Results 341-360 of 587 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Noel Coonan

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that poor broadband provision has been identified as a critical issue preventing job creation in the mid-west region; when MANs schemes lying idle underground in Roscrea and Templemore in County Tipperary will be connected; when there will be direct connectivity and...

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: I thank the Minister for his reply. I note he said such provision was a priority. I have been listening to that since I was elected to this House two and a half years ago. The time for sermonising and high rhetoric has long since passed. The Minister should learn from the old saying we often use in the country, namely, that actions speak louder than words. He mentioned there were 86 MANs...

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: The Minister is presiding over this discrimination against rural Ireland and the mid-west region. This is not just a matter for e-net, it is a matter for the Minister and for the Government——

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: ——to have policy that will deliver equally to the people of Ireland,that will deliver as much to rural Ireland as it does to the people within the Pale.

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: I always do.

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: The Minister has abandoned the policy altogether.

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: When will that happen?

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: How many of those are in south Tipperary?

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: I do not doubt the Minister's personal commitment, but the reality is that broadband is not freely available in rural Ireland. When I speak about rural Ireland, I am talking about provincial towns like Naas or Nenagh. Many people do not have access to broadband. We want a definite timeframe for its delivery and a commitment to do so by the Government and Minister. The Minister has...

Electricity Generation. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: We have heard much about commercial producers and large wind farm proposals. What is the Minister's policy on micro-producers and what incentives can he offer them? I understand that micro-producers do not require the same level of grid infrastructure. We could be progressing that while we are dallying with the other.

Electricity Generation. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: I am delighted the Minister is considering the farming community. He is one of the few in Government who is doing so.

Telecommunications Services. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: We will have to find the sheep's body to connect it to the head.

Digital Terrestrial Television. (25 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: The Minister should not handle the ball.

Overseas Development Aid. (18 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of the overseas aid budget that was allocated to each of the top ten non-governmental organisation partners here each year in 2007 and 2008; the reduction of such funding to each of these NGOs in 2009; the areas affected by these reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41879/09]

Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: I would not be too sure.

Order of Business (12 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: Hard labour.

Money Advice and Budgeting Service. (11 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the waiting list to access the Money Advice and Budgeting Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40611/09]

Garda Strength. (10 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: The college is empty.

Garda Strength. (10 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: The college has closed down.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2009)

Noel Coonan: They are not the only thing falling.