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Alternative Energy Projects (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will it be a year?

Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister gave me a lot of information but did not answer the question. It was very simple.

Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Did the Minister for Social Protection consult him on the decision to reduce the number of free electricity units from 2,400 to 1,800? The Minister is wrongly informed. The decision in the 2011 budget was quite clear, namely that there would be no change in the number of units and the saving was to be made through negotiation with utility companies, something the Minister belatedly...

Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not wish to use unparliamentary language, but what the Minister said is totally and utterly incorrect. The saving we budgeted for was made by getting a better deal from the utility companies. What was specifically written into the budget, and is in the budget documentation and the leaflet we published on budget day, is that there would be no reduction in the number of units and that...

Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister, Deputy Burton, is telling a lie. I am putting that on the record.

Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is the correct term.

Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will not withdraw it.

Business of Dáil (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will replace the word with "incorrect" and I hope the Minister would correct the record of the House.

Business of Dáil (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am replacing it with the word, "incorrect".

Business of Dáil (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I withdraw the word, "liar" and replace it with the word, "incorrect".

Broadcasting Legislation (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it intended to use this report to substitute Exchequer funding given to the Irish Film Board with licence fee money? Would the Minister be concerned about the effects of any possible change, particularly in the community radio sector, the commercial broadcasters and also the likes of TG4, etc., if such a proposal was to cause a diminution of the funds available to the broadcasting media...

Broadcasting Legislation (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am reassured by the Minister's response. I ask him to confirm that a representative of his Department will be on the interdepartmental committee.

Energy Regulation (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: One of the utility companies indicated to me that there is a shortage of prepay meters. Is the Minister confirming there is no shortage of this type of meter and that anyone who needs one will receive it promptly?

Energy Regulation (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is not what I have been told but I will take the Minister's word on the matter.

Irish Language (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Among State agencies, the Health Service Executive, which is always referred to as the HSE, is the predominant name. There has been a tradition of using Irish language titles for State companies, for example, Bord na Móna, Bord Gáis, Bus Éireann, Coillte and FÁS. This practice gave us a sense of national identity. Recent indications from the Government suggest it intends to effectively...

Irish Language (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is my understanding of the Minister's reply. He should read it.

Irish Language (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When new bodies were established the policy until recently was to use the Irish name as the predominant name, as in the case of Bus Éireann and so forth. I accept that under the previous Government, the use of the English name became a habit, one with which I did not agree. As the Minister has outlined in documents on new agencies which are to be established, the English name will be...

Irish Language (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I referred to new bodies, not existing ones. The Minister should read the question.

Irish Language (29 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The possibility of merging Coillte and Bord na Móna has been discussed and the proposed name for the new organisation is in the English language.

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (24 Nov 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an upper age limit set down by him for the employment of invigilators for State and third level examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36814/11]