Results 5,561-5,580 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It is getting late.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It is almost 10 p.m.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Is that why the Senator voted against it on Second Stage?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: He is not interested in the environment.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It is a definition.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: I have clarified all of that already.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: I would like to clarify-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Senator is living in Kilkenny.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: There is nothing wrong with it.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Senator and his colleagues have opposed everything.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Senator should say what he is in favour of.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: I would like to clarify for Senator à Clochartaigh that the same definition is used in the principal Act, which is the Water Services Act 2007.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It provided the same clarity on that occasion that it is providing on this occasion. It is the same definition.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Senator knows what I mean by that.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: I have it in the Bill.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It states in the Bill that it will not be more than â¬50.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Yes, the Senator can oppose it.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It will get the Senator nowhere.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: I cannot agree to this proposal. A modest fee must be charged in order to cover administration costs and those relating to inspections. I do not want to again impose on the goodwill of those in employment by introducing another general tax, which is what Sinn Féin wants.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Yes, it is. If we do not charge for these services, then the money will have to come out of the pockets of working people. I do not want to do that and I am imposing an administrative charge on a once-off basis for registration.