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Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (13 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: On the issue of accountability, I am cognisant of what Senator Barrett said. Sometimes Senator Barrett is on the button and sometimes he is not. When he hears it is the public sector the negative statistics tend to flow. That is where he is coming from and I respect that. However, my experience with capital schemes in my area is that there tends to be an overrun of 3% to 4% allowed on any...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: [Seanad Bill Amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (13 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: There are a couple of issues. This amendment was thrown up when we examined how the transfer would come about from what was a traditional local authority function to Irish Water. I raised the issue on Committee Stage as there will be a difficulty in a number of areas where local long-standing agreements have given local authorities access to private land so that they could check lake,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: A number of speakers have supported Senator Mary Ann O'Brien on the issue of town centres and the retail sector. I would like to support that, but I believe town centres have not died yet and that there are tangible and real ways we can help. I wish to raise one of these ways this afternoon, one I raised about three months ago, namely, the proposal by Government to centralise the issuing of...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: I apologise for missing the earlier presentation. Unfortunately we do not have bilocation powers here. Will the witness clarify the timeline for designating of a SAC and how it dovetails with the local authority input and local development plans? Obviously I am speaking about SACs which are designated. Can an area be dedesignated for some reason? I have a specific case in mind on which I...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: Is there any case history across Europe under this directive where an area was dedesignated?

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: I am sure Jimmy Walsh must be pinching himself to see whether he is still alive or listening to his own eulogy. I thank him for everything. I wish to relay some good news which even the Opposition will welcome. Yesterday, in Boston, a young man called Ronan Kelly won the Irish Dance World Championship for the third year in a row. On his way to becoming world champion, he won the Irish and...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: Having done it, I apologise.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: It is not cynical, but sincere. I ask the Leader to provide clarity on an issue I have raised on two previous occasions in this House, namely, the loss of ¤17 million to credit unions as a result of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Act. There has been much toing and froing on this issue for the last six weeks. In recent days, the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on finance, Deputy Michael...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: On a point of order, they were not allowed.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State. I generally speak after Senator Barrett in debates like this and I always tend to start by picking up on something he mentions. The weather, more than vehicles, is responsible for causing potholes in my area. We are now in the last week of March and every day this week we have looked out at snow falling, which is unprecedented for this time of year in this...

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Second Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: I did not know that.

Seanad: Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2013)

Denis Landy: I support the generality of what Senator Mooney has just said because I also have grave concerns about this issue. I raised the matter of the local government fund earlier, to which the Minister of State did not respond when summing up. Perhaps he will address my concerns now. There is a certain point at which local government cannot function in terms of the amount of money it needs. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Denis Landy: I concur with the comments made in regard to the explosions in America. I want to raise an issue in regard to property tax, namely the significant confusion that reigns among people across the country. For example, in my town of Carrick-on-Suir residents of one full housing estate have received no notification of their property tax liability yet. Some people might think this is great, but...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)

Denis Landy: On Monday the Government published a report on pensions that it had commissioned from the OECD. The report goes into great detail on pensions in this country. It recognises that, relatively speaking, there is a generous pension system in place compared to those in other OECD countries. It also recognises the importance of the continuation of the provision of such payments to prevent...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Rural Transport Services (24 Apr 2013)

Denis Landy: I apologise for interrupting but I wish to raise a point of order, namely, that copies of the Minister of State's reply have not been made available. It is difficult for us to follow the Minister of State without the copy.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Rural Transport Services (24 Apr 2013)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

Denis Landy: I welcome the statement made yesterday in the Dáil by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, with regard to Coillte. He said yesterday that he thought he could also speak for his colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, in that they were probably agreed that the mooted privatisation of Coillte looked more...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nessa Childers, MEP (1 May 2013)

Denis Landy: I welcome Ms Childers on behalf of the Labour Party Senators. Unlike Senator Burke, who played senior hurling in Brussels, I played on the junior team for six and a half years as a member of the committee of the regions. I have some sense of how matters in Brussels function and I respect the fact that Ms Childers outlined views that fit into a European context but not necessarily the Irish...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nessa Childers, MEP (1 May 2013)

Denis Landy: It is under discussion.