Results 1-9 of 9 for waste management speaker:Brian Ó Domhnaill

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...24. However, as previous speakers said, it covers much more than some Members would like people to believe. The Minister alluded to this. For example, it deals with permits for the collection of waste, a central pillar of our waste management strategy, the tax clearance certification of those who collect our waste, fines, local authority powers and the national hazardous waste...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...the motion. During his contribution, Senator MacSharry outlined the debacle which has transpired from the fallout of Irish Water. He identified the money which has been spent and effectively wasted, and which will be wasted over the next four years. If the Government were to step back from where it is at the moment with a clean sheet, I do not think it would do what it has done. The...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Fisheries Local Action Groups: Discussion with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (10 Dec 2013)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank Mr. Keatinge for his presentation. He has touched on the inshore fleet which, by and large, has been neglected during the years. There is a need to implement inshore fisheries management plans in local areas. For example, there is an inshore fishery in south Donegal where large pelagic vessels come and scoop up fish, whether horse mackerel or scad. They rip up lobster pots and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...Malin Head and Valentia Island excluded from the final report when the Department's recommendations were taken into consideration? It appears that there is some form of collusion between Irish Coast Guard senior management and Fisher Associates. If there is no such collusion, why the hell are Fisher Associates still on the table? We are here today to talk about the report and now we...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil] : Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jul 2011)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...a few years' time if we do not divert material from landfill. That is the stark reality. However, it is the responsibility of the Minister and his Department to find alternative ways of treating waste. I accept that work is being done on this but, as Senator Wilson stated, families who pay for their bins to be collected are being penalised. In some counties waste is not going to...

Seanad: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (14 Jul 2009)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...use the money they get from the REPS payment to subvent other loans and their incomes. For example, it services the loans they have taken out to deal with the 40:40:20 investments under the farm waste management scheme. I appreciate that there is EU pressure on the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to consider a new mechanism. The Irish model has been very successful and may...

Seanad: Agriculture Sector: Statements (18 Nov 2008)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...the past few weeks on the budgetary decisions taken by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, but as I said in this House last week, the decision taken by the Government under the farm waste management scheme was a brave step in the right direction in investing in farm buildings, the future of farming and protecting livestock on our farms. I commend the Government on that. A...

Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...look at the money available to its Minister. The Minister, Deputy Smith, has not wavered in his commitment to allow farm families deliver on the capital investment programme by means of the farm waste management scheme. Every farmer will welcome that initiative because, ultimately, farming is about the land and about protecting animals. To do both those things a farmer must have the...

Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2008)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...not only by Members of the Oireachtas but also by the public, including my own constituents. I commend the Minister for his positive thinking on new initiatives, ideas and methods of minimising waste as well as fulfilling our environmental protection commitments. Waste management has emerged as one of the most challenging environmental issues facing the country in recent years. Modern...