Results 621-640 of 1,229 for speaker:Denis Landy
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Denis Landy: The Minister provided clarity to Senator Wilson on the filling of positions on the local community development committees, LCDCs. Could he clarify the selection process for the chair of the LCDC? Clarity has been sought across the political divide. It is only fair that time is provided for the realignment of community development within LCDCs to bed in and for us to examine progress. I...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Denis Landy: Nobody has all the wisdom. When one adds up the collective wisdom one gets the solution.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Denis Landy: The Senator is talking about subsidiarity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: I thank the witnesses for attending. I am cognisant of the fact that Mr. Tierney was appointed on 29 January 2013 so my first question applies to representatives from Bord Gáis. I understand that Bord Gáis won the tender to take over Irish Water over Bord na Móna. In that process, Bord Gáis put forward the argument that it had 55 experts in its employ who could provide...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: Is €11 billion a net figure in terms of the required upgrade?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: Is it a gross figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: What is the timeline in that regard? Will it take a number of years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: I am asking about the timelines in dealing with the quality issue. Mr. Tierney said there are 20,000 houses on a continuous boil notice.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: In respect of the shortage of supply in Leinster and Dublin, and the Garryhinch project, how far has Irish Water advanced? Mr. Tierney said that Irish Water had taken over the team from Dublin City Council. How much progress has been made on that and what is the timeline?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: With the greatest respect to Mr. Barry, in telling the people of Dublin and Leinster that they will have to wait seven years, why will it take three years to bring it from the concept stage to planning?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: My last question is about the staffing available to Irish Water, according to the report, even though it seems they have continued to work for Bord Gáis. That is obviously a question for Bord Gáis, with respect to Mr. Tierney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: The question I asked was whether Mr. Barry and his colleagues made it clear to the Department that the 55 expert staff were not enough to deal with the setting up of Irish Water.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: That was when the company was going for tender.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: That is a matter for the Chair.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for the many hours he has put into dealing with this legislation, not only in this House but in the past two years. He and I have had many discussions on this issue, following some of which we did not walk away shaking hands, but we certainly reached a position where we both believed we would see the local government system growing from this legislation. There has been...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, to the House and wish her all the best for 2014. I also commend Senator Paul Coghlan and his colleagues, Senators Cummins and Mullins, on bringing forward this legislation. It is an important and topical issue that surfaces regularly. A number of months ago my colleagues in the Labour Party group, including Senator Whelan and me,...
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (22 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: It has not.
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (22 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to discuss this issue. Unlike some of the previous speakers, I actually spent last Tuesday afternoon at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht at which the chief executive of-----
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (22 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: Sorry?
- Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (22 Jan 2014)
Denis Landy: Without realising it, Senator O'Brien is paying me a compliment.