Results 1-20 of 38 for waste management speaker:Brendan Howlin

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Brendan Howlin: ...next year. These are examples of real action on climate to lower the cost of home heating and transport and make it possible for people to make lifestyle changes to mitigate climate harm. The Government has suggested that it did all it could in difficult circumstances but the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, still managed to find €150 a year for the self-employed, which is an increase...

Waste Reduction Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Jul 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ..., Scandinavia and Estonia. Their introduction has not destroyed those countries' retail sectors or drinks industries. What they have done has worked, in that they have reduced the volume of waste being produced. In those countries, recycling rates average at more than 90%. Our recycling rates are not terrible, but we only recycle 40% of plastic bottles. That is a low rate and the...

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Brendan Howlin: ...It is about an economic collapse, brought about by our profligate, property-speculating banks, and it is about the enormous price people paid to rescue the banks and to rescue the economy. The previous Government, with much difficulty, managed just about to reverse the economic engines and to rescue the economy. When we went into government, we took charge of a country whose economic...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (17 Dec 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...standard clauses in public procurement tender documents and include the following: - Taxation and Social insurance payments - Employment legislation - Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 - Waste management - Human Rights - Environmental legislation In order to ensure that the inclusion of additional social considerations do not discriminate, it is vital to adopt a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (8 Dec 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...of clauses in a number of wider policy areas that would include the following: - Taxation and Social insurance payments - Employment legislation - Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 - Waste management - Human Rights - Environmental legislation Government recognises the valuable contribution that a vibrant construction sector makes to the economic and social well-being of the State...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Office of Government Procurement wishes to confirm that as a condition of appointment to the OGP framework agreement for the provision of waste management services all service providers are contractually obliged to be fully compliant with all relevant legislation regulatory requirements and best industry practice in the delivery of waste management services. The Office of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: The Office of Government Procurement notes that  pursuant to section 1.8 of the Request for Tenders, tenderers were required to "demonstrate their methodologies for handling confidential waste, including the pre and post shredding processes, collection and storage of confidential waste, confirmation of destruction. Tenderers were also requested to provide details of their proposals for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (22 Sep 2015)

Brendan Howlin: ...processes, the Office of Government Procurement can confirm that all service providers appointed to Lot 6 (confidential material shredding) of the OGP framework agreement for the provision of waste management service are accredited to ISO9001 standard incorporating requirements of ISEN 15713:2009. The OGP framework agreement for waste management services operates on a mini-competition...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts Data (21 Oct 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...contracts are recorded as been awarded to companies with an address in County Wexford since the current government inception. The details are: Contract Name Contracting Authority Company Name Planned Value Year Proposed Upgrading of Existing Waste Water Treatment System Irish Aviation Authority Molloy Engineering €60,000 2014 Provision of Endpoint solution for over 1000...

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Report Stage (16 Jul 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...Sean Fleming mentioned Advanced Environmental Solutions, AES, which operates in a competitive market with many serious players, though I could say more about some of the companies operating in the waste management sector. I do not think an onerous new open reporting burden should be placed on State companies that is not placed on their commercial counterparts because this could give the...

Seanad: Public Sector Reform: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...bodies that now operate a direct services provision. The Senator also asked about the use of the 15 hours. The extra hours will do as follows - reduce paid overtime; reduce agency costs so that we are not buying in external work; allow management to maintain services against the backdrop of decreasing numbers; facilitate reductions in staff numbers where that is possible; allow...

Seanad: Public Sector Reform: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Brendan Howlin: ...progress in reducing costs, improving productivity, the online delivery of services, the development of shared services and putting in place the structures to reform public procurement, property management and many other areas. We have been implementing these reforms at a time of increased demands on public services. For example, the numbers in receipt of jobseeker's payments, of...

National Lottery Bill 2012: Report Stage (17 Apr 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...and manifestly implemented. I disagree with Deputy Boyd Barrett in his general criticism of quangos. It is often portrayed that there is a huge phalanx of non-governmental organisations that are wasting money. By and large the big so-called quangos are the most effective agencies for delivering State policy. Some of them have large staffs, including Enterprise Ireland, whose chief...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2013: Motion (28 Feb 2013)

Brendan Howlin: ...capital carryover facility forms an integral part of the five-year rolling multi-annual capital envelopes introduced in 2004. The multi-annual system is designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the management by Departments and agencies of capital programmes and projects. It recognises the difficulties inherent in the planning and profiling of capital expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement (21 Nov 2012)

Brendan Howlin: The changed economic environment has meant that it is necessary to do “better for less”, providing real value-for-money for the Irish taxpayer by maximising efficiency and eliminating waste. Since its establishment in 2009, the National Procurement Service (NPS) has reported estimated procurement savings to the end of 2012 under its frameworks of €117m, comprising of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Tenders (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ...taxpayer. The changed economic environment has meant that it is necessary to do "better for less", providing real value-for-money for the Irish taxpayer by maximising efficiency and eliminating waste. It is estimated that €9 billion is spent by public bodies annually on the public procurement of supplies and services. This is a very significant portion of overall spending and it is...

Departmental Expenditure (1 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: .... That is the way we will look at bringing about real reforms on the issues referred to by the Deputy. The general public and public servants have been talking about tackling issues like abuse, waste and bad practices. As the Deputy knows, I have set up a website to which people - particularly those on the front line who understand what is going on in the public service - have been...

Departmental Expenditure (1 Mar 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ...are paid for, while Ministers are now saying: "No, I'll take commercial flights and leave that there." We need to have a different approach that is efficient, mindful of scarce resources and not wasteful. I fully agree with the Deputy in that regard. My final point concerns the management of it, and Deputy Maloney touched on cartridge-gate. It is important to give authority to managers,...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Feb 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ..., including in public service contexts. They include: · standardisation of processes allowing for greater transparency and accessibility; · reduced duplication; · the elimination of waste; and · significant cost reductions in the medium term. The Government has given my Department a strong mandate to advance the actions necessary to ensure that we deliver on the very ambitious...

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (24 Jan 2012)

Brendan Howlin: ...of public procurement processes and property rationalisation; evaluation of new business models for the delivery of non-core services; reducing costs, addressing duplication and eliminating waste; and improving performance by organisations and individuals in order to ensure greater efficiency, effectiveness and economy. Implementation of the Reform Plan is being driven and...