very political and difficult issue...
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Let me finish the point.
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I am the Minister proposing the motion-----
- Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: -----and I have not even spoken for two minutes yet. We are trying to ensure everybody can have his or her say on the substance of the issue. On the appointment of the Chairman, no Chairman has yet been appointed. We are putting it in the motion for a democratic decision in this and the other House that Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh be supported by a majority of this House to...
- Business of Dáil (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: There was no-----
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I can understand the frustration. There are many communities in various parts of the country that are waiting for clarity in terms of guidelines in this area. I met the Minister, Deputy Naughten, this week on the matter. There is a process that needs to be gone through. There is a commitment that we will provide clarity on the issue before the end of November. Since then, there has been...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: I will happily answer. If that is happening, it should not be, and I would like the Deputy to give me the details. We are working with local authorities across the country to improve services for people who are in a vulnerable place, that is, without a home. If someone, such as the person referred to by the Deputy, is not being dealt with and provided with information quickly, then given...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: Sinn Féin Members do not seem to want to vote on it.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2016)
Simon Coveney: That is true.