Results 281-300 of 1,494 for speaker:Deirdre Clune

Seanad: Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Jun 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I thank the Minister of State for her contribution. While the Bill is limited in many ways, it forms part of the reorganisation of local government to which we all look forward. Members of this House who were elected by local authority members would have a keen interest in this area. The previously established bodies, to which the Bill refers, including the Limerick regeneration agencies,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jun 2012)

Deirdre Clune: This morning, Pfizer announced that it was to shed 177 jobs in two plants in Cork. Pfizer employs 4,000 people in this country. This decision will affect the lives of those who will lose their jobs and the lives of their families and it will cause devastation and shock. I extend my sympathies and that of all Senators to those people. That announcement shines a light on the pharmaceutical...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (17 May 2012)

Deirdre Clune: The provisions of this Bill will be welcomed by companies operating in Ireland. The Minister has outlined how they made known to him their opinion on the need for this Bill. It is highly pragmatic legislation to ensure that companies, most of which probably are American companies operating here, can continue to use both accounting standards and that both would be accepted. The proposed...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (17 May 2012)

Deirdre Clune: On 23 May 2012.

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage (17 May 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 May 2012)

Deirdre Clune: Senator D'Arcy has ten minutes.

Seanad: Mortgage Arrears: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 May 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I shall inform the Senator when you have one minute left.

Seanad: Review of White Paper on Irish Aid: Statements, Questions and Answers (9 May 2012)

Deirdre Clune: Thank you. I call on Senator Mary White. You have eight minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I paid tribute to the Vita Cortex workers, as I am sure will all Members, as their dignified but determined campaign appears to have come to an end. When light was shone on this issue, it revealed that despite all the employment legislation that is in place, one cannot legislate for respect. I refer to the respect an employer should have for his or her employees, particularly those who have...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2012)

Deirdre Clune: Now.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I welcome the Government's clarity yesterday on Irish Water and how it is to be set up. There is no confusion. Those who were misinformed in this area are actually creating the confusion. Tomorrow, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, will be in the House so we can ask him about the proposed sale of part of Bord Gáis Éireann. I refer to the generation element,...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Deirdre Clune: It will cost €1.2 billion to provide clean drinking water to every town in the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Deirdre Clune: Through efficiencies introduced by the national water authority, this cost will reduce, which we should all welcome. Senator Darragh O'Brien has experience of his local authority's difficulties with water. Any member of a local authority knows that the water services investment programme arises as an issue year in, year out, yet no funding has been provided for it. This is a way of...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Deirdre Clune: It will ensure that we have good quality water. If we are to attract industry and foreign direct investment, FDI, it is important that major infrastructure such as water supply be intact and that we can stand over a quality service.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill. As has been said, it is merely an implementation of the financial resolution that was passed by the Dáil last December and today we are providing the legislative facility for it. Senators have mentioned that the Government is taking money from everywhere. There is at least an €18 billion gap that needs to be bridged and the money...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Deirdre Clune: -----and when one drives the highways and by-ways one can see what must be done with these roads for the communities they serve.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Deirdre Clune: That is where motor tax and the local government fund are spent. There is constant demand and every year members of local authorities and public representatives have a list of roads that require resurfacing. On the issue of emissions, in November last year the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, produced its report on our CO2 emissions and outlined where we stand with regard to our Kyoto...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (27 Mar 2012)

Deirdre Clune: No. It is the Schedule to the Bill. We have gone through section 3. The debate is finished in that all sections and the Schedule have been agreed.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Mar 2012)

Deirdre Clune: One of the Ministers who is not in the country today is the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, who is in Silicon Valley where he announced a €30 million investment fund to be administered through Sofinnova Ventures, a venture capitalist company which will work with small medical and health care companies in this country. This welcome development forms part...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy (15 Mar 2012)

Deirdre Clune: I raise this issue because on Monday the Irish Examiner examined figures released by the Health Research Board which indicated that in 2004, 34 cases of heroin addiction had been noted in Cork. This figure had increased to 254 in 2010.