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Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: It is difficult to know where to begin with this issue. A secure warm family home should be a right and not a privilege to be granted or withheld by any government. I would see it as being a constitutional right and it should be a constitutional right. However, Members should look at the litany of horror that can be seen in this country. Almost 5,000 people are homeless and 90,000 people...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (1 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the deadline for compliance with Bord Bia regulations for dairy farmers. [42357/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (1 Dec 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the chief medical officer will carry out a health impact assessment into hydraulic fracturing. [42657/15]

Report on the Regulation and Inspection of Gas Installers: Motion (27 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I offer a big welcome to the APHCI members. It is good to see them in the Visitors Gallery. When I took on the brief of spokesman for communications, energy and natural resources, this was not a topic on my to-do list. Then one day I got a telephone call from a plumber in Lucan. He told me he was ringing because I was a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and...

Protection of the Environment (Criminal Activity) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: While reading this Bill, I found myself wondering what was the purpose of its introduction in the House today. The purpose may have been to throw a little muck or, more appropriately, sludge about the place in the hope that some of it would land on or stick to Sinn Féin. However, a benign interpretation might be that a fair amount of work went into this Bill and were it not for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments (26 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection a breakdown of the payment supports for funeral costs under supplementary welfare in excess of €2,500 per recipient, by county, in 2014 and in 2015 to date. [42083/15]

Credit Union Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I am delighted to speak on this issue, even if it is only for five minutes. I was a founding member of Manorhamilton and District Credit Union many years ago. I believe it is one of the biggest contributions I have made, along with other people, to the development of the community of north Leitrim. As Deputies can imagine, many people have been telling me their concerns about what is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Judging by the Minister’s press release after the meeting in March, there seems to have been a good deal of discussion on energy co-operation. To what extent did that incorporate plans for exporting energy from Ireland? Are there discussions about plans to build an interconnector between Ireland and France and has anybody done a cost-benefit analysis on an interconnector between...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Will there be an interconnector between Britain and France?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Technically, there could be an interconnector between Britain and Ireland which could take energy from France.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Not yet, the Minister will come to that one when we talk about the Aarhus convention. Has a cost-benefit analysis been done or will it be done in the context of a France-Ireland connection side by side with Ireland-Britain and a Britain-France connections?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I assume it is a two-way flow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: When can we expect to see a report arising from that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: We are coming close to the point where the Minister will be giving me credit for increasing consumer prices. I would prefer if he did not. He knows I did not intend that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: The past question concerns the Aarhus Convention and the discussions, debates and projects that are continuing outside the good practice we now practise in the convention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: My question was whether we could make it retrospective for other projects.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Energy Council: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Good practice-----

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Corrib Gas Field (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the expected profits to the State for 2016 from the Corrib gas field. [41708/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: ESB: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I welcome Ms Graham and congratulate her. It is probably an unusual move from banking into electricity supply. When did she join the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: ESB: Chairperson Designate (18 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: The brief details provided here indicate that she is eminently qualified to be chairperson. I am delighted to see that she speaks with a passion for the ESB. I believe I heard on the news this morning that approximately 15,000 homes are without supply. One recognises the good name and reputation of the ESB because most, if not all of those affected will have their electricity restored by...