Results 741-760 of 1,229 for speaker:Denis Landy

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: Last Sunday most hurling supporters in the country watched one of the greatest games since Tipperary beat Kilkenny in 2010. We were all looking forward to the replay next Saturday. However, according to a media report this morning, it appears that our national sports organisation and the national broadcaster have bungled it, as one body will not facilitate the other in terms of the timing...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: This morning the Carers Association is presenting its pre-budget submission across the road in Buswells Hotel. I have just come from that event and in its submission it requests 34 changes. I will not go through all of them, but they include recognising family carers as an exceptional group, implementing the national carers strategy, reviewing the fair deal scheme and restoring the respite...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome it.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: Yesterday the long-awaited Indecon report on the review of certain matters relating to Bord na gCon was published. It makes startling reading when one considers the fall-off of revenue in the greyhound industry of 56% since 2006. The organisation is in debt to the amount of €21 million and sales and gate receipts are drastically down. The pension fund is underfunded by almost...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: It got lost in Newbridge.

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, to the House. The two parts of this legislation make sense but I have some points to make. Rationalisation can make sense not only in terms of costs but by bringing organisations together to improve output. I sympathise with the previous speaker on his fears as to whether this legislation could dilute the role of the RPII by merging it with...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: We can only be responsible for the time that we have been in government. I commend the Minister of State for bringing this legislation forward and ensuring that we are signatories to this agreement, which moves it along the road for us. Eventually it will be signed and become an effective treaty, whereby we will have better checks and balances for nuclear energy and waste. People of Senator...

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister to the House and, as Senator John Whelan has done, wish him well for the future; that includes Croke Park in September if his county manages to get there.

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I cast people's minds back to the 1970s when I first became aware of the environment. In my town of Carrick-on-Suir and in many other towns there were open dumps, as they were known, landfills, while raw sewerage was running into the River Suir and there was no air quality monitoring. We also had the beginning of the famous Hanrahan v. Merck Sharp and Dohme case which finished ten years...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: On Second Stage yesterday, we discussed the entity that will be the merged Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, RPII, and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. I made the point in that debate, and repeat it now, that it is important the role of the RPII is not lost but the research material provided to us indicates that a working group was set up to ensure the merger works...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: If he is, I assure him he will be back in this House discussing this issue further. We are on a watching brief with regard to this matter but if we do not see results from what was committed to last night, we will revisit it. As far as I am concerned, much of the work the EPA is charged with doing on behalf of the citizens of this country is not being done in the way it should be done.

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: It is not often I am knocked off my perch.

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: The Minister of State’s last word was “transparent”. He gave the EPA a ringing endorsement today.

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: Yes, I respect it is due to his personal experience. However, I respectfully ask him to read the Official Report of last night’s contributions by Senators James Heffernan, Tony Mulcahy and John Whelan.

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: They raised three cases in Limerick, Clare and Portlaoise involving the EPA in which it has failed dismally to act as the environmental watchdog of the State and the citizen. Coming from County Louth and the issues concerning Sellafield, I accept no one is better versed and experienced with environmental issues than the Minister of State. It is important, however, his endorsement stands up....

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: The Minister of State has demonstrated that Fianna Fáil is a broad church. I support him in allaying concerns about this part of the Bill. I am hopeful that the ethic of the RPII can improve the ethic of the EPA in regard to the issues I raised earlier. When I criticised the lack of response by certain organs of the EPA it was based solely on the evidence. I was not criticising...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Tree Remediation (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, for engaging in this Adjournment debate. It is unfortunate for the Minister of State because this matter was tabled by me last week and the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Tom Hayes, who is a good Tipperary man, as am I, was supposed to deal with it. In the intervening period he put the Minister of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Tree Remediation (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State for his very comprehensive reply. I appreciate that a great deal of work has been done in respect of this matter and that we are all as one in terms of trying to control this disease. On foot of the statistics provided by the Minister of State, it is quite obvious that we are not going to have sufficient ash to make hurleys for the next few years. There is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: My issue relates somewhat to what Senator White has raised, and I support her points. I have come from a committee meeting this morning where we did not know which Minister we should contact about an issue. I ask the Leader to ask the Government to issue a document today to all Members of the House to clarify the roles within the new Ministries. It is extremely important that we know to...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill 2014: Second Stage (17 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: Just before giving out to him.