Results 1-13 of 13 for waste management speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...families are being hammered. The cost of living is now at crisis levels. Families pay very significant fees for childcare. Yet all the Government has done is to freeze those fees, if it has even managed that. Sinn Féin would have slashed those fees by two thirds over two budgets. The Government, incidentally, could have done that too but it has chosen not to. Instead, it has...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: All Departments are required to prepare resource-efficiency action plans. In the area of waste, these plans reflect wider changes implemented by previous Governments in terms of how businesses and households manage their waste. Departments must increase the number of facilities for recycling and composting and discontinue the use of single-use plastics throughout the organisation. ...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...from becoming overwhelmed. It was a huge body blow for everyone. People had made enormous sacrifices during the first lockdown to flatten the curve and to get transmission of the virus down to manageable levels. This dedication and collective effort bought the Government time and space to do the things necessary to give us the very best chance of avoiding yo-yoing in and out of damaging...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Sinn Féin has said we need to see the delivery of affordable and social housing on a scale never seen before. That means 20,000 social and affordable homes in 2021, which is the level of delivery we need. The Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, stated that even when the State was much poorer, we still managed to build public housing and that we would do so again. Unfortunately, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...be banned? It is also proposed that levies and taxes will be placed on what Deputy Ryan has described as "cheap clothing" and that families and individuals will be fined for not separating their waste. I am sure we all understand that there are big challenges in terms of our environment and waste management practices but the answer is not to target and disadvantage the very households...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Biotechnology Industry (3 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...European Commission has already signed off on Ireland's smoky coal ban, why is the Government not proceeding with the matter as planned? I put it to the Taoiseach that re-municipalisation of the waste management system needs to be actively considered. There is widespread illegal dumping across the State. Enforcement is minimal or non-existent and our waste cycle is opaque at best. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (11 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 629. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of waste management services providers by county, in tabular form; if each service provider provides a brown bin service to all customers; and if not, the date by which this service will be in place. [32627/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management (11 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 630. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all households are serviced by more than one waste management service provider. [32628/17]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (8 Jul 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if waste brokers who do not handle the waste themselves require a waste collection permit under waste management legislation or regulations to secure local authority waste disposal contracts. [29931/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (8 Jul 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if waste brokers who handle but do not transport waste require a waste collection permit under waste management legislation or regulations to secure local authority waste disposal contracts. [29932/14]

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...out? I am disturbed by the term "business case", which has featured in the discussions today. I appreciate absolutely that, in the spending of any taxpayers' money, there has to be a plan and accountability, and there cannot be waste. However, I am greatly troubled that we have to make a business case for the health of our children. It bothers me, and it would really anger me, if I were...

Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: ..., Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, meet with the residents concerned? What proactive strategy has the Government to address the issues at hand? Much as with the previous question on waste management in Dublin city, it is not acceptable for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, to take two steps back and wash his hands of these...

Waste Management (20 Oct 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to restructure the waste management market; and his plans to place control on the market with local authorities. [30318/11]