Results 1-20 of 33 for waste management speaker:David Norris

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Mar 2019)

David Norris: We are wasting our time if there is no such thing as a managed no-deal. I believe that there will not be a no-deal situation but the Government is right to consider it because serious issues are involved. There are the questions of aviation connectivity and road freight connectivity. Michael O'Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair, predicted that flights throughout Europe would stop....

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

David Norris: ...use, anywhere in Dublin city, or the other cities, within the designated areas". Dublin traffic is a complete mess. They should have put in an underground. Now we have this business where the city manager is determined to drive motor cars out of the city. I live in the city. Have I no rights? I appeal to the Minister of State to take this back to his Government colleagues. As is...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2015)

David Norris: ...I see the Order Paper contains the referendum wording and so on for the proposal to reduce the age at which one can become President of Ireland. This is just fiddling at the edges. It is an utter waste of time and is avoiding the real issue. I was a delegate at the Constitutional Convention and succeeded in getting through a motion with 96% support, the highest figure of the entire...

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

David Norris: ...at those meetings. It gives an opportunity for local communities to be represented in an arena where it matters and where one can have a clear result. In addition, traditionally the Dublin city manager has organised on a twice yearly basis lunches in City Hall, where material is presented about the way in which the city is going. The people involved are those on the joint policing...

Seanad: Community Courts: Motion (25 Feb 2014)

David Norris: ...into the communities. Instead, it wanted to ring-fence the money for other use. Various governments have boasted about building prisons, but that is an idle boast. Building prisons is a farce and a waste of time. The Government should be closing prisons. The only people who should be in prison are those who are really dangerous and a threat to society or who have committed heinous...

Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

David Norris: ...behind my argument. I was right, but what we said was not reported. I recall several dramatic occasions in this House, including one morning at 3 a.m. when former Senator Joe O?Toole and I managed to have inserted significant amendments into the legislation on NAMA to make it accountable to the people through the Oireachtas, but there was no coverage. That is a tragedy. It is not all...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Oct 2010)

David Norris: I will not say anything about the economy now as I will take a slot in this afternoon's debate and I do not want to waste time, which is short. I am in the process of putting a motion on the Order Paper and I thought it might have been on today. It concerns a really shocking development. I was staggered when I heard the HSE proposes to impose a 50 cent prescription charge on all...

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

David Norris: ..., which I certainly welcome, as they indicated the sincerity of the participants. I was also told there might be a little difficulty with the final phrase, "remedial measures to address hazardous waste sites, including at Haulbowline, County Cork". However, if I were on the Government side, I would state the Minister answered this very clearly when he indicated this is exactly what was...

Seanad: CAO Applications and College Places: Statements (10 Feb 2010)

David Norris: ...advocacy of electronic communications in the House. It seems daft that we still send out 80,000 CAO application forms and handbooks to students when almost everybody applies on-line. Why are we wasting so much paper? The handbook is sent out in hard copy which means it is out of date almost immediately because new courses are constantly being added. I suggest the Minister save paper....

Seanad: Enforcement of Court Orders (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Jul 2009)

David Norris: ...role of the Seanad, since we will not have proper time to investigate this issue fully and table appropriate amendments. I shall not go on about this, though, because it means I would be wasting my time. This needed to be addressed for a very long time. The House will know that I have tried various methods to attack the situation whereby people were being put in jail for debt. For...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency: Statements (26 May 2009)

David Norris: ...I asked him when the idea of setting up NAMA first arose. He said the report was submitted to the Minister on 20 March 2009. I mooted the idea of a somewhat similar agency, the national property management agency, on 10 February 2009. One can note the etymological closeness of the two agencies. I returned to the idea on 5 March and 9 April without attracting any great interest. My...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

David Norris: ...person supposed to run NAMA. I would welcome the opportunity to talk on the issue because, on 10 February 2009, as the record will show, I suggested and gave some details of a proposed property management agency similar to NAMA. It took the Government six weeks to catch up, but it seems to be getting it backwards and wrong. We need to be radical and nationalise the banks into one bank of...

Seanad: Gangland Crime: Statements (30 Apr 2009)

David Norris: .... The precise method by which he was shot, through the back of the knee, was used by both sides in the north of Ireland. There is political currency there. I remember warning that if we did not manage the transition from violent events to a more democratic situation, we ran the risk of creating a mob situation, which we now have. There is a direct relationship. The recent cases in...

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

David Norris: ...bad stewardship. We could spend the whole day giving a recital of it. I refer to PPARS, the overpayments to road builders, which was raised consistently by people such as me in the House, and waste in the health service. I previously mentioned a case where I lobbied with a parent to get delivery of a medical service for a particular syndrome. Three managers were appointed at the first...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Mar 2009)

David Norris: I have called over recent weeks for a rolling debate on the economy and do so again today. I will not put it to a vote because that would be a waste of time. However, we have plenty of time today. There is only one item of legislation to be discussed to which no amendments have been tabled. As a result, today's business is going to collapse embarrassingly early. I do not see any reason...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues (25 Nov 2008)

David Norris: .... They built what effectively is a death camp on one of the most polluted tailing stands from lead mines that exist throughout Europe — a toxic slag-heap of 100 million tonnes of lead waste. To date 77 people have died in the camps. More than 50 women have aborted because of the lead poisoning. One mother and her child died in childbirth. Two of her surviving nine children were found...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

David Norris: ...in the House was statements on broadcasting standards. On Wednesday, 5 November, we had statements on medical cards for those aged over 70 years and HIQA, while on Thursday, 6 November, we managed to discuss a little scrap of legislation which lasted until close to lunch time. That was the week's business in the House. This week, the House will have statements on rural development...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2008)

David Norris: ...of Senator Regan's amendment. If situations arise in the District Court where there may be a number of, or a couple of dozen, gardaí hanging around waiting to give evidence, that is not a proper management and use of manpower. It seems wasteful. However, I would put in a caveat, that those persons present in court to present such evidence should be properly briefed. Sometimes it...

Seanad: Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008: Second Stage (23 Apr 2008)

David Norris: ...I would be completely the wrong person. I do not have the administrative talents that are required. I would like to advise those who are considering placing a bet, at odds of eight to one, not to waste their few dollars. I agree with the point raised in the very fine speech by Senator Donohoe regarding the refusal to allow elected Members to serve on the boards of bodies such as the...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)

David Norris: .... When they move on, as they will soon, I will continue this process because I have begun to appreciate how important it is. Senator Quinn raised on the Order of Business the amount of paper waste generated in this House but he was reticent because he mentioned only the fact that the Order of Business comes in a brown envelope. Would that was all. We all receive stacks of reports that...