Results 521-540 of 1,000 for speaker:John McGahon
- Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: Amendment No. 49 is in the names of Senators Higgins and Black. They are not here so the amendment falls.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “ “ISO standard life-cycle impact assessment” means the quantitative tool “Life Cycle Assessment” (LCA), as defined by the ISO14040 and ISO140444 published by the International Organisation for Standardisation;”. It is great to have the Minister of State here...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: Am I correct in saying amendment No. 7 is in the group as well?
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I will speak to amendment No. 7. I had not realised it was included in the group. The amendment gives a European context. There is a very good article in The Irish Timestoday in which that context is outlined. Amendment No. 7 would ensure that, within the interpretation of what constitutes a single-use cup, items that contain 10% plastic content or less would be excluded from being...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: We are happy to withdraw the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “ “the Waste Management Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives, as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I move amendment No. 35: In page 17, to delete lines 37 and 38, and in page 18, to delete lines 1 to 4 and substitute the following: “(3) Regulations may be made by the Minister under subsection (1)where he or she is satisfied that, having regard to the purpose for which, and circumstances in which, the single-use item or class of single-use item concerned is supplied, in respect...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I move amendment No. 37: In page 18, line 8, to delete “aim” and substitute “aims”.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I move amendment No. 38: In page 18, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(c) reducing material wastage,”.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I move amendment No. 39: In page 18, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(c) encouraging the use of single-use items made with materials which containing relatively lower levels of plastic, and”.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I move amendment No. 40: In page 18, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(c) improving environmental outcomes through compliance with, and implementation of, the waste hierarchy referred to at Article 4 of the Waste Management Directive,”.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I move amendment No. 42: In page 18, line 13, to delete “less than €0.20 or more than €1.00” and substitute “less than €0.01 or more than €1.00”.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I move amendment No. 43: In page 18, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(5) In making regulations under subsection (1)in relation to a single-use item, and in prescribing the amount of any levy under subsection (4), the Minister shall ensure that any such regulations and any such levy are— (a) proportionate, having regard to: (i) the aims referred to in...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: I would like to speak to amendment No. 52, which I have tabled with Senator Dooley. We want to insert the word “recyclable” after the word “suitable”. I will give some background to the rationale for this proposal and explain why Senator Dooley and I want to pursue it. If a ban is applied to a single-use item by the Minister on the basis that a suitable reusable...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 52 to 57, inclusive, 59, 61, 64 to 69, inclusive, and 71 and 73 are related. Amendments Nos. 54 and 55 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 53. Amendment No. 57 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 56. Amendments Nos. 66 and 67 are physical alternatives to amendment No. 65. Amendments Nos. 69 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 68. Amendments Nos. 52 to...
- Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 77 to 79, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?
- Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)
John McGahon: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?