Results 801-820 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen
- Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: The Irish Coursing Club has informed my Department that it has checked with all affiliated clubs in County Kerry, and that no hares were captured on Valentia Island under the Irish Coursing Club's licence during the 2003 â 2004 coursing season.
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I refer to the reply to Question No. 388 on 25 May 2004. I am in continuing contact with the Minister for Agriculture and Food about the implementation of the nitrates directive. It is the Government's objective to ensure optimal, least-cost arrangements for compliance thereby protecting the environment and the interests of those farmers whose activities will be affected. It has been...
- Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: The reporting and making available of information on ambient concentrations of pollutants within the scope of the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2002, including pollutants sourced, inter alia, from traffic is the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency. The most recent annual report from the EPA is the Air Quality Annual Report 2002 published in 2003. The EPA also recently...
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I am here now.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I am trying to be helpful in respect of the points the Deputies raised. As they are aware, this Bill is extremely complicated and it has taken some time to get it to where it is today. The two Deputies are essentially correct in what they said. This Bill deals with two matters. We must complete the M50 in respect of the Carrickmines issue and everybody in the House seems to be agreed that we...
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: They seem to be saying that they still are. The other part of it is that there is a gap or a vacuum. There are other major infrastructural projects under way about which there is no methodology for any archaeological mitigation because section 14 has been struck down. We must replace that, at least for now, to protect all those archaeological sites. Someone somewhere must be involved in the...
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: All the pre-planning efforts and all the geophysical studies on any particular route cannot define what may be found when one goes on site to construct a project. When that happens, the unexpected can occur, so someone somewhere must be able to call a halt on the basis that the project cannot proceed because a more detailed study is required. That is the purpose of the Bill. Deputies are...
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I am trying to be helpful to the House but I will conclude.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I have fairly and legitimately explained that the interpretation Deputies are putting on the Bill is not correct. It is for the opposite reasons that we must have the legislation in place to deal with major works. I do not think anybody wants road construction to cease, so we need this measure to avoid that. I will present more substantial legislation to the House later this year.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The protection of our archaeological heritage has been a primary concern of Government since the foundation of the State. This is clear from the considerable body of protective legislation which has been enacted over the years, in particular the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994. Ireland has also ratified the European Convention on the...
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Without any guarantee that one would not find more archaeological remains.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: When I went out to Carrickmines, I expected to see a castle. Most people think there is a big castle.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Somebody discovers a three leg pot.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: The Deputy is raising a very significant issue concerning the CPO legislation. That is another legal minefield with which I agree we must deal.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: If I could have I would have.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Many of my colleagues would have preferred if I could have published it weeks ago.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: It would not.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Those are all existing powers.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: That is not true. It is grossly unfair.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Nothing was being found in those times.