Results 1-11 of 11 for waste management speaker:Pearse Doherty

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Feb 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...to further reform and action to support them. A key proposal of the legislation is the establishment of corporate credit unions. Currently, every credit union is a separate entity, each with its own board and management team. They have been prohibited from sharing business. While prohibited here, corporate credit unions exist in other countries, allowing them to achieve economies of...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...needed according to reports. Children with scoliosis and spina bifida have been let down time and again, while at the same time hearing from the Government that they are the priority. They and their parents have been let down by the inaction and broken promises of Government and that has happened again today. This budget was an opportunity for the Government to build for the future....

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Pearse Doherty: ...will continue to be denied a medical card under this Government's policies, until some review in December that may or may not provide an outcome. This Government has nothing left to offer. Níl aon ní fagtha ag an Rialtas seo le tairiscint. It has been a bad year for this Government and its management of the public finances. Despite a growing economy, the country's debt is...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Pearse Doherty: ...of 1916 “having resolutely waited for the right moment" to reveal themselves have emerged to strike a blow for Irish sovereignty. Perhaps the Proclamation needs a new verse about the right of one multinational to be treated better than everyone else in this so-called republic of ours. Their years of careful preparation have, however, been wasted. Their patriotic fervour is wasted...

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (29 May 2014)

Pearse Doherty: ..., water or in the infrastructure our communities are crying out for, one must go through all of the rigorous tests and have a private investor in place. One must pass all the different committees and undergo the various scrutiny processes and there must be a return. However, if the banks come knocking on the Minister's door and, after consulting with the Central Bank, he or she deems the...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...in fuel poverty. Our alternative budget measures allowed for an adjustment of €2.5 billion, with 30 taxation and spending measures which have been costed by the Department of the Taoiseach, in order to eliminate waste in the public service, make it more efficient, reduce the higher salaries and the salaries of the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste and ask those who earn the most...

Private Members' Business. Regulation of Debt Management Advisors Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 May 2012)

Pearse Doherty: ...many problems which appear insurmountable and divisive. Occasionally, however, an issue arises on which we all agree and which should, on the face of it, be simple to fix. The regulation of debt management agencies is one such issue. It is crucial we tackle this now and do not leave it any longer. To do so puts more vulnerable people at risk of agencies which are operating as rogue...

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2011)

Pearse Doherty: .... In truth the actions and inactions of leaders across Europe are making the crisis worse. Endless EU summitry, ambiguous summit conclusions and the inevitable post-summit disagreements are wasting valuable time and energy. All the while the ordinary people of Greece, Ireland and Portugal are paying a very real human price as endless rounds of austerity push hundreds of thousands if not...

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: ...necessary amendments to ensure that, notwithstanding the Government's intentions, future Administrations will at least have available to them the tools necessary to abandon the disastrous policy of wasting tens of billions of taxpayers' euro in honouring private senior debts and bonds, including those not covered by the blanket guarantee. I say this in the knowledge that if the Government...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Jun 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis upon which he calculated the standard cost which was used in an application for grant aid under the farm waste management scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14394/11]