Results 681-700 of 1,799 for speaker:Luke Flanagan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: There are a few hotels also.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: European Union Presidency and Environment Council Meeting: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: Will the Minister comment on the fact that it seems to be developed down a country lane to avoid too many objections being raised? This technology is getting a bad name, which is a shame.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I listened to the speech of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, this morning and I thought it was interesting how he contradicted himself. Someone put it down on paper but no one seems to have spotted that he contradicted himself. He said:The introduction of a property tax has been a condition of the programme since it was first negotiated in November 2010, under the previous Fianna...
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: Unless one is the Minister, Deputy Hogan.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: Hear, hear.
- Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: That was inspirational.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I thank Mr. Nugent for his explanation. What is his understanding of the impact of the initial directive on turf cutting and the way it is at present and, in practical terms, what will this mean for turf cutters afterwards? The reason I ask this is that Mr. Nugent talked about projects and private people doing X, Y and Z. In many cases that would be people like my father. The project he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: Ms O'Driscoll said an EIA would not need to be done unless the site was above 30 hectares.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: The important point she made was about deciding that there will not be a particularly negative impact, but who decides that? Who pays for that study? My father?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: It is supposed to be doing it at the moment. However, I know otherwise. When the Government puts serious effort into relocating people into new bogs, they will run into that problem because they will need that amount of bog and environmental studies will need to be done on it. Those studies will not allow people to cut turf on them. They will be told they are destroying the planet or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I am learning from experience.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I thank the witnesses.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (19 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce legislation for the provision of cannabis derived products for the relief of pain, spasticity and other effects of ailments such as Multiple Sclerosis, Glaucoma and so on will be coming before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57362/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (19 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I welcome the undertaking that legislative proposals in this area will be brought forward early in the new year. We now have a situation where 22 separate national authorities in Europe and around the world have granted approval for the cannabis-derived product, Sativex, having recognised the important benefits it provides to multiple sclerosis patients with spasticity. Mr. Ed Holloway,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Medicinal Products (19 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: The people contacting me will be waiting with bated breath for progress on the matter. It is an issue that should have been dealt with a long time ago. Unlike the Minister, Deputy James Reilly, I am not a medical expert. Perhaps he will undertake to look into the claims by certain individuals that tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, which is the principal component in cannabis, can have...
- Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: They are great.
- Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: One cannot turn on the radio without hearing about how much money we would save if we could do something about the promissory notes. It would not save us as much as some people claim. It is only approximately €1.3 billion, but we hear about it all the time. However, alcohol abuse is costing us €3.7 billion, the Minister says obesity costs us €1.13 billion while not doing...
- Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: -----one is using up some of those calories. The problem nowadays is that there is unlimited access to food and one need not put any energy into getting it.
- Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: This is a little baffling. We hear constantly we must balance the books. That is all that is important. I understand that and understand we must make things add up. The Government is answerable to the troika and must do what it is told. If that is the case, perhaps the Government should explain the situation about carers to the members of troika. If it is about money, it should explain...
- Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)
Luke Flanagan: I have no respect for this money anyway. We should never have left our currency.