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Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Liz McManus: This is my last intervention on this matter. I do not argue with the Taoiseach about the existing supports. The Taoiseach and his Government made a specific commitment to have a fuel poverty strategy in 2009. I want to know why they did not keep their promise.

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: It is apropos.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number and cost of each website that falls under his Department's remit; the number of unique visitors per month to each website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44975/10]

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: We do not need both. The Minister sounds silly when he tries to sell this message. We started out with a cluster system. I did not agree with it but it was consistent. However, it was challenged by the technology advance and Google Street View now allows one to pinpoint a house on a street at any time one wishes. However, one cannot have a postcode that pinpoints the same house and this...

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: I again plead with the Minister not to have this amalgam that no one has sought. No matter what the Minister might say, people sought a cluster system or for a unique identifier but no one sought a system that has both. This is what the Minister proposes but it will not serve the people well at a time when we need to work smarter.

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: It will be a secret postcode. We will have postcodes but they will be a secret.

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: Hear, hear.

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: I must stand in defence of the people-----

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: -----who are not so stupid that they cannot remember a number code. Perhaps the Minister is unaware that everyone has a PPS number.

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: The health service seeks a unique identifier.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: We would have a mandate.

Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources in view of the commitment in the four year National Recovery Plan to double the carbon tax, the measures he plans to take to alleviate the difficulties this will impose on persons on lower incomes who are struggling to afford to heat their homes; if he has achieved his Programme for Government commitment to...

Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: Perhaps I should ask the Minister to reflect on what it is like to be poor and cold. We are in a very cold spell at the moment, and I ask him to consider the thousands of people who have a choice either to be desperately cold or desperately worried as to whether they can meet their bills. Already, about a quarter of the population is in arrears with some type of household bill. I ask the...

Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: The Green Party drove the carbon levy idea. This tax, when introduced, was on the basis of there being in place a special fuel scheme to protect people on low incomes. This appears to have been abandoned. Perhaps the Minister will explain how he can justify this. The carbon levy is to be doubled under the four year plan. The Government has not yet told us how the effect of this will be...

Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: Not necessarily.

Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: That is cold comfort to people living in fuel poverty.

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: I thank the Minister for his reply. I appreciate that the legislation flows from an EU directive but the difficulty with the universal service obligation is the context now is radically different from when the legislation was first proposed. An Post does an excellent job and it has proved to be efficient by making progress on delivery times and so on. The Minister referred to a...

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: Nobody has a problem with the Minister's approach. We are talking about competition and opening up new business, and this is not an issue. The issue is about the customer and making sure that whether one lives in Falcarragh or Foxrock, one is treated equally for postal services. From experience elsewhere, we need to do something specific to protect that universal right. That may include...

Postal Services (30 Nov 2010)

Liz McManus: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if the position of the Data Commissioner regarding the introduction of a unique identifier postcode system has changed; if he will provide an update on the postcode project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44976/10]