Results 241-260 of 11,433 for speaker:Michael Kitt

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: The Senator should stick to the amendment.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: The Senator is walking on water.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I join in thanking the Minister and his officials for bringing this Bill to the House and for the work they put into it. It is important to have this legislation consolidated. We have discussed the conservation, leakage and wastage of water, on which local authorities have, over the years, done much work. I hope the Minister will take on board our suggestions regarding old networks and...

Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for a comprehensive overview of the question of national monuments and the need for this legislation. As he quite rightly said, the measure he has brought before us is necessary as a consequence of the court decision on the completion of the M50 at Carrickmines. He said clearly that there is a vacuum following the court's decision to strike down...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Second Stage. (2 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I welcome the Minister of State. This is one of the most important housing Bills to come before this House. While we have waited some time for this legislation, it is most welcome because it provides landlords and tenants with an effective means of resolving disputes, which arise between them. The Bill also addresses some of the long-standing deterrents to investing and residing in rented...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Second Stage. (2 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: It is all about control.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I remind Senator McHugh that we have done more for the less well-off than any other Government.

Seanad: Order of Business. (6 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I support Senator Daly's remarks regarding Aer Lingus and the mid-west. Shannon Airport serves all of the west of Ireland as an international airport and it is important that we discuss it. It is also important that Senator Daly mentioned Shannon Development. Aer Lingus has turned its fortunes around and credit is due to the management of the company for that. However, talk of a management...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I spoke about student accommodation on Second Stage because I am extremely concerned about it. The question goes beyond the involvement of local authorities in this issue because there is a big responsibility on third level colleges to provide more campus accommodation. NUI Galway has a land bank of 100 acres, for example — a fact that was mentioned when we met with the college authorities....

Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (6 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: When I contributed to the Bill on Second Stage I referred to the fact that many local authorities had national monument advisory committees. I was a member of one such committee. As Senator Ó Murchú said, the committees did more than just list national monuments. They wrote short histories of the monument and put a plaque on it and provided walkways to monuments that were difficult to...

Seanad: Order of Business. (7 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I welcome the International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003, No. 8 on today's Order Paper. The subject matter of the Bill is the advancement of loans to developing countries and is welcome. I also welcome the initiative taken by Superquinn in respect of Fair Trade coffee and tea and perhaps other products. I hope the fair return to producers will happen and that other...

Seanad: International Development Association (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I welcome the Minister of State. This debate is very important and, as the Minister of State knows, we have it every few years. It is very interesting to note what has been said about the extra money that will be made available because of this Bill. It is obviously very welcome. I have raised on a number of occasions an issue pertaining to the IDA and the associated Bretton Woods agreement....

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I knew that Senator Bannon would mention discrimination with regard to County Longford. I sympathise with his point about students and it is an issue I have raised in this House on a number of occasions. The Minister of State may differ from me in this but that is no harm. One cannot blame the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government or the Department of Education of Science...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: There are also good referees in Longford.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (8 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their work. This is an important Bill and, as I said earlier, other reforms will be introduced in this area, particularly for those in long-term accommodation. I hope the Minister of State will return to us with further details on these.

Seanad: State Airports Bill 2004: Committee Stage (Resumed). (14 Jul 2004)

Michael Kitt: Amendments Nos. 30, 31 and 32 are related and may be taken together.

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Michael Kitt: I too welcome the new Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Coughlan, and wish her well in her new position. I also compliment her new Ministers of State, Deputies Browne and Brendan Smith. It would be remiss of me not to pay tribute to the former Minister, Deputy Walsh, former Minister of State, Deputy Aylward, who has gone to Europe, and Minister of State, Deputy Treacy. I have always...

Seanad: Land Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Oct 2004)

Michael Kitt: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Michael Kitt: I join in the calls for debates on Northern Ireland and overseas development aid. There was an all-party agreement on a motion supporting Ireland achieving 0.7% of GNP in overseas development aid by 2007. Some months ago, the sub-committee on development co-operation, of which I am Chairman, passed a similar motion. I hope that this all-party support will encourage the Minister of State to...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Michael Kitt: I wish to share my time with Senator Scanlan.