Results 61-80 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: It is a technical amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: While I understand the Senator's concerns, I can confirm that all the substantive procedures will continue to be subject to the regulations. This is a technical amendment which sets out to differentiate between procedural and substantive changes. I gave the example of the current requirement to get the approval of the Houses for a proposal to change the scale of a map. All the changes as laid...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: I welcome the Senator's comments and I am certain other Senators will wish to contribute on this important aspect of the Bill which has been overlooked in favour of its other provisions. The impact of this section on the marketplace is potentially greater than the other changes in the Bill. I am sure Senators will have examined the recent statistics on housing and noted developments in the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: I thank the Senators for their contributions as they raised interesting issues, of which all of us are aware. I have served on a local authority and I acknowledge the point raised by Senator O'Meara and others about losing the people with the greatest ability within a community to harness the energies of those around them in leading committees and encouraging social development. Not all of us...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: I thank all the Members for their most interesting contributions. As a principle, having dealt with much legislation over the years, it is not my preferred option to rush it. I have a healthy dislike of doing so. Unfortunately, there was a time limit on this Bill which was beyond my control. We had to deal with it in the way we did. Notwithstanding one or two reservations, we have had a very...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage. (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: I am pleased to bring the Protection of the Environment Bill 2003 before the Seanad. An Agreed Programme for Government commits the Government to implementing an ambitious action programme across the environmental agenda. In a democratic society, legislation is the foundation for action in the interests of the common good, including for the protection and improvement of the environment....

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: It is the law. I did not threaten anyone.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: How?

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: Not at all.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: There are 31 incinerators in Denmark.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: Yes.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: I was talking about people sticking flyers on cars.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: That is due to the Senator's popularity.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: All politics is local.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: We are going to be charging by volume of waste.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: We need to decouple the two.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: It is an excellent programme.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: No. It applies to the indiscriminate placing of flyers.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: I have no problem with that.

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)

Martin Cullen: It is only a fraction of the waste we are legally exporting. We are exporting huge volumes of waste. I agree with the Senator that we need to put our own house in order.