Results 1-5 of 5 for waste management speaker:Mary White

Seanad: Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (16 Apr 2015)

Mary White: ...are amalgamated because it is not easy. There was a big rush a few years ago to separate IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Forfás and now they are coming back together, which means time and money is wasted. If the merger is not managed properly it will be bad. There are high standards in the Railway Procurement Agency but, as the Minister said, there will be IR and HR issues. When two...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Mary White: ...by the fact that this legislation was removed bizarrely from Deputies' post boxes only two days before this debate due to last minute changes. The expenditure of €540 million on water meters will be wasted for another five years, while another €25 million in further interest payments and maintenance fees on the loan is due by September 2015. This is money down the drain....

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (17 May 2006)

Mary White: I compliment the Minister of State on his first class contribution which I will file away and use as a source of information on the great progress made in waste management. I refer to two words in the Minister of State's contribution, that is, "consensus" and "planning", which are critical. I draw attention to the proposed incinerator on the Poolbeg Peninsula in Dublin. I have spoken to the...

Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2006: Statements (Resumed). (24 Nov 2005)

Mary White: The Senator spoke about the waste of money. I do not know how he could say that. He also said the Government should be micro-managing organisations and that his region has had no foreign direct investment since 1991. As I have said before to the Senator and his colleagues from Waterford, why do they not put pressure on the IDA to get international investment to their counties?

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (11 Mar 2004)

Mary White: ...and superintendent positions. That would be gross intervention. If the Garda Síochána is compared to a company, then its chief executive, the Garda Commissioner, should be able to appoint the management and middle management. That is an extreme intervention by Government to appoint the chief superintendents and superintendents. The Minister is obliged to look at that. If this becomes...