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Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Renewable Energy Generation Issues
Michael Colreavy
541. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of Irish domestic users receive their electricity from wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5932/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Electricity Imports
Michael Colreavy
542. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to import electricity using the proposed interconnector between Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5933/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Renewable Energy Generation Issues
Michael Colreavy
543. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there is a tax on wind energy; if not, if he intends to introduce a tax on wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5934/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Renewable Energy Generation Issues
Michael Colreavy
544. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with energy companies prior to the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5935/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Renewable Energy Generation Issues
Michael Colreavy
545. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there will be a process of public consultation if new wind turbines are to be erected following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5936/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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National Wind Energy Strategy
Michael Colreavy
546. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a national wind energy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5937/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Online Business Voucher Scheme
Michael Colreavy
547. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of fibre to the home broadband connection to every domestic property here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Online Business Voucher Scheme
Michael Colreavy
548. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of fibre to the kerb broadband connection to every domestic property here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5939/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Electromagnetic Fields Studies
Michael Colreavy
573. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the studies that have been carried out on the impact of electro magnetic fields; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4673/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Planning Issues
Michael Colreavy
600. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planning regulations regarding wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5941/13]
Tue, 5 Feb 2013
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Sale of State Assets
Michael Colreavy
908. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been any sale of the fibre network owned by CIE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5942/13]
Thu, 31 Jan 2013
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Renewable Energy Generation Issues
Michael Colreavy
2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the consultation process he will instigate with local residents who may have concerns regarding wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4877/13]
Thu, 31 Jan 2013
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Renewable Energy Exports
Michael Colreavy
27. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Exchequer funds that will be provided for the construction of wind turbines following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between his Department and the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4677/13]
Thu, 31 Jan 2013
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Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
Michael Colreavy
39. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will specify the level of drilling in terms of width, depth and subterranean that is permitted if an exploratory licence for hydraulic fracturing were permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4675/13]
Thu, 31 Jan 2013
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Broadband Services Provision
Michael Colreavy
116. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to redress the regional differences in broadband access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4878/13]
Wed, 30 Jan 2013
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National Archives
Michael Colreavy
49. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the 1926 census will be published in view of the work that has been done to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4497/13]
Wed, 30 Jan 2013
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Job Creation Issues
Michael Colreavy
102. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a memorandum of understanding signed with the lighting manufacturing company G-LED will be fulfilled; if the 100 jobs promised in County Sligo will be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4691/13]
Thu, 24 Jan 2013
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Job Creation Issues
Michael Colreavy
21. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the regional differentials in the labour market, if he will now develop a regional approach to job creation and the allocation of support based on need. [3238/13]
Thu, 24 Jan 2013
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Job Creation Issues
Michael Colreavy
39. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work of Government agencies to redress regional differential in employment; and his assessment of this work. [3237/13]
Wed, 23 Jan 2013
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Equality Issues
Michael Colreavy
34. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the equality audits carried out by his Department in relation to any area of public expenditure since his Department was set up in 2011. [3071/13]
Wed, 23 Jan 2013
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Budget Measures
Michael Colreavy
58. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if equality is integrated as a principle into the planning, design, implementation and review of the Governments expenditure related decisions. [3070/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Banking Operations
Michael Colreavy
40. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance if, further to the announcement of his Department on 9 January 2013 that negotiations to sell €500m - €1bn of Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital Notes had concluded, he will confirm the amount of interest receivable by the State on the CCNs in respect of 2012 and to the date of sale in 2013; and the period to which that interest receivable relates; and when that interest will be received by the State. [1797/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Banking Operations
Michael Colreavy
61. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Finance if, further to the announcement of his Department on 9 January 2013 that negotiations to sell €500m - €1bn of Bank of Ireland Contingent Capital Notes had concluded, he will confirm the nominal value of the CCNs sold and the book value of the CCNs sold. [1796/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Middle East Peace Process
Michael Colreavy
26. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that in the long term interest of peace in the region, Israel should urgently place its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards as required by UN Security Council resolution 487, which was adopted unanimously on 19 June 1981 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly on 3 December 2012 by 174 votes to 6; and if has raised this matter with the Israeli authorities. [1659/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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EU Enlargement
Michael Colreavy
30. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he held talks with the Turkish Minister for Europe when he visited Dublin; the agenda that was discussed at these meetings; if Ireland’s Presidency of the EU will include any talks on the barriers to Turkey’s accession to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1663/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
Michael Colreavy
479. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Social Protection the level of funding the rural social scheme will receive in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1208/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Public Broadcasting Charge Introduction
Michael Colreavy
608. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has any plans to introduce a communications charge and if so when he proposes to introduce such a charge; the level at which the charge will be levied initially; if the charge will be levied on the occupier, or the owner of the property; if all properties will be liable to pay such a charge; if there will be any avenue to appeal the levying of the charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1807/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Television Licence Fee Payments
Michael Colreavy
609. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total revenue raised by way of the television licence fee in each of the years 2010, 2011, and 2012; the rate of compliance as regards TV licences in each of the years 2010, 2011, and 2012; the number of people prosecuted for failure to comply in each of the years 2010, 2011, and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1808/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Television Licence Fee Payments
Michael Colreavy
610. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total cost to the State of producing and printing or broadcasting advertisements for payment of the television licence fee if advertised by way of television, radio or in the print media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1809/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Mental Health Services Provision
Michael Colreavy
1037. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the current plans regarding the provision of inpatient bed numbers based in the Sligo Leitrim Mental Health Services campus in Ballytivnan, Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1204/13]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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State Agencies
Michael Colreavy
39. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed account of the plans to merge Shannon Development’s functions with Fáilte Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57261/12]
Wed, 19 Dec 2012
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Nursing Home Accommodation
Michael Colreavy
47. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health if any of the 1,201 public nursing home beds closed from January 2011 to August 2012 will be reopened in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57009/12]
Wed, 19 Dec 2012
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight
Michael Colreavy
67. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the changes made to the fair deal scheme in Budget 2013; if he will advise if the review of the scheme is completed and if and when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57008/12]
Tue, 18 Dec 2012
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Children's Rights Referendum
Michael Colreavy
107. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the McCrystal judgement in the Supreme Court last week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56782/12]
Tue, 18 Dec 2012
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Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
Michael Colreavy
359. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Social Protection if those who successfully conclude the TÚS scheme will receive their first three days payment after returning to social welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56664/12]
Tue, 18 Dec 2012
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Sports Capital Programme Applications
Michael Colreavy
689. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding from the capital sports grant will be allocated to a school (details provided) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56663/12]
Tue, 11 Dec 2012
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European Court of Human Rights Rulings
Michael Colreavy
63. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the decision in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in MM v United Kingdom, ruled that the indefinite retention and disclosure of minor criminal records infringed Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) which protects private and family life; and his plans to address same in the context of the recently passed National Vetting Bureau Bill. [54478/12]
Tue, 11 Dec 2012
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Departmental Funding
Michael Colreavy
90. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated to disability groups and organisations over each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54477/12]
Tue, 11 Dec 2012
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
Michael Colreavy
399. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in County Sligo regarding an agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55319/12]
Tue, 4 Dec 2012
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Priory Hall Development
Michael Colreavy
113. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the refurbishment and rebuild plans being considered for Priory Hall, Dublin; the reforms he will introduce to prevent recurrence of such a disaster including the end of self-regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54249/12]
Thu, 29 Nov 2012
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Offshore Exploration
Michael Colreavy
2. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the tax percentage the State would take from a company (details supplied) following oil extraction from the proposed site off Dalkey, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53500/12]
Thu, 29 Nov 2012
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Hydraulic Fracturing Policy
Michael Colreavy
48. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any form of hydraulic fracturing will be permitted should an exploratory licence be granted in the Lough Allen Basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53331/12]
Thu, 29 Nov 2012
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Exploration Licences Approvals
Michael Colreavy
142. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any person or agency working on behalf of his Department had any meetings with personnel from a company (details supplied); if they have, the nature and outcomes of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53501/12]
Wed, 28 Nov 2012
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National Cultural Institutions
Michael Colreavy
19. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the €1m in costs and fees he expects to save as a result of the abolition of the boards of the National Museum and the National Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53060/12]
Wed, 28 Nov 2012
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Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
Michael Colreavy
30. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Michael Colreavy den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé míniú ar na critéir a d’úsáid sé chun baill Bhord nua Údarás na Gaeltachta a roghnú, ar chuir an tAire critéir ar nós taithí i bpleanáil teanga, i bhfiontar, agus i bhforbairt pobail san áireamh, ar chuir sé san áireamh an raibh buntáiste ag baint le duine a bheith ina chónaí nó ina cónaí sa Ghaeltacht, cén fáth nach bhfuil, i gcomhréir leis an gcleachtas Eorpach is fearr, 40% ar a laghad de Bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta ina mná, an bhfuil, ina thuairim, an bord nua ionadaíoch do phobail na Gaeltachta i gcoitinne, agus cé na bearta a thóg sé chun a chinntiú go raibh sé ionadaíoch, agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith. [52978/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Social Welfare Code Issues
Michael Colreavy
351. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be a derogation provided to her Department from European competition law to continue using post offices to administer social welfare payments into the foreseeable future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52702/12]
Thu, 22 Nov 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Michael Colreavy
22. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which his Department is working with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland to promote job creation and innovation. [51891/12]
Thu, 22 Nov 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Michael Colreavy
45. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions being taken by his Department to promote job creation along the border corridor. [51892/12]
Wed, 21 Nov 2012
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Proposed Legislation
Michael Colreavy
42. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider including the following definition of good faith in the Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Bill 2012 a thing is deemed to be done in good faith within the meaning of this Act when it is in fact done honestly, whether it is done negligently or not; and if he will confirm the date by which this legislation will be introduced. [51559/12]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Schools Building Projects Status
Michael Colreavy
140. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will begin on a school (details supplied) in County Dublin. [51348/12]