Results 1-20 of 26 for waste management speaker:Róisín Shortall

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...inevitable fines we are facing. We could have made bold moves to tackle the increasing level of child poverty, to uphold the right of all children to live a decent life, and to end the shocking waste of human potential. We could have taken steps to drive down the cost of housing with a major programme of affordable house building on State land and by unlocking the high rate of housing...

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Róisín Shortall: ...people are living in? Workers and families need to know how they will pay their soaring bills, not just this week or next week but next month and in the months that follow. They cannot possibly manage without greater support from this Government and yet the Government continues to let them down. The very reason the Government has had to introduce a new package of measures is because...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (24 Feb 2022)

Róisín Shortall: .... We could be going into detail about the Estimates and asking questions of the Minister about that but if senior officials in his Department do not have confidence in the HSE’s financial management, are we really wasting our time? What is the Minister's view in regard to those comments that were recorded and reported in The Sunday Business Post? What kind of issue does he believe...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2021)

Róisín Shortall: ...deep-rooted need for fairness is violated, we experience wounded pride (being “taken for a mug") &/or anger (personal/moral outrage). These emotions lead to protest, rule resistance & even rebellion. We feel our efforts are wasted. People will not continue to comply when they feel the situation is hopeless & their efforts wasted. When a goal is felt to be...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2018)

Róisín Shortall: ...with which this Bill persists, despite the clarity of EU law. The Government must realise that to force this Bill forward without addressing this contradiction is to invite inevitable litigation, wasted costs and likely claims of compensation and fines from the European Commission. More important, to press on with this quixotic Bill is to strike at the root of that vital relationship of...

Health Service Reform: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2018)

Róisín Shortall: ...plan and devoted an entire chapter to that. There was a very tight timescale set out but, unfortunately, there has been enormous slippage since the publication of that report. At least six months has been wasted by the Government dithering in this regard and not committing fully to the cross-party report. The intention was that there would be a Cabinet response immediately....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (10 Oct 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent call by a person (details supplied) for local authorities to take back control of waste management by replacing the system of multiple operators competing against each other with a publicly run tendering system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42929/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management (13 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 1023. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the statement by the chief executive officer of Dublin City Council that he wished to take back control of waste management to introduce a publicly run tendering system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34671/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (6 Jul 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the proposed new charging structures for waste management companies; the restrictions and limits he has placed on these companies' charging regimes; the steps he is taking to protect customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32016/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (25 May 2017)

Róisín Shortall: 246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the records to be held by persons or companies engaged in waste activities as required under section 18(3)(b) of the Waste Management Act 1996. [25204/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management (25 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: ..., Energy and Natural Resources the arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure householders do not have to pay by weight for adult incontinence pads; the arrangement in place to ensure that waste management companies comply with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32013/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management (25 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 543. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the full details of the terms of the agreement reached with the Irish Waste Management Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32015/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (16 Jun 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the case of a waste management company (details supplied) which is changing its charging regime to allow for far higher service charges for many customers, especially older persons, resulting in much higher bills for those concerned before any use of the same bins; and if he will review Statutory...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2014)

Róisín Shortall: ...people and their advisers calling all the shots in regard to the shape of our budgets. Given the impact of the budgets of recent years, it is clear the people calling the shots on the economic management council are far removed from ordinary people's lives. If they knew anything about the real world, they would not propose or support the kind of measures we have seen in recent budgets....

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2014)

Róisín Shortall: ...It was regrettable that she did not allocate more resources to tackling it. I understand two of the officials who had been dealing with it moved on to something else and a long period of time was wasted in terms of dealing with this pressing issue. As a result of that, local authorities were very much left in the lurch and they were unable to execute evictions against people who were...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (5 Dec 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the fixed price plan to which former waiver customers of a waste management company (details supplied) have recently been moved is in keeping Ireland’s obligations under European law and the polluter pays principle; if his Department will amend the Waste Management Act 1996 to allow for greater regulation of...

Hospital Facilities (20 Jun 2012)

Róisín Shortall: ...last year, whereupon I visited the site and raised the matter with the HSE on several occasions. As a result of those inquiries, the HSE established an assessment team in 2011 comprising the area manager for north Dublin city and the national clinical leads for primary care and emergency medicine to explore evidence-based options for the use of the X-ray machine that was installed as part...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Nov 2010)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. FÁS, as an organisation, was let down by senior staff, such as Mr. Roddy Molloy and others, some of whom have left and some of whom remain in senior management positions. They discredited the organisation and were more interested in feathering their own nests, living a high lifestyle at the expense not only of the taxpayer but of unemployed persons who...

Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed). (14 Oct 2010)

Róisín Shortall: ...anything. There are other issues concerning the Minister's role that need to be clarified. The rejection of the good-bank-bad-bank proposal by the European Commission means the Government has wasted another year before establishing the cost of the bailout. Taxpayers, meanwhile, will pay the price for the Minister's dithering through higher interest charges and cuts to public services to...

Social Welfare Bill 2009: Committee Stage (28 Apr 2009)

Róisín Shortall: ...and the blatant inequality it generates when it comes to the White Paper and to at least be able to tell us the extent to which these people are being subsidised. This kind of ad hoc approach is a waste of time. What we need is a proper pension system, the basis of which is a State pension for everybody. There is an amendment on the PRSI ceiling, which I will not support. However, there...