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- Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: It is so inconsistent with Fine Gael politics and policy that it is inconceivable that anybody in the party or connected with it could have written the motion. The Government proposal refers to the "potential for the development of privately owned grid solutions". The Fianna Fáil Party does not support a private grid, as we were accused of doing in the early days of the pylon controversy....
- Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The Fianna Fáil Party in government had a very successful policy on renewable energy and a very successful fuel poverty scheme in the form of the warmer homes scheme. The Government is continuing the latter and, although I accept there is less money for it, it is the best way to tackle fuel poverty. We heard a great deal about fuel poverty from the Labour Party in opposition, and I...
- Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The Tánaiste claimed credit for Senator Daly's actions last week.
- Seanad: Renewable Energy: Motion (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: That is not true.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I am grateful for the latitude provided by the Acting Chairman.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: People are up in arms about this.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: They are sick of listening to the excuse that one should blame the previous Government. The previous Government did not draw up the Bill nor publish it. The Government was not forced to do this. It has taken-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: No, I do not want to be in contempt. I am not advocating that.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The European Court of Justice-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I am sorry-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: I will say what we should do. We will publish standards.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: We will publish standards and we may well publish an alternative Bill. We have amended the Bill sufficiently to do that.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: We will publish standards and provide for a grant scheme. The Minister has taken the ruling of the European Court of Justice and the directive and lazily copied language from it, which the Government is not required to do. It is required to specify cases in which people would be guilty of non-compliance. The Minister has taken a general provision from a European directive-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The European Court of Justice did not write the Bill.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The Department wrote it.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: The European Court of Justice-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: Is the Senator criticising the officials and the Attorney General at the time? They fought this case very hard in court.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: They fought the case very hard.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: Ireland lost this case. We fought an honest fight. The present Government will lose cases.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
Thomas Byrne: We have said that the solution is a registration system.