Results 1-14 of 14 for waste management speaker:Mick Wallace

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...we had done this before. What the Government forgets is that FIDIC, an international document, was used for those contracts but not for this one. We used a very poor Irish contract, the capital works management framework, in this case and only God knows why. The Taoiseach said it was not an issue of taxpayers' money being wasted. It is - hundreds of millions of euro. If the wrong form...

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...it hard to listen to the Minister of State talking about insolvency legislation and what it protects and does not. It is absolutely useless because the Government allowed a bank veto. It was a waste of time. Deputy McGuinness pointed out that there were 125 meetings with vulture funds between 2013 and 2016 but that they would not meet the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Issues: An Garda Síochána (7 Dec 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...information about things that have been happening, right up until recently. To be honest, we found it hard to believe that the things he told us about could still be happening, including how senior management dealt with this when he raised concerns about certain issues. It was very disheartening for us because while people might think that Deputies Daly and Wallace just want to give out...

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...sanctioned, given that it is not the fishermen who are the problem on the River Slaney? Since the late 1980s, bodies such as Teagasc have been telling the Government that nitrogen and phosphorus wastes from farming sources were leading to the slow but steady decline in the quality of rivers and lakes. Leakages of farmyard wastes, spreading slurry at the wrong rates or times and the...

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Apr 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...the multitude of limitation periods can lead to difficulties in categorisation, bringing about complex satellite litigation in order to ascertain whether a claim is statute-barred or not. This is a waste of time and resources in our already backlogged court system. Common law actions, which include claims relating to contracts, including debt-related claims, and torts, including personal...

Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Mar 2017)

Mick Wallace: ..., bad communication and nonsensical waiting times for decisions coming from Caranua all mean that the emerging needs of many former residents are not being met. The role of Caranua is to manage a scheme of support for eligible survivors that addresses their current needs and improves their well-being. Instead, we have numerous reports of survivors being misled or not informed by...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Oct 2016)

Mick Wallace: ...the State can interfere with the reproductive rights of women. Requiring people to go to their general practitioner to obtain a prescription for products that usually do not require prescriptions seems like a waste of time and resources. Will the State have to foot the bill for these additional GP consultations? Will GPs be required to spend their time in consultations for products that...

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Statements (21 Jan 2016)

Mick Wallace: ...in the sea just off Wales, we have plenty of reasons to be concerned about citizens' data protection. Another aspect is financial regulation. In 2004, for example, US financial institutions managed to secure an agreement that would allow them to operate in the EU while being monitored by US supervisory authorities. One of the end results was that, when the financial crisis reached...

Report on the Outline Heads of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Motion (23 Jan 2015)

Mick Wallace: ...to all; affordable, energy efficient housing along those transit lines; cities planned for high-density living; bike lanes in which riders aren't asked to risk their lives to get to work; land management that discourages sprawl and encourages local, low-energy forms of agriculture; urban design that clusters essential services like schools and health care along transit routes and in...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...past four years to address the issue of harvesting. We have spoken about retrofitting toilets to introduce a double flush, but it has not happened. It is a huge area as a massive amount of water is wasted by a full flush when a single would do. This retrofitting is very labour extensive and it would have created many jobs. We have spoken a lot about fixing the pipes. To the best of...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Mick Wallace: ...of the proposed action programme, the report found that many of the recommendations made in 2001 are still valid. It states:Local authorities in Ireland still cannot be said to “regulate and manage a substantial share of public affairs”; the principle of subsidiarity is still not a primary concern in the allocation of public responsibilities. Local authorities’...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Mick Wallace: ...and other services are in the way. It is a nightmare of a job. The notion of putting water meters on the houses before the pipes are fixed is poor economy. Other speakers have complained about the waste of water and they are correct. Apart from the leakage level of 40%, I wonder if retrofitting has gone out of fashion. I ask how many toilet systems have a dual flush mechanism. I...

Road Network (29 Sep 2011)

Mick Wallace: When I challenged the county manager on this issue, he was very quick to state it was being driven by the NRA, that it had nothing to do with him and that he merely takes instruction. I do not know how familiar the Minister is with the project, but very few people of sane mind in the county believe it should go ahead. It is difficult to understand from where the thinking is coming given...

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)

Mick Wallace: ...between rates and the markets. I also have huge energy costs. In the case of one of my restaurants, I am paying €18,000 a year in energy costs, plus insurance and maintenance costs. My waste disposal costs have decreased recently because they were astronomical. I hope the Government will not allow a monopoly to develop in the waste management sector in the city because this was the...