Results 581-600 of 1,229 for speaker:Denis Landy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Reform of Local Government: Discussion
Association of County and City Councils (7 Nov 2013)

Denis Landy: There will be 40 seats in Tipperary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland (7 Nov 2013)

Denis Landy: I welcome delegates from the Association of Municipal Authorities in Ireland, particularly the President, Mr. Callaghan and some of the executive members who are in attendance. Most people in this room will know that the AMAI is my nominating body for the Seanad. I am delighted to say that I was successful in winning a seat on behalf of the association and have worked very closely with it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Local Authority Members Association (7 Nov 2013)

Denis Landy: I thank Councillor McElvaney and his colleagues for coming in to make their case. LAMA is an organisation that carries out the specific role of representing the rights and welfare of councillors and has done this successfully over many years. The issues that have been raised here are pertinent and while not dealt with specifically in the legislation, they are important. As someone from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)

Denis Landy: I thank the witnesses for attending. I make some points to evoke from them some responses that we can use when the representatives of EirGrid appear before the committee. They will forgive me if I have to leave. However, once they put the answers on the record I will be able to get them. My first question is on public consultation. Why do the witnesses believe the system of consultation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)

Denis Landy: Perhaps Mr. Brannigan might set out the way in which he believes the public consultation process should proceed.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Denis Landy: I support the call made by a number of Senators for a debate on homelessness. It is important we have a debate on this issue. A basic need for every citizen is a roof over his or her head. I welcome the call for the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to come to the House to debate this issue. I want to raise the issue of medical cards and medical card holders who continue to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: On 24 October 2012, Saorview went live supplying a free television service to 600,000 customers. While transmission was free, it cost people more than €100 per television set to upgrade to ensure they got the service. Lo and behold, 13 months later, the same people are being told they have to rescan and retune their televisions and that the system will not be operational after...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: I commend the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, for her initiative on temporary employment. It is estimated that almost 40% of retailing employers take on extra staff at Christmas time but heretofore many people on jobseeker’s allowance were reluctant to take up this employment because when they broke their claim it took months in some cases to get it back again. The...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: I believe I am addressing the Minister of State with responsibility for NewERA so that might clarify one point. I welcome the Minister of State to the House and welcome his opening address. The briefing document that was supplied to us by the Oireachtas Library was indeed excellent and it supplied strong and irrefutable evidence that we need to build out our water system. It contrasts...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (4 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: I welcome the initiative. The Minister of State has a genuine interest in seeing that local representatives have access. It was one of the greatest issues and concerns that they expressed to me. They wondered what would happen if something happens on a Sunday. At present, and I told him before, the head of water in my local authority sends a text to tell councillors and Oireachtas members...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: On a point of order, with the greatest respect to the Senator, I prepared for this debate on the basis of us going through the amendments as set out in the document before us. Are we going to deal with the amendments in order or-----

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: I understood from Second Stage and my contacts with local authority workers represented by SIPTU, that detailed discussions had taken place at the Labour Relations Commission on this whole issue. The decision to enter into the process in question was consensual and welcomed by all parties. If there were to be a change, will the Minister clarify that it would have to be agreed by all parties?

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: There is some confusion, and certainly in my mind, so it is important to clarify the matter. I understand, having read the legislation, that there will be a transfer date. Senator Cummins mentioned planning permission and development plans approved by the local authority, and a lot of reference has been made to sewerage treatment plants on private estates, etc. What happens when estates...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State for his clarification.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: On Second Stage, the Minister of State made a commitment on the role of local authority members vis-à-vis their contact with Irish Water. I know he will stand over that and ensure that councillors will have specific contact with Irish Water as part of their role. When I heard the discussion some days ago on a former Tánaiste re-entering national politics, the commentary...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: Perhaps the Senator should stay in Dublin a bit more. If he did and did not go home to Donegal, he might avoid being infected by what the former Tánaiste is saying.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: Senator Ó Domhnaill can dress it up any way he wants but it was Fianna Fáil that signed the agreement with the troika.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: I am hurting Senator Ó Domhnaill with the truth. That is the problem.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: On the transfer of staff, I questioned the Minister of State previously on this issue and have a transcript of our discussion. One of my questions on service level agreements was not answered. On the terms and conditions of staff once the 12 years have elapsed, is there a correlation between the period of the service level agreements and the security of tenure of staff? If so, what will be...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2013)

Denis Landy: Reference is made to the 12 year service level agreement being a period during which staff will bed in and decide whether to stay in situ. After 12 years, will their terms and conditions continue ad infinitum in Irish Water? What will be the position regarding security of tenure after 12 years?