Results 1-9 of 9 for waste management speaker:Caít Keane

Seanad: Irish Water: Motion (13 Jan 2016)

Caít Keane: I move amendment No. 2:“To delete all words after ‘That Seanad Éireann:’ and substitute the following: supports: ·the ongoing work by Irish Water in upgrading Ireland’s public water and wastewater systems and delivering new, national approaches to the delivery of water infrastructure and services; ·the Government’s funding model for water...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Jul 2015)

Caít Keane: ...not touch on all that I want to say. As the Minister of State has said, the legislation is wide and diverse. I welcome her to the House to take this Bill. This legislation covers parks, water, waste, finance, air pollution, dogs, landlords and housing, and I will not comment on them all. The outstanding issues had to be dealt with and they were flagged by the Minister for the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2015)

Caít Keane: ...to do. Perhaps that is so. I ask for a debate on the matter as to understand is to know and to know is to defend. A debate would allow us to decide for ourselves whether such funding was a waste of money, and whether the Rape Crisis Network Ireland had not performed up to scratch thus leading to the withdrawal of funding. There is another side to the story. In terms of the method of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)

Caít Keane: ...service. The CER has taken that into consideration. A rebate will be available for impaired service. If boil restrictions are in place, a rebate will also be available. How will the rebate be managed or who will say a person did not have X amount of water for six months? Will it be the local authority, Uisce Éireann or the regulator? How will a decision be made on rebates? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion (13 May 2014)

Caít Keane: ...is hopefully going to be the jewel in the city's crown in the coming years. It was the subject of a great deal of bad news as well as good in the past and, of course, a great deal of money was wasted there. We do not want to see anything like that happen again. Hopefully, it is now under the control of the city council. I know where Deputy Humphreys is coming from when he asked who...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Mar 2013)

Caít Keane: ...system will counteract all of that. The other good news is that the practice of giving 30 or 40 patients appointments for the same time - 11 o'clock, for example - is to be ended. That is a waste of people's money and is bad management, and it is changing as well. I agree with Senator Norris-----

Seanad: Irish Water and Related Reforms: Statements (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Caít Keane: ..., as Senator Barrett pointed out. This has to be written into the new arrangement for Uisce Éireann. Water provision has suffered fragmented leadership, poor co-ordination and a duplication of management. There was only a 52% collection rate for non-domestic charges. The PricewaterhouseCoopers report noted operational expenditure was unusually high by UK benchmark standards,...

Seanad: Water Services: Statements (25 Jan 2012)

Caít Keane: ...workforce in place knows the assets, is close to the customers and is accountable for quality. The Minister of State should write accountability to customers into the contract. In the transfer of waste management, we have seen that accountability to customers is not good. I would not like to see the same happening with water. There are weaknesses in the current system and...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011 [Dáil]: Second Stage (26 Jul 2011)

Caít Keane: This is an important, wide-ranging environmental Bill. The waste management issue is a massive one facing the country. I welcome the many positive changes proposed in the Bill. They include the changes in waste management regulations; the provision of flexibility and a mechanism for a gradated approach to the plastic bag levy; a mechanism for changes in the landfill levy, amendments to...