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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: Why the need for the bigger one into Northern Ireland? Currently, we have 6,000 MW and they have 1,800 MW. Am I right in saying that the second interconnector will have twice the carrying capacity of the interconnectors between Wales and Scotland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: My last question is about satisfying the requirements of the people of Monaghan and Meath and also people who are interested in the environment, as I am, throughout the country. Am I right in saying there will be no pylons required for this second interconnector in Northern Ireland, or have there been any objections to this in Northern Ireland as we have had down here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: Not that there is any consolation for the people concerned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: I welcome the local voucher scheme introduced by Dundalk Chamber of Commerce recently. This initiative will encourage shoppers to shop locally, thus encouraging and boosting local businesses. More than 100 businesses in and around Dundalk have already signed up to the voucher scheme. Vouchers will be validated for a two-year period. The scheme is all about buying locally, supporting local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: I apologise for not being present for the presentations but we had three divisions in the Seanad and, therefore, I was late. I am not sure who the county manager or the county registrar was at the time but I met a guy at a meeting either before the previous general election or the previous local elections but he had voted nine or ten times in Northern Ireland. He had spent the day visiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: What is the big problem with using the PPS number? Does everybody have one?

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: This is likely to be a record year for tourism. Recent CSO data show that the number of overseas visitors to Ireland in the first five months of the year increased by 12.1% compared with the same period last year. Thankfully, growth trends show no sign of abating. If the trend continues, it will be a record year for overseas visitor numbers. This will be the fifth consecutive year of...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: I welcome the Connecting for Life initiative, Ireland's new national strategy for suicide prevention for the next five years, launched recently by An Taoiseach. Connecting for Life sets out a vision of an Ireland in which fewer lives are lost through suicide and in which communities and individuals are empowered to improve their mental health and well-being. This initiative is an ambitious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: I am not sure what the difficulty Mr. Lambert has with the PPS, personal public service, number system. He has not convinced me it is not the way forward. For example, I am aware of an individual who voted 11 times in Northern Ireland elections and was down to vote five times in County Louth during an election.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: The person told me that he spent the entire day voting in Northern Ireland in its election. He was also listed to vote in two polling stations in Dundalk which were in near proximity. It is a problem not alone in Border counties but in our major towns and cities. Our electoral registers are not being kept up to date. I am aware of people who have died but are still on the register. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: What about finger-printing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jun 2015)

Terry Brennan: How does one ensure that an individual does not vote on numerous occasions on the same day? What is the main way to prevent that from happening?

Seanad: Growing Tourism to 2025: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: Ar dtús ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire. Tourism is a key driver of social and economic development at both national and regional level. It is an industry largely populated by smaller enterprises and is deeply routed in the fabric of Irish economic life in both urban and rural areas. As well as being our largest standing source of services export earnings, it also...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: Approximately two weeks ago, each and every Member on both sides of the House agreed that what had happened to the Clerys workers was unbelievable and totally disregarded them.Like the General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Ms Patricia King, I believe employers should be prevented from being directors of companies for up to five years if they fail to meet their legal...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: My colleague, Senator White, mentioned the increased number of burglaries in the past year. Each and every part of the country has witnessed that. Only last weekend a young man who opens and closes a church on the Cooley Peninsula was at the church to close it at 9.10 p.m. in his new jeep. It takes him a couple of minutes to close the church. When he came out the jeep was gone. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: Senator Paul Coghlan mentioned 34 crossings in my county alone. I did not think anybody else knew that but he has been working very hard in the Border counties in recent months. It is impossible to patrol 34 crossings but a greater Garda presence would help. My town of Carlingford is thankfully becoming the tourism capital of the country. I say that with all due respect to Killarney,...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I am delighted so many thousands are coming to visit at the weekends. I call on the Leader to appeal to the Minister to ensure more gardaí are deployed in Carlingford, and in Border towns such as Castleblaney and Cavan which have access to Northern Ireland. We need a greater Garda presence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Caller Helpline: Samaritans Ireland and Telecommunications and Internet Federation (8 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: I thank the delegates for their informative presentations. Ms Brogan noted that we all have a part to play in preventing suicide. We might all start by putting the 116 number into our telephones and making as many people as possible aware of it. I commend the partnership between the voluntary and corporate sectors that we see in this instance. Given that volunteers of all persuasions...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Terry Brennan: We talk about Seanad reform.