Results 541-560 of 3,550 for speaker:Dominic Hannigan

Seanad: Order of Business (7 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: The prediction that the European Central Bank is set to reduce interest rates by a further 0.25% today to just 1%, which is its lowest ever level, is welcome news for many hard-pressed home owners. It could lead to an approximate saving of €40 for them each month if the reduction is passed on. It is vital that it is passed on because we are in danger of witnessing more people having to...

Seanad: Corporate Governance: Motion (13 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I move: That Seanad Éireann, recognising that Ireland is crippled by a lack of confidence: - lack of confidence among consumers; - lack of confidence among investors in our banks; - lack of confidence in the Government; calls on the Government, as a step towards restoring confidence, to demonstrate its seriousness about rooting out corruption, corporate sleaze and crony capitalism by...

Seanad: Corporate Governance: Motion (13 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: The Government takes the credit when the sun shines.

Seanad: Corporate Governance: Motion (13 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: Questions pertaining to efficiency were raised in respect of PPARS and e-voting at the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I give a guarded welcome to the publication this morning of the Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009, which will come to this House, I believe, next week. It is the most important Bill regarding estate agents and particularly management companies for many a year and it is not before time. There are many families in Dublin and across the commuter belt, in places such as Dunboyne and...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I am glad the Leader has found time to talk about our overseas development aid programme. We need to have a discussion on this. The most recent budget cut a further €100 million off the aid programme. This was in addition to cuts made in the previous ten months. In that time, we cut the aid budget by €255 million. Despite Government promises on the international stage, we will not...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: Hear, hear,

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I join other Senators in expressing my disquiet about the announced binning of the proposal for a prison site at Thornton Hall. This raises questions about the whole evaluation system for our public private partnerships. It is not the first public private partnership to fall by the wayside. A bigger question concerns our prison policy. Irrespective of whether one liked the Thornton Hall...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (20 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The report to which the motion refers endorses the Government's overseas aid development programme. I recognise that Ireland has increased its overseas aid by 90% since 2003. This has helped establish Ireland as a respected world leader in the field of humanitarian aid, poverty reduction, information and education provision and the alleviation...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I join other Senators in expressing my dismay about the recent report. It is clear that our children have been done a great disservice by the State. It is something of which many of us would have been aware from our school days. We witnessed institutionalised criminal activity taking place in many of our institutions and there was a policy at the time of "spare the rod and spoil the...

Seanad: Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009: Second Stage (21 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I welcome the Minister of State. I welcome this legislation. It is the start of the road towards proper regulation, not just of estate agents and auctioneers but also of management agents, and it begins to address issues relating to the management of private estates. The Bill will put the property services regulatory authority on a statutory footing. This is the body that will license and...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (21 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I wish to raise the need for an additional school in the Johnstown area in Navan. The surrounding area is a demographic time bomb. Meath has grown by 200% in the past ten years, with much of that growth concentrated around the towns and villages in the county. Navan, the county town, has seen significant growth in recent years, predominantly along its boundaries, where the Johnstown area...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (21 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: It is two years today since we held the last general election.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: In the past two years we have seen the Green Party at the centre of Government. In that time it has had ample opportunity to introduce a central plank of its platform, namely, climate change legislation, but it failed to do that on every occasion. Some 19 months ago Senator Bacik introduced a Bill to this House that got favourable attention from all parties and all sides of this House, but...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I join my colleagues in congratulating the former Senator, Alan Kelly, on his success in being elected to the European Parliament. We will all miss him. I congratulate all the other Senators who took part in last week's elections. They performed admirably and should be proud of their performances. I would like the Leader to arrange a debate on three key aspects of the recent local...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: We certainly need to consider technology and improving the whole process.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: At this stage, we should not have to spend three days counting election results and I ask for a debate on that.

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Second Stage (10 Jun 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: Before he leaves, I wish to extend to Senator Boyle my compliments on his recent performance. I welcome the Minister and also the debate on the Bill. I wish to focus largely on the issue of victim impact statements but I will also comment on the matter of double jeopardy. Alleviating some small degree of the pain and suffering endured by the victims of crime is a problem that has asserted...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jun 2009)

Dominic Hannigan: I join other Senators in congratulating former Senator Alan Kelly on his election to the European Parliament. The rap song he used summed up his campaign and gave me one of my favourite lines, namely, "his opinion isn't outdated like lino in kitchens." I am sure he will do very well in Europe. He received 60,000 votes this time, as he did two years ago when he ran for the Seanad. It is...