Results 3,981-4,000 of 6,821 for speaker:Seán Kyne

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: I accept that there is an eternal debate here. On the one hand, we have the concerns of local communities about what are often small areas of land and their designation. Communities may wish to remove small contentious areas of land from the designation because in their view, it will not impact on the overall status of the larger NHA. On the other hand, we need to protect the maximum...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: I am happy to engage further through the officials on the pollinator issue to see if there is a wording that is acceptable to the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, OPC. Prior to Report Stage we will have guidance from the OPC on our own amendments to ensure that we get the most appropriate wording. I acknowledge the importance of bees. They are often underestimated and their role is not...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank Senator Ruane. The Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016, as initiated, has been amended in Dáil Éireann and now provides for the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, at his or her discretion, to conduct a review or reviews of the blanket bog NHA network as well as to continue and complete the 2014 review of the raised bog NHA network. The Bill now gives the Minister...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: The Senator mentioned a period of 12 years. It might have been mentioned in the media and in the ether, but the consultation period has not been 12 years. The consultation process followed the 2014 national heritage area review. The Senator is right in the sense that there has been engagement or that discussion has been ongoing for a long period. It was rather problematic and difficult...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: The environmental criteria that will be used in any review of blanket bogs will be the same as used for raised bogs. There are no immediate plans. A lot of expertise has been gathered over the recent period on methodology and process as to raised bogs, which would be transferred to any review of blanket bogs. The Senator has mentioned 12 years and I have mentioned four to five years of...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: Section 16(6) of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 refers to special scientific interest in the process of proposing sites for designation as natural heritage areas under the Act. Section 16(6) is also specifically referred to in the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 as regards the criteria to be taken into account in selecting the most suitable bog habitats to be designated as natural heritage...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: As I stated, I assure the Senator that a strategic environmental assessment will be a requirement of any process of dedsignation, as will a public consultation and notification. She mentioned where that notification should be provided and she has tabled amendments in that respect. We we will debate that later and I agree with those sentiments. This process will take place. It will be...

Seanad: Forbairtí maidir leis an Ghaeilge: Ráitis (3 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: Mar Aire Stáit don Ghaeilge, don Ghaeltacht agus do na hoileáin, tá mé an-sásta go bhfuil an deis seo agam labhairt leis an Seanad inniu agus léargas beag a thabhairt don Teach ar an dul chun cinn atá á dhéanamh maidir le cúrsaí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta. Mar chomhthéacs agus go deimhin mar áis don léargas a thabharfaidh...

Seanad: Forbairtí maidir leis an Ghaeilge: Ráitis (3 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: Gabhaim buíochas do na Seanadóirí uile as ucht teacht anseo agus as ucht na moltaí agus na smaointe a chuir siad i láthair i rith na díospóireachta. Tagraím don mhéid a dúirt an Seanadóir Ardagh. Aontaím léi go bhfuil stair láidir ag Fianna Fáil ó thaobh cuid de na cúrsaí atá luaite aici ansin...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that questions for oral answer to the Taoiseach under Standing Order 38 will not be taken on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 and that the suspension of the sitting under Standing Order 25(1) will take place after Questions on Promised Legislation for one hour.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: Mar is eol don Teachta, ghlac an Rialtas Dé Máirt le tuarascáil bhliantúil Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga. B'fhéidir go mbeidh an tAire Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil, an Teachta Bruton, in ann an cheist maidir le RTÉ a fhreagairt. Tá an tAire sin freagrach as an gcraoltóir náisiúnta.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: It was Senator Grace O'Sullivan.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: I thank all of the Senators for a very interesting debate on this topic. It is one that all councillors will appreciate and many of the issues raised will resonate with them. The primary purpose of any review of national heritage areas must be with regard to nature conservation, in terms of maintaining bog habitats at, or restoring bog habitats to, a favourable conservation status. The...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: The challenges with regard to upgrading some of the roads are what Senator Ó Céidigh meant in his commentary. We have seen this with regard to the N59 and the R336. Senator Mulherin also commented on this last week with regard to projects. We must always remember some of these projects are about the upgrade of roads to make them safer as much as they are to make them faster....

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: Absolutely.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: I agree with the Senators that when an order has been made to amend or revoke an NHA order, there should be widespread dissemination of the making of that order. Following comments made by Senators on Second Stage, I instructed the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to draft an amendment to the Bill proposing that an advertisement be placed in national newspapers to inform the public of the...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: I am talking about dissemination to the Oireachtas Committee on Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, through online platforms and national newspapers. I will bring forward amendments on Report Stage to provide for same.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: It is proposed that when a national heritage area is de-designated, domestic turf cutting may continue on the site, while larger-scale or commercial turf cutting will continue to be regulated through other systems such as the planning system or integrated pollution control licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. In that regard the Minister for Communications, Climate Action...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (10 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: Mar chúlra, is iarracht í an Bille seo, trí na ceannteidil éagsúla, timpeallacht a chruthú ina mbeidh ról níos lárnaí ag an teanga in obair an Stáit, go mbeidh an teanga níos feiceálaí, agus go mbeidh fáil níos leithne ar sheirbhísí trí Ghaeilge. Agus an Bille á thabhairt chun cinn, cuireadh...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (10 Apr 2019)

Seán Kyne: Ní bheidh mé ag cur an mhilleáin ar an mBreatimeacht as seo amach. Tá an obair sin críochnaithe anois ag na dréachtóirí agus ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne. Aontaím go bhfuil frustrachas ar dhaoine, an Coimisinéir Teanga san áireamh. Bhí mé i dteagmháil leis an tseachtain seo caite. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil frustrachas ar...