Results 21-24 of 24 for waste management speaker:David Cullinane

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (12 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: ...in disbursing any dormant account funds. Many community projects benefit from dormant accounts funding. I have worked in the community development sector as a volunteer. I was a member of a management committee of a community development project in Waterford. I am aware of many of the sacrifices made over many years by volunteers throughout the country in the community development...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: This is not about me or my party speaking about big bad incinerators. I support a waste hierarchy of reduce, reuse and recycle. My point is that creating an infrastructure or network of incinerators which must be managed will mean huge associated costs of tens of millions of euros. They will then have to operate to a certain capacity to be justified economically, and this will lend itself...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 14, before section 14, to insert the following new section: 14.—(1) The practice of incineration or thermal treatment of waste shall no longer be legal within this state. (2) Sections 4 and 5 of the Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001 are repealed. (3) The making of a waste management plan shall be a reserved function of the local authority.". This is an...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed). (21 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: ...of Deputies. This is a fundamental issue for me as somebody, like the Minister, who was a member of a local authority for many years and who saw powers stripped away from councillors in regard to waste management and many other issues. While many promises were made by the previous Government in respect of directly elected mayors and various aspects of local government reform, such reform...