Results 21-40 of 587 for speaker:Noel Coonan in 'Dáil debates'

Overseas Missions. (8 Nov 2007)

Noel Coonan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Defence the projected cost of the air transport element of the cost of the Irish participation in the forthcoming EU mission to Chad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27771/07]

Budget Statement 2008 (5 Dec 2007)

Noel Coonan: Or a dig out.

Legislative Programme. (11 Dec 2007)

Noel Coonan: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will publish the student support Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33902/07]

Defence Forces Recruitment. (12 Dec 2007)

Noel Coonan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence if a report on the revised structure for the delivery of medical services for the Defence Forces has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34437/07]

Environmental Policy. (19 Dec 2007)

Noel Coonan: No progress.

Broadband Services: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

Noel Coonan: Which ones is the Deputy excluding?

Broadband Services: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

Noel Coonan: Leadership is on the Deputy's mind.

Broadband Services: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

Noel Coonan: I wish to share time with Deputies Varadkar, Crawford, Hogan, Terence Flanagan, O'Mahony, Breen, Sheehan and Bannon.

Broadband Services: Motion (27 Feb 2008)

Noel Coonan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, and wish him well in his Department. Speaking about the end of the year returns for Shannon Development last January, the chief executive, Mr. Thompstone, said that to be truly competitive in the knowledge based economy, Ireland must have ultra high speed broadband available in every part of the country. Clients from major international...

Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2008)

Noel Coonan: Thousands of people have been waiting.

Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2008)

Noel Coonan: The Minister speaks of rural Ireland as if it were an alien planet. It has an extensive telephone system, but people cannot get broadband connections because the Government has not invested in upgrading lines. On a regional road near Larha in north Tipperary, a person cannot get a chip and pin service because the telephone is too far from the exchange and the line is out of date. The...

Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2008)

Noel Coonan: It has been a while since the Minister checked them.

Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2008)

Noel Coonan: That is an alien country, as I was discussing north Tipperary.

Telecommunications Services. (12 Mar 2008)

Noel Coonan: We will invite the Minister to see for himself.

Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2008)

Noel Coonan: Hear, hear.

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)

Noel Coonan: In the interest of farmers nationwide, the Government needs to show it is willing to defeat the current WTO proposals. A major diplomatic and political project must be re-energised to protect the CAP and Irish agricultural interests. There is no doubt that the WTO agreement may put numerous farmers out of business and have a serious impact on European consumers. A large number of food...

Mining Industry. (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Coonan: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans to introduce compensation for people suffering health problems as a consequence of working in underground mines in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15455/08]

Mining Industry. (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Coonan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am disappointed he is not prepared, or is indicating an unwillingness, to introduce a scheme for miners who kept the industry going during the so-called bad times and who now suffer from an extremely debilitating disease, pneumoconiosis, which affects their respiratory systems, particularly their lungs. A similar scheme was introduced in...

Mining Industry. (23 Apr 2008)

Noel Coonan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and I look forward to working on the matter with him. From a political viewpoint there is nothing to be gained from it for any of us, but it is important to look after the well-being and welfare of miners and their families. These were State mines. They were leased by the State to people who ran them for the State. In effect therefore it is not...

e-Government Services: Motion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2008)

Noel Coonan: I wish to share time with Deputy Coveney.