Results 1-12 of 12 for waste management speaker:Peadar Tóibín

RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It is absolutely true to say that the RTÉ omnishambles has been dragging on for months and is getting worse by the month under the Minister's management. It is a depressing soap opera that is dragging down the confidence of the people within RTÉ. It is also having a financial impact. We see that the amounts collected in licence fees are collapsing, which is obviously also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Budget 2024 Expenditure Ceiling and Resource Allocation for the Department of Health and HSE: Discussion (14 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...to live their lives, they are in more pain. They need more invasive treatment which is more costly in the long run. It is fair to say that while there is wonderful work happening for those who manage to get into the HSE and get treatment, the HSE's delivery of health services, because of capacity constraints at least, is a disaster. Those capacity constraints exist either because there...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: A national hospital that is six years late and €1.4 billion over budget; an opaque HSE coming down with management that can swallow up billions of euro but cannot make a decision; €300 million spent on Dublin metro projects without any construction; dozens of flood defences stuck in a banjaxed planning and court system; not one approval for a wind farm in 12 months and just...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Investigations (9 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This question is about investigations in the Department. I am concerned with one investigation in particular. The farm nutrient management scheme in the North of Ireland provided funding for the improvement of animal waste storage. The scheme cost more than £200 million and nearly 4,000 farmers participated in the scheme. It is alleged that the tanks constructed under the scheme are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waste Management (16 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had a communication from the Minister for Agriculture in Northern Ireland in relation to the farm nutrient management scheme which was designed to provide financial assistance for the improvement of animal waste storage on farms in Northern Ireland (details supplied). [55701/21]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: ...to their special needs daughter if they died before her. They said no parent ever wants to bury their child but the reality is that they dread what would happen, not if but when, they cannot simply manage. That is an experience for many families across the country. Another person emailed my office in recent days to inform me that the early intervention services for their three-year...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal (25 Jun 2019)

Peadar Tóibín: 579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Meath County Council has not complied with the waste management landfill regulations or taken sanction against those responsible for an unauthorised landfill (details supplied). [26085/19]

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: ...coast. There is no capital investment logic for that. It means that important services on the west coast have to be closed, and then opened up on the east coast. One of members of the senior management team of An Post informed the committee of which I am Chairman that 500 post offices in this State are unsustainable. In large part, that is a reflection of what is happening with the...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: ...before the end of this term? We have been waiting for it for three years. A large number of industrial relations problems are arising under current conditions. Will the Taoiseach commit to a review of domestic waste collection and waste management services? They are imploding at present because of a race to the bottom with regard to wages.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: ...a real, sustainable, competitive advantage, the cost of doing business must not be prohibitive. I refer to utility costs which are higher in Ireland than the average in the rest of Europe, such as waste management and water costs. There is a need to provide an educated society so we can attract jobs but funding is being pulled out of the education system. Broadband infrastructure is...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: ...only intervened 30 times. This is an anaemic and inadequate response to a major crisis. Ireland's competitiveness has gone down the tubes in the last years. Serious energy, telecommunications, waste management and transport cost reductions are needed, with proper hedging for the energy supply. The State must make a concerted effort to move away from fossil fuels, which are experiencing...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (5 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to reduce the cost to business of energy, telecommunications, waste management and transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10003/11]