Results 101-120 of 1,981 for speaker:Conor Lenihan

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I continue to press the Minister from a cost competitiveness perspective. Deputies will have to be patient while the draft policy statement is being prepared and published. Let me be clear; the pressure from my Department is to reduce costs.

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Government is taking a coherent approach to the challenge of bringing the country out of recession and into recovery. Cost competitiveness is vital in that context.

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I expect every Minister to consider cost structures in making decisions, even ones which affect the environment.

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (12 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: There have been a number of discoveries of oil and gas in the Irish Offshore in recent years, however none of these has been declared commercial to date. The only recent petroleum discovery that has been declared commercial but has yet to go into production is the Corrib Gas Field. The table below details all significant hydrocarbon discoveries on and off-shore Ireland. The table includes...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (12 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualized basis and is aggregated at county level. Data for 2010 will be available in early 2011. In the three-year period 2007 to 2009 there were a total of 22 new jobs created in IDA supported companies in North Tipperary....

Seanad: Electricity Prices: Motion (6 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Senator is welcome.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (5 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: On 16th July 2010 the Government announced the awards under Cycle 5 of the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI). The PRTLI is a multi-annual programme and Cycle 5 will run over a five-year period and into 2016. The awards under PRTLI Cycle 5 amount to €359 million in total, with a provision of €296 million in Exchequer funding and €63 million in funding from...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Oct 2010)

Conor Lenihan: We recently announced the establishment of a High Level Steering Group to oversee a project to establish priority areas of focus for Irish Research for the future. The purpose of this exercise is to identify up to twenty priority areas, or approaches to tackling national challenges that we face, and to concentrate future investment in publicly funded STI in those areas. The project will take...

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (30 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The revenue to be achieved by a 10% levy on natural resources extracted offshore Ireland would depend on a range of factors, including the capital cost of extraction, quantities and grades of resources extracted and the price of the extracted material over the life of the extraction of the resource. In the case of non-petroleum minerals, there is no production from the Irish offshore at...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: There are 3,848 broadband connections under the Schools Broadband Programme. In addition 78 schools are connected under the joint initiative with the Department of Communications Energy and Natural Resources to provide post primary schools with 100Mbp/s and 7 schools are connected under the NCTE Hermes project which links participating primary schools to a central server and network which...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The amount received in royalties to date from the Kinsale, Ballycotton and South West Kinsale Gas fields, is €186,320,765. The amount paid in tax is a matter between the company and the Revenue Commissioners.

Written Answers — Coastal Zone Management: Coastal Zone Management (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Department completed the acquisition of the necessary geophysical and bathymetric surveys in 1995 and 1996. These data formed the basis for the three submissions which Ireland has made to date to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS), covering the entire extent of Ireland's outer continental shelf (Porcupine Abyssal Plain, submitted 25 May 2005;...

Written Answers — Mining Facilities: Mining Facilities (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: Financial terms for State Mining Facilities (Lease or Licence, depending on ownership of minerals) are negotiated on a case by case basis, in accordance with the Minerals Development Acts 1940 to 1999. Receipts from State Mining Facilities are normally paid in the form of "Dead Rent", and periodic royalties based on production or revenue. Dead Rent is a minimum payment, normally paid in...

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I am aware of the important work Age Action and others have been doing in the area of digital inclusion with funding support from my Department. These projects make a positive contribution in many ways as has been borne out in reports on the outcomes of the schemes. I am aware too that other initiatives such as "Log-on Learn" — involving transition year students, An Post and the...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: Fermoy Town Council advised me by letter dated 14 September, 2010 of progress in implementing their preferred solution to the problem of fish passage at Fermoy. The Council have indicated that they, in consultation with the Office of Public Works (OPW), are progressing detailed design of the repair works to the fish pass. They have advised me that these works will be undertaken in...

Written Answers — Copyright Laws: Copyright Laws (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I can confirm that my attention has been drawn to the difference in approach in the EU and the USA in relation to exceptions and limitations to copyright and "fair use" in particular. I should also mention that I have been approached by copyright and related rights owners who are concerned that their national and international rights are being eroded, especially in the digital environment....

State Examinations (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The report of the innovation task force recommended that bonus points for higher level mathematics in the leaving certificate should be announced now, for implementation from 2012 onwards, so that students beginning their leaving certificate can make informed decisions about subject and level choice. I indicated my own view at the time of the desirability of sending a clear signal to second...

State Examinations (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I appreciate the Deputy's support and enthusiasm on this subject. The Deputy will, if she is fair, acknowledge that I have been, in my capacity as Minister of State with responsibility for science, technology and innovation, equally enthusiastic about this proposal. I am also Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills. The institutes of technology are in favour of the...

State Examinations (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I fully agree with Deputy Clune. I have been no pussy cat in terms of my dealings on this matter. I was recently criticised for making in an article in the Evening Herald the same points now being made by the Deputy. The academics need to get off the fence on this issue and go with Government policy.

State Examinations (29 Sep 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The bottom line is that we must respect academic freedom.