Results 721-740 of 3,241 for speaker:Brian Ó Domhnaill
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I have put a question to the Leader and I would like an answer in respect of it.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: We are completely opposed to the fee. However, we agree with concept of a registration system. Why not introduce such a system? If the Bill is purely related to protecting the environment and water supplies, why is there a need for a â¬50 registration feel? Why is it not possible to introduce the registration process and use a system of grants to bring matters up to standard? If we are...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Reducing the number of Deputies.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: By what number, 13 or 20?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister is coming back at me now.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: No, the Minister did not read it.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It does not state that.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: That was not the amendment. On a point of order, I am sorry for the confusion but that was not the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The point of order is merely on the words the Minister stated.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: We were not proposing-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: That was not the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Cavan would get a special exemption and would not have to pay the â¬50 fee. That is what we were proposing.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister reduced it when we kept the pressure on him.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: The Minister reduced the â¬200 to â¬20 last week when we had him under pressure as well.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: Amendments Nos. 11 and 14 which were ruled out of order relate to the subsidised desludging, paid for by the Exchequer, that would be provided to every house in the country.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am disappointed that they are ruled out of order but we have dealt with many of the issues.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 15: In page 5, to delete lines 22 to 24 and substitute the following: "(5) A certificate of registration shall be valid for the lifetime of the property or not less than a period of 40 years from the date on which it was issued.". This amendment relates to the certificate of registration. The Bill provides that it shall be valid for a period of five years from the date...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: We are proposing that the certificate of registration would be extended to the lifetime of the property, or for a period not less than 40 years. If a septic tank in a property is deemed to be working properly under the assessment process, if self-regulation was built in for the householder, and if what we are proposing on annual desludging was accepted by the Government and paid for by the...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is about the certificate of registration.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Brian Ó Domhnaill: I appreciate that. I have posed a few questions to the Minister. It is too definitive to have a five-year registration certificate when there are alternative solutions to it. We feel it should be extended to the period outlined, given that the desludging would address any anomalies that may occur within the period specified in our amendment.