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Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (14 May 2014)

Denis Landy: That is not a matter for this debate.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (14 May 2014)

Denis Landy: They have been giving out about Fianna Fáil on the doorsteps.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (29 May 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister to the House. We have all been on the hustings for the past three weeks. The Minister's name came up in my town because in the mid-1990s he announced and brought to the town the last major industry in Carrick-on-Suir, SRAM bicycle components. We accorded the Minister a civic reception at the time and it was a very good day. We have not had good days since then. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: Can we turn him off?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I have four minutes as well, have I?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I wish to offer my concern and support to the workers in Bausch & Lomb in Waterford city who are facing a difficult time at the moment in the absence of Senator Cullinane, who raised the issue earlier. In his absence last Thursday, the Leader of the House and myself raised the issue with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton. We had a detailed discussion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome the officials. I also welcome all of the initiatives brought forward by the Government to deal with the housing problem. However, I would like to put a number of questions. Mr. Layde has said the rent limit review will feed into the budgetary process. Will an adjustment to the limits be ready for introduction in the budget in October? I refer to the HAP and the shift in social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: We are all very much aware of that, with respect to Mr. Layde. However, if they do not want to do that, and if they want to stay, they do not have security of tenure because how long they can stay in the house is based on the contract the landlord signs. If the landlord decides to terminate, as I understand it, that family will have to uproot, find another house or be provided with another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: If I may interject again, I am comparing this with tenants who are in local authority houses across the country. When they go into their local authority house, provided they pay their rent and stay within their tenancy agreement, they do not ever have to worry about moving out of that house until the day they go out in a coffin. That is the comparison I want Mr. Layde to make. How will HAP...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: As a final interjection, would Mr. Layde accept that, from the point of view of the housing applicant, this is not favourable compared to the opportunity they would get to become a local authority tenant, whereby they would have security of tenure, as I have already outlined? Would he accept that is a fact?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: Mr. Layde is going to run the clock down without answering the question.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: Last December during the debate on the Animal Health and Welfare Bill I referred to the serious allegations made against the greyhound industry and Bord na gCon. At the time I was informed by the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Tom Hayes, that he had commissioned a report from Indecon on the alleged doping of greyhounds and the waste of money...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Inland Fisheries (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to respond to this matter, which concerns an area directly dealt with in his brief. The Minister will be very familiar with the River Suir because it rises in the Devil's Bit and flows down through many areas including Thurles, from where his own people originally come. It flows through Tipperary, Kilkenny and on into the Waterford estuary. It...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Inland Fisheries (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for a very comprehensive reply, which contained a lot of detail that I had tried not to go into in my contribution. However, I accept that in order to explain it, one has to go into that type of detail. I would ask that during the lead-up to the decision time, which is in November, and then the final decision in December, there is more engagement with local people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the presentation. It is important to recognise the outstanding work being done by Volunteer Ireland. The Cathaoirleach asked a number of questions about Volunteer Ireland's location and the fact that it only operates in some counties. I understand that is a funding issue and Volunteer Ireland cannot open centres if it does not have money to do so....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: The volunteering sector is allocated €2 million from the Exchequer annually. Is it logical to consider that if one has a policy with no extra money, one can expand Volunteer Ireland's ambit to every county? In urban or rural communities, most people who use their leisure or family time to volunteer, generally speaking, are involved in the GAA, soccer, rugby, athletics or the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: As the member who invited the group to attend, I propose that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: Can Ms McKenna tell us the number of hours per year of an average volunteer? I am trying to get a handle on it from the charts provided but I cannot. It is impossible to say what is an average volunteer. One person will do their two hours on Daffodil Day once a year whereas I remember being on a sports committee where someone was volunteering 50 hours a week. It is difficult to say there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I just wanted to understand it from the figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: There is to be a vote in the House so can we do it before then?