Results 461-480 of 955 for speaker:Terry Brennan

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (21 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: -----I consider myself to be a reasonably good driver. I support Senator O'Neill's suggestion that driving instructors visit our second level schools for one hour a week for four or five weeks to explain the rights and wrongs of driving to our students. I ask that the Department of Education and Skills seriously consider that proposal. It was mentioned earlier that 80% of fatal road...

Seanad: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (21 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: I was only going 3 km/h above the limit.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: I agree with previous speakers. I cannot believe it is one year almost to the day when a man whom I knew very personally, Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, was callously taken out of this world. He lived eight miles from my home and gave more than the call of duty to the Garda force and made major contribution to the youth in his local community of Lordship. It is my wish also that the...

Seanad: Recent Severe Storm Damage: Statements (23 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: The scale and intensity of the recent storms is a stark reminder to us all of the destructive power of nature and the importance of our never under-estimating it. Like others, I acknowledge the tremendous efforts of the emergency response teams who put themselves on the front line in often appalling and dangerous conditions and whose dedication and skills so often help to mitigate the very...

Seanad: Recent Severe Storm Damage: Statements (23 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: I ask the Minister of State to conclude.

Seanad: Recent Severe Storm Damage: Statements (23 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Recent Severe Storm Damage: Statements (23 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: That concludes that statements on the recent storm damage throughout the country. Tá an Seanad ar athló go dtí leathuair tar éis a dó Dé Máirt seo chugainn.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: Fáilte romhat an tAire Stáit.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Shannon Airport Facilities (23 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: There is often fog at the airport and no way through it.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: I acknowledge the tourism figures issued this morning from the Central Statistics Office. There were 7 million visitors to Ireland in 2013, an increase of 7.2% on the figure for the previous year. There were 1.2 million visitors from North America, an increase of 13.9%. These exceeded the record figures in 2008. I am glad to relate all of the main overseas markets grew last year. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: We will have a debate, but the figures are so welcome they should be mentioned during Seanad business. Decisions taken by the Government such as retaining the 9% VAT rate, on the Irish visa waiver scheme introduced by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, The Gathering initiative and achieving value for money all helped to encourage more visitors to come to the country....

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: Two weeks ago I suggested in the House that we have a forum to discuss pylons, overhead and underground cables, their advantages and disadvantages, a forum similar to the hearings we had with outside experts on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill. I welcome the Minister’s announcement of the setting up of an expert independent panel to oversee and prepare a report on all...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)

Terry Brennan: Planning permission has not been granted for the interconnector. This should be considered by the expert group and planning permission should be delayed. Up to 35,000 submissions have been received in the pylon consultation process. It is only right and proper that all of these are taken into the expert group’s deliberations.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2014)

Terry Brennan: Ní bheidh mé ró-fhada. From 1 April, heavy goods vehicles from the South will have to pay £1,000 for using roads in Northern Ireland. Coming from an area where many HGVs and hauliers traverse the Border on a daily basis, this is a significant additional charge on them. If they miss the deadline of 1 April, it will be £10 per vehicle for every day they cross the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2014)

Terry Brennan: We should have a debate on the issue. It should be tit for tat. We pay in Great Britain, France and Germany. When travelling in reverse there should be a charge on HGVs from Britain to this economy for using our roadways.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2014)

Terry Brennan: Like Senator Mooney, I am deeply concerned about the proposal to hand over social welfare payments to banks, but not for the same reason as he stated. Such payments are the main function of a number of post offices and the proposal is liable to lead to their closure. Functions of banks, as far as I am concerned, can mean a lengthy wait. I have experienced the matter on three occasions in...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Terry Brennan: I would also like to congratulate the Ireland cricket team in far away Jamaica. It must go down as one of the greatest sporting wins ever for the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)

Terry Brennan: I wish the Irish rugby team well at the weekend. Three players from my area will, hopefully, play a major part in securing a win in Twickenham. I was also subjected to violence not in the home but in the school and on the football field in my young days. When one did not pass the ball properly one had to drop one's togs and one was given six or ten of the best across the "you know what"...

Seanad: ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (20 Feb 2014)

Terry Brennan: Ar dtús, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. Bíonn sé anseo go minic agus tá áthas orm é a fheiceáil arís. I commend all ESB, local authority and Eircom workers, as well as gardaí, on the work they did to restore services during the recent storms in very dangerous conditions. Unfortunately, one Eircom...

Seanad: An Coimisinéir Teanga a Cheapadh: Tairiscint (20 Feb 2014)

Terry Brennan: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit ar ais go dtí an Teach. Tá scéal beag le hinsint agam ar dtús. Cúpla seachtain ó shin, fuair mé ceachtanna Gaeilge ón Seanadóir Ó Clochartaigh, ó Harry McGee agus ón fear céanna sin, Rónán Ó Domhnaill. Trí seachtain i ndiaidh a chéile fuair...