Results 281-300 of 587 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Noel Coonan

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Noel Coonan: That was hot air.

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Noel Coonan: Did the Minister not call in to see Deputy Sheehan?

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Noel Coonan: Would it be fair trade coffee?

Energy Security: Motion (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Noel Coonan: I wish to share time with Deputies Bannon, Breen, Perry, Burke, Crawford and Neville.

Energy Security: Motion (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Noel Coonan: I welcome the discussion tonight. I am bewildered by the comments from the Government Deputies who state that they welcome the debate and that there is not much between, yet they will not agree to the motion. We have just heard what Deputy Kelly had to say. We are debating an immediate set of proposals and policies to deal with what could soon become an energy crisis here. If I stood up...

Energy Security: Motion (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Noel Coonan: It is a hearse.

Energy Security: Motion (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Noel Coonan: In order to meet the needs of Longford-Westmeath, I want to see Smart Grid efficiency extended to the midlands as a matter of urgency. However, it is extremely important at this point to ensure that all cables are routed underground. This is imperative to protect the rural landscape and avoid unsightly interconnectors above ground, which would impact adversely on tourism and have the...

Tourism Industry. (31 Mar 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if she will liaise with public service bodies to ensure that those interfacing with tourists will make facilities and services available to tourists at competitive prices in view of the downturn in the tourism industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13937/10]

Order of Business (11 Mar 2010)

Noel Coonan: He can come back again because there are a few Smithwicks left.

Broadcasting Act 2009 (Section 33) Levy Order 2010 : Motion (9 Mar 2010)

Noel Coonan: A 27% increase is not tight.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2010)

Noel Coonan: All the hooves will have gone.

Telecommunications Services. (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Coonan: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report to the Houses of the Oireachtas on the progress made regarding the creation of a one-stop-shop to market State-owned broadband infrastructure. [10458/10]

Telecommunications Services. (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Coonan: In the three years I have been a Member of the House, I have heard the Minister pontificate about what he is doing in terms of broadband and set targets which he has consistently failed to meet. To hear him say he anticipates a demand for high speed broadband is really maddening, especially if one comes from my region of the mid-west which has the highest unemployment figures in the country....

Telecommunications Services. (2 Mar 2010)

Noel Coonan: The Minister did not give us targets or dates and he spoke about Europe. The National Competitiveness Council stated that broadband penetration in Ireland is the second worst in the EU for firms and small businesses. When will the Minister start to deliver, in particular in the mid-west region and rural areas where broadband is simply not available and if it is available, it is of such...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: For five years.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Ring Bertie, he will find a way around it.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: Operation Transformation in County Kerry.

Job Losses. (2 Feb 2010)

Noel Coonan: The Tánaiste should not forget north Tipperary.

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: Like the other speakers, I am glad to have an opportunity to comment on this. I am coming from the perspective of a representative in the mid-west area, despite being from north Tipperary. Often people forget that north Tipperary is very much part of the mid-west area. We are coming from a background where on 28 July last the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment,...

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Noel Coonan: I am reminding Deputy O'Dea of it. The chairman did not say that.