Results 1-3 of 3 for waste management speaker:Frances Black

Seanad: Local Government Matters: Statements (28 Jun 2023)

Frances Black: The trend of limiting councils' powers and imposing unelected bureaucratic management began during the emergency period of the Civil War and led to decades of neglect or hostility towards local government from successive governments. We have to face that. We have seen the centralisation of power at the national level, the abolition of parish and town councils and reductions in the number of...

Seanad: Remuneration Information and Pay Transparency Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: ...are becoming increasingly time-consuming. People are often made to enter information, which is readily available via their CVs, into portals designed by the employer. This results in much wasted time and duplicated effort. Multi-round interviews that require personality testing and work trials are also becoming more common. The ease of applying for jobs means that employers have to...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Frances Black: ...and the penalties levied are administrative, not criminal. The Data Protection Commission carried out an inquiry into Kerry County Council in March of last year.It found the Litter Pollution Act 1997, the Waste Management Act 1996 and the Local Government Act 2001 do not provide a lawful basis Kerry County Council's use of CCTV to detect litter offences. The DPC comprehensively...