Results 5,981-6,000 of 16,492 for speaker:Ciarán Lynch
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I call the Minister to speak on amendments Nos. 92 and 94 and respond to amendments Nos. 10, 11, 85 to 88, inclusive, 90, 91, 93, 95 and 96.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I must ask the Minister to mind his language also, since I pulled up Deputy Fleming.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Is the Minister distinguishing between monopolies-----
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I ask both of my colleagues to speak on the amendments.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: On a point of clarification, the ESB was established 50 or 60 years ago because we needed electrification in rural parts of the country, but it now competes in the economic sphere, and under a ruling from Europe the company has been broken down similarly to Bord Gáis and other such companies. It will not be the same for Irish Water because the legislation explicitly states that it will...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Tendering materials.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I allowed the Deputy to ask a question. Will he, please, allow the Minister to respond?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Next up are Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett, Michael Creed and Pearse Doherty.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: There is an income threshold for social housing.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I am conscious that the Deputy might be leaving for a while. To clarify for when the Minister responds, is the Deputy stating private companies should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act also?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Deputy for clarifying the matter.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Before I bring in the Minister, we agreed to break at 7.10 p.m. so perhaps we could try to get this cluster of amendments covered if possible. If it is not possible, we will resume on them again at 7.40 p.m.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: How stands the amendment?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendment No. 12 is in the name of Deputy Sean Fleming. Amendments Nos. 12 and 79 to 84, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together..
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendments Nos. 80, 82 and 84 are in the name of Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: I call on the Minister to respond to amendment No. 79 and then we will hear responses.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendments Nos. 13 and 15, in the name of Deputy Donnelly, are related and will be discussed together, by agreement.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendment No. 15 is being discussed as well. Does Deputy Murphy wish to speak to it?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: How stands the amendment?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2013)
Ciarán Lynch: Amendments Nos. 16, 17 and 20 are related and may be discussed together.