Results 1-4 of 4 for waste management speaker:Ned O'Sullivan

Seanad: Defence Matters: Statements (27 Feb 2019)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...in to plug gaps on another ship. The Chief of Staff said he would make a direct plea to the Public Service Pay Commission. It is clear that he is losing trust in the Department and the Minister of State in the management of this crisis. At the PDFORRA conference in October it was highlighted how large numbers of soldiers, sailors and Air Corps staff were buying themselves out of the...

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

Ned O'Sullivan: ...be gone by 2012. We are affording a facility to the Minister and there are checks and balances, which must be in place. I understand the spirit of Senator Barrett's motion and there is evidence of waste from some of the Celtic tiger years, so perhaps checks and balances were not applied properly. I referred to that in my Second Stage speech yesterday. We do not want white elephants but...

Seanad: Restructuring of Vocational Education Committees: Statements (19 Oct 2010)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...its foundation in the 1930s. I never taught in a VEC school. I taught for 20 years, ten of them at secondary level. I taught in a comprehensive school where there was partial VEC involvement in management. I have been a member of the Kerry Education Service for ten years and was vice-chairman of it during the last term. Like Senator Ormonde, if I was a racehorse I would have some...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...pertaining to VAT repayments for purchases of fixed assets by farmers. I congratulate the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on the manner in which he dealt with the newly restructured waste management payments but the problem has been aggravated by the fact that farmers are now waiting six to eight weeks for VAT repayments. Some of the sums involved are very significant. Some...