Results 601-620 of 3,241 for speaker:Brian Ó Domhnaill
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Do not be disingenuous.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is why the cost will be greater. The Senator is arriving at the point but in a different way. The people of Cavan will pay hundreds and thousands of extra euro under this legislation.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Senator Keane should talk to her party's councillors in County Cavan.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Do not fool the people.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I did not say that.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is the Minister's system. I will point this out at the end.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I apologise for confusing the Minister.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I stated the average cost in County Cavan was â¬2,500. Under the Minister's Bill, under the RIAI, the average would be â¬4,000 for septic tank upgrade or up to â¬17,000 for the package treatment system.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will talk all night to the Minister about the work that must be done because I spent the weekend in the company of-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: As a point of record, today I talked to a member of Fine Gael from County Cavan, who is competent, qualified and has read the Bill. That member fears the Bill and is happier with the current system.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: By extension, I am sure the councillors in County Cavan will be looking for Seanad votes in some years' time and will realise the full implications of the measures the Minister proposes tonight.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The way the Senator is going so will he.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Yes. The Minister will kill the people in County Cavan.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, between lines 46 and 47, to insert the following: "(3) Any other information required will be specified before the Bill is passed and will be of no cost to the owner.". I am very disappointed amendment No. 6 cannot be moved.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister, Deputy Hogan, is now the one caught because in that amendment we are proposing the de-sludging plan and the grants, which would resolve all the issues throughout the country, including in County Cavan, but it has been ruled out of order.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Amendment No. 7 relates to most of 70B(3) in section 4. Under the legislation as it is currently construed costs will be imposed on septic tank owners. When they get the provisional notice from the local authority they will be forced to apply to the water services authority in whose function area the treatment system is situated to have the treatment system, which includes a septic tank,...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It overrides SPAs and everything.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: We will want to see that written into the legislation. We will want to make sure, line by line, that environmental impact assessments and any environmental assessments or ecological reports are exempt for any works that have to be carried out. If that is the case I am sure the Minister will have no difficulty in accepting this amendment to the effect that the householder will not be...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is Senator Landy's councillor colleagues in County Cavan who can make the decision.