Results 1-9 of 9 for waste management speaker:Joe O'Reilly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)
Joe O'Reilly: .... All I can say is that people I represent in that area would benefit enormously from digesters that could be economically viable with a good output. I also raise the matter of linkage between waste management in individual households, communities and counties, and microgeneration. There should be a large, natural link because it is a means of overcoming two problems at once. I would...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)
Joe O'Reilly: ...deftness and success. These are issues that, for the sake of the people, we have a responsibility to address. Issues include providing clean water on demand for all citizens and having a proper waste management system. Even if it is unpopular to implement proposals in this regard and it does not appear politically smart at the outset, we must do what is right. Ultimately, that is what...
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)
Joe O'Reilly: ...for money for the taxpayers. No alternative to the legislative proposals - on which I compliment the Minister, Deputy Hogan - could be contemplated or posited. However, the idea that a county manager might manage two or three counties is unsustainable. Even though it might seem reasonable from a theoretical, desktop situation, rivalry would exist and there would be a perception of...
- Seanad: National Economy: Statements (30 Sep 2010)
Joe O'Reilly: .... My proposal is a positive one and I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey, to convey it to the Government. There must be an audit in every Department and State agency to identify areas of waste without prejudicing front-line services. If we consider our home areas, we can all identify areas of waste. For example, there has been much waste in the procurement area whereby we sold...
- Seanad: Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)
Joe O'Reilly: ...particularly popular in my area but I am aware of anecdotal evidence to the effect that people are held on telephone lines for long periods, that they make repeated telephone calls and that they waste considerable sums of money. The difficulty with all of these lines is that individuals are charged rates of which they are unaware and that the calls go on for far too long. As stated...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)
Joe O'Reilly: ...legislation considered for a long time. This is an inherent weakness in our parliamentary system. Our amendment on tax credits for farmers hit by the changes affecting payments under the farm waste management scheme is very important. Farmers have two problems with the delay in payment under the scheme, the first of which is that it will affect their entire credit and cash flow status....
- Seanad: Schools Refurbishment (2 Jul 2008)
Joe O'Reilly: ...new classroom and resource room under the devolved scheme in 2007, for which it was grant-aided, and additional funding in July 2007. In March 2008 the architects sent a letter to the board of management of the school which outlined further unseen emergency works needed to bring the building up to building regulation and health and safety standards, particularly, in relation to septic...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2008)
Joe O'Reilly: ...progress. They are of critical importance for this country's agriculture industry and related employment sectors. In excess of â¬1 billion has been spent in this country, and rightly so, on farm waste management grant schemes. It is good to see it but that expenditure will be the greatest waste of public money in the history of the State â a white elephant â if the Mandelson...
- Seanad: Water Quality: Statements (6 Dec 2007)
Joe O'Reilly: ...5.8 million for water schemes which were at risk of pollution by e-coli and cryptosporidium. Farmers are making an input under the nitrates directive to which it is difficult to adhere but farm waste management grants help them to meet that responsibility. People can never underestimate the loyalty of farmers to their communities and their commitment to the environment. There has been a...