Results 501-520 of 544 for speaker:Vincent P Martin
- Seanad: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Schedule to the Bail Act 1997 so as to include a reference to an offence under section 39 of the Domestic Violence Act 2018 and to provide for related matters.
- Seanad: Bail (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: Next Tuesday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: I welcome Mr. Harkin and Mr. Rowe and thank them once again for their generosity in making themselves available. I commend them for the work they are doing on what I hope will make the Martello towers in their ownership accessible to the public. My first question is on the powers of Waterways Ireland in setting the fees, tolls and charges. The representatives will accept that the exercise...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: Is Waterways Ireland not resiling from KPMG? Is that still Waterways Ireland main-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: Waterways Ireland is on record in the media comparing and contrasting local property prices.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: Waterways Ireland used that example to justify.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: In some of Waterways Ireland's verbal communications it refers to the great deal the boat users are getting, saying people should look at the local property prices.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: He is a very learned counsel.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: The last thing we want is for this to get stalled for years in the courts.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: With the indulgence of the Chair, I asked a second question and I would be delighted to hear Waterways Ireland answer to it, if Mr. Rowe has time. It was on the ability to pay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: There will be a move towards ability to pay to take account of the reality facing families.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: There will not be a blanket, one-size-fits-all approach.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: I have been called to a vote in the Seanad. My apologies.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. At this stage, I feel it is necessary to reply to some of the comments made about the public, independent Office of the Planning Regulator. I appreciate it is dealt with in a separate Part, namely, Part 18 and sections 496 onwards. The office is front and centre in the first amendment my colleagues are considering today. I believe the...
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: Okay. I appreciate the time.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: Of course.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: An interesting point has been raised. A premises could go from being a shoe shop to a chip shop. It might also go from being a shoe shop to a betting shop.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: My concern is that I would like as many safeguards as possible on the high street so there is not an over-preponderance or proliferation of betting offices, coffee shops-----
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (15 Jul 2024)
Vincent P Martin: -----or whatever, and even, with the utmost respect, charity shops. They do great work but there can be a disproportionate number of them in one area. I would like some guidelines. It is an observation worth considering.