Results 1-5 of 5 for waste management speaker:Grace O'Sullivan

Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)

Grace O'Sullivan: ...areas; -- that these sites are almost exclusively located within coastal habitats and river estuaries, leaving ocean species unprotected; -- that ecologically coherent networks of high quality MPAs, managed in collaboration with local stakeholders, are the best tool to conserve marine ecosystems; -- that the importance of our seas to the long-term health of the planet requires a...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (Resumed) (7 Mar 2018)

Grace O'Sullivan: ...impact from such projects at the time and asked that all parties in the Seanad would take an active role in ensuring a strong Irish voice is heard on these issues. Concerns remain about safety, waste and crisis impacts of such facilities, a mere 500 km off our coast. I hope the Minister's Department will continue the long-standing cross-party tradition of tackling successive UK...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: ...of fixing our water system. We all know of the leaks that have long plagued our water network but most seem less aware of the pretty remarkable process in leak prevention that a national roll-out of meters has managed to deliver to date. The Bill will establish Irish Water on a secure footing for the future by securing its funding through public taxation. As Members are already no doubt...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: ...gains tax exemption that allows people to buy land, hold it for seven years and not pay any tax on its sale. That was brought in to incentivise the market. The tax that will be applied in 2019 is a toothless waste of time. It applies a tax of 3% when land prices are rising well above that. Land in negative equity and land the size of a basketball court are exempt, as I stated, from the...

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Grace O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister, that was very useful. I still find it shocking that our country lacks an effective responsible waste management policy in this, the 21st century. We need a waste management policy that operates in the best interests of our economy, citizens and environment, and a policy that treats waste as a potential valuable resource that can be turned around creating indigenous...