Results 1-16 of 16 for waste management speaker:Barry Cowen

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (25 Apr 2023)

Barry Cowen: ...of course, is to deal with those impacted and their families. I am aware of the discussions that have taken place and that are ongoing on opportunities for redeployment, a rewetting programme, the waste management unit, renewable energy projects and the retraining that may take place under just transition in conjunction with Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board and the university...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bord na Móna (23 Feb 2023)

Barry Cowen: ...communities' well-being. Bord na Móna delivered well on that remit. It built communities with their power plants on various bogs, engineering works, shops, briquette factories, horticultural products, waste management industries and the leasing of bogs and plots to many members of various communities, and ensured those regions' success. That newfound atmosphere of pride and wealth...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

Barry Cowen: 214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the €46,525,000 capital allocation under F environment and waste management in Vote 29 of the budget 2019 expenditure report within his Department by specific project; the projects that will be commence in 2019; the projects that will be completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2018)

Barry Cowen: ...into renewables and resource recovery and reduce the number of managerial, administrative and peat operations workers. We wish the company well in its efforts to diversify into wind, solar power and waste management, as well as in respect of the prospects for herbal medicine, aquaculture and cluster energy parks. These are all very commendable and worthwhile and we hope they will reap...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (25 Oct 2018)

Barry Cowen: 315. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the €31,525,000 capital allocation for environment and waste management (details supplied) in his Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44501/18]

Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Nov 2017)

Barry Cowen: ...Ownership (No 2) Bill 2016, which proposes that the following subsection be inserted after subsection 2 of Article 28.4 of the Constitution:"3° The Government shall be collectively responsible for the protection, management and maintenance of the public water system. The Government shall ensure in the public interest that this resource remains in public ownership and management." We...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (12 Apr 2017)

Barry Cowen: ..., he has failed to admit that it was his own Government that ended the EU derogation in 2013, that being the established practice model, and not as he has previously stated and continues to state, the 2010 river basin management plan in 2010. That was confirmed in the independent legal advice given to the committee and it was worth noting and was noted by me and others. Neither has he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management (8 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the report of the inter-departmental group that was established under A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland on the possible introduction of a household waste collection waiver scheme; if he does not publish these reports, his views on whether the Houses of the Oireachtas can...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (28 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: 179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of households he estimates do not avail of an authorised waste collection service; if he ensures that local authorities investigate whether these households manage their waste in an environmentally acceptable manner in accordance with legislation and waste management plans; and if he can provide statistics...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Barry Cowen: ...freeze and within that there may be opportunities to educate and inform, allowing an opportunity to reward those who engage in recycling. In that time there must be a root and branch review of waste management by the State and its policy in that regard so the sector can be effective in future. If that amounts to the provision of a regulator for the industry, so be it. It is incumbent on...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Barry Cowen: ...;140 million through new charges. This approach will put at risk the spending on capital infrastructure that the system requires. We must be mindful of the fact that some will say €540 million has been wasted on water meters as they will not be used for the next four years. Meeting this commitment on metering infrastructure costs up to €25 million per annum in interest...

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Barry Cowen: ...does not believe this crisis to be of a magnitude that the remainder of us believe it to be. On Leaders' Questions this morning Deputy Clare Daly raised the issue of the employees of the Greyhound waste management company. One can empathise with the plight of those workers on whom the bombshell was dropped last week regarding a 20% to 25% reduction in wages in order for the company to...

Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (18 Jul 2013)

Barry Cowen: ...is, the amassing of power by a small clique of men -I underline that for all the talk of gender equality they are solely men - calling the shots in an unbalanced Cabinet. The four man Economic Management Council runs the show while the backbenchers ossify into idle irrelevance as lobby fodder. The convention has not been put in a position to pose questions on the critical relationship...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Barry Cowen: ...the an improvement on the expected harvest had materialised. Why, in that context, was there such a large expectation that staff would take a further hit? The losses being incurred by non-core sectors of Bord na Móna in areas like waste management and wind energy, as opposed to its core peat production operations which remain profitable, appear to be dragging the company down....

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Barry Cowen: ...for example, up to 115 representatives in one county. I am also aware that local authorities have lost many of their functions over the years. They are no longer responsible for primary roads or waste collection and the Government now proposes to remove their responsibility for water services. Lack of funding has led to the deterioration or curtailment of other services, such as library...

Order of Business (14 Sep 2011)

Barry Cowen: It is proposed to take the water services Bill in this session which will establish a system for inspecting and monitoring the performance of septic tanks and other on-site waste water treatment systems. Some local authorities are already carrying out such inspections as they have authority to do so under by-laws under their waste management plans or as an enforcement matter under planning...