Results 1-13 of 13 for waste management speaker:Feargal Quinn

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: ...and passed and it will give all citizens an opportunity to know where their food comes from and what is in it. We also had a very good debate last year on food wastage. There is a huge amount of wasted food in the hands of retailers and suppliers and very much in the hands of individual citizens who buy more food than they need. There are very simple solutions to this. One is to do away...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2013)

Feargal Quinn: ...if it has bad news is that it goes to its employees to convince them to take a pay cut or whatever. It also goes to its customers and apologises for putting the prices up. If the business can manage to find a way to do that and to get them on board, then it is able to continue. The same applies here. We must get the citizens of this country to understand exactly what we are doing, what...

Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Dec 2011)

Feargal Quinn: ...They might have had their house for generations and own their home but they rely on State pensions. They might not be able to afford to pay this charge. The €100 in the first year is probably manageable but if it increases, they might not be able to pay it. I am not sure the Government has thought that aspect through fully. The Minister has indicated that the money raised will go into...

Seanad: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Dec 2011)

Feargal Quinn: ...It is not just marketing. There was a concentration on the point, as Senator Mooney also responded on the marketing end of it. He was correct in saying that of every euro one spends, 50 cent is wasted, but in marketing we do not know what the 50 cent is wasted on. Nobody ever does, but it is possible to have a cost-benefit analysis. The Minister of State has indicated he will do that....

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Second Stage (26 Jul 2011)

Feargal Quinn: ...dress, as paying extra for the bag would not necessarily be the right action. On the Poolbeg incinerator, I do not concur with the argument that we do not have a need for an incinerator, given that waste from Dublin is still sent to landfills around the country. We cannot have a scenario similar to the Dublin Port tunnel, which was too small when constructed and not future-proofed. It is...

Seanad: Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (10 Dec 2008)

Feargal Quinn: .... What did the company do? It took Tylenol off shelves right around the world. It was done at significant cost to the company, but it is one of the more interesting marketing studies of crisis management. The company took the produce off the shelves until it managed to replace it with product in caps which were tamper proof, and it took some months to do so. When the company...

Seanad: Shoppers Task Force: Motion (3 Dec 2008)

Feargal Quinn: ...week Dublin City Council increased its rates at the time it should not do so. Public sector spending must be tackled. In 1985 we got scared when we almost lost control of our currency. Then we managed to make those uncomfortable cuts which we were not willing to accept before. We must recognise that Government spending must come down. We have high waste disposal charges and expensive...

Seanad: Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (EirGrid) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Jun 2008)

Feargal Quinn: ...heard the Englishman, Professor Robert Pickard, speaking in favour of the nuclear power although the figures he provided were horrific. As far as can be ascertained, even if one buries nuclear waste in deep caverns, it will last for 300,000 years. Clearly, a major problem exists, not about nuclear power as such, but how one manages to get rid of the waste afterwards. Like Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Feargal Quinn: ...said that medical errors are a big part of the health care system that could be transformed by removing paper and switching to technology. We are aware of the volume of paper we receive and the waste resulting from that, but we also know that technology exists that would enable us to do without this volume of paper. I do not know to what extent we can step forward on this issue, but it...

Seanad: National Development Finance Agency Annual Report 2005: Statements (3 Oct 2006)

Feargal Quinn: ...to be seen whether they can be worth the extra that they certainly cost. I see the off-loading of this responsibility to the NDFA as a continuation of the trend that created the National Treasury Management Agency more than ten years ago and the steady expansion of its remit ever since. The NTMA is a monument to a principle that I should like to see extended to all public spending in this...

Seanad: National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2006)

Feargal Quinn: ...that, but if we are honest, we will admit that the difficulties arose not because of the nature of the corporate vehicle but because of the overly hasty and ad hoc manner in which the project was managed. We should be concentrating on ensuring such mistakes are not made again. I see nothing in this Bill that will achieve that. A statutory body can be inadequately managed as easily as a...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 Jan 2004)

Feargal Quinn: ...a long time afterwards. I can see a great deal of logic in mergers particularly, given my business experience, in the case of purchasing. For example, if a small company tags on to a larger one and manages to maintain its own culture and independence, it will gain the benefits of joint purchasing. Some mergers have worked well but often those mergers are recommended not necessarily by...

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (5 Nov 2003)

Feargal Quinn: ...taking the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen's place. I am sorry to hear he is indisposed. The Minister of State has given us a clear view of the policy on waste management and issues that I was not aware of, such as the waste hierarchy. I was on the board of Repak, but I cannot say much now because Senator Kitt has covered all the areas that I...