Results 321-340 of 1,229 for speaker:Denis Landy

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I refer to a debate we held in this House on the future of rural Ireland with the Minister of State with special responsibility for rural economic development, Deputy Ann Phelan. During the debate on the CEDRA report, I called for a special task force to be set up to examine and implement the report. I am pleased that, on Monday this week, the Minister for the Environment, Community and...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: It is disgraceful in a period of recovery that somebody in the organisation is seeking to cut the wages of people who are on very low wages as it stands.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: The only thing wasted so far in this debate was our patience listening to Senator MacSharry.

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I am sure the Acting Chairman will give me the same leeway as he gave his colleague on the motion. I welcome the Minister and thank him and the Government for putting forward this proposal, which is set out in the programme for Government. It is true that it has been discussed before and brought to the stage of a report which the then Minister, Deputy John Gormley, produced in 2010, after...

Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: Is a copy of the Minister's response available to us?

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister to the House. I listened closely to his opening address and was pleased by a lot of what I heard. I raised this issue with the Minister in the House last year in the context of the Road Traffic (No. 2) Act of 2014 and some of the changes proposed therein. I note that a lot of work has been done in terms of the general provision of facilities for car tests to be...

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: Is the proposal not known as the "racehorse"?

Seanad: National Car Testing System: Statements (3 Mar 2015)

Denis Landy: I asked the Minister about incentivising people to present their cars ready to pass the NCT first time, as opposed to having them tested and coming back again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Rural Communities: Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, to the committee. Regarding Bus Éireann, I support what the Minister of State said that the way this was announced was unacceptable. In fact, it was not announced at all; I heard it through local drivers. Tipperary is affected by this as well. It is not within the Minister of State's remit directly, but it has fallen to her now. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Rural Communities: Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: What actions does the Minister of State envisage?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bus Éireann Services (18 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to deal with this matter. I appreciate it very much. It has come to my attention through local people and some workers in Bus Éireann that Bus Éireann intends to terminate the bus route 7 from Carrick-on-Suir to Dublin. The route commences in Clonmel, travels south-east for 13 miles, then north-east to Callan and on to Kilkenny and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bus Éireann Services (18 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for a very comprehensive reply and his personal interest in the matter. I acknowledge that I have been in contact with him on a number of occasions. There is a bit of ducks and drakes going on here. I have a letter that is the only correspondence I got from Bus Éireann even though I wrote to it at least five times and probably tried to ring it ten times. It says...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I congratulate and commend all those involved in the running of the 90th national coursing meeting in Clonmel which was held over two weekends owing to bad weather. It finished last weekend and started the weekend before. In particular, I commend those involved in hare husbandry for a number of weeks. Fantastic crowds turned out and fantastic support was to be seen. However, I raise...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: The reason I raise this issue is that the greyhound industry (amendment) Bill is on the agenda for the spring term. It is very important that the Leader bring this issue to the attention of the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, in order that we could look at some system whereby for each dog licensed there would be a notice for the vehicle in which it was being carried. This system is in...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I second the motion proposed by my colleague, Senator Aideen Hayden. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. While I will deal with some aspects of social housing I wish to make a few general points. Currently there are more than 300,000 people living in private rented accommodation. This Government, unlike previous Governments, is tackling the problem and intends to tackle it for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Waste Management (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I appreciate the Minister of State's reply but I believe he will share my concerns, not least in regard to the delay. I was not asking the Government or the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to interfere unduly with the functions or operations of the EPA, but the agency made a commitment to conducing a report as far back as July of last year and to make that report...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I am seeking clarity from the Minister on what he just said. On the previous occasion, the Minister made the point very strongly as well. As one is wont to do, I had some conversations with people about it afterwards. It is still not clear in my own head and perhaps this House is the place to clear it up. The Minister stated that the system that is being put in place will be to send CVs...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: It has come to my attention that the Courts Service has called for a review of court facilities in County Tipperary to identify, in consultation with stakeholders in the country, a range of options which could be considered to enable the Courts Service to work more efficiently and effectively in maintaining front-line services. I am concerned that this may be code for the possible closure of...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: It was not an expressway service.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: It is because it is a commercial business.