Results 861-880 of 1,094 for speaker:Camillus Glynn

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Camillus Glynn: In one sense I welcome the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse and in another I regret that it was necessary to have to produce such a report. We must deal with the reality of the issue. I ask the Leader to devote at least one day, if not two days, to the report as soon as possible. I and many Senators on all sides of the House will have much to say on it. With regard to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I ask the Senator not to make me remind her further of the failings of Fine Gael. It is important to remember that significant strides have been made in psychiatry. In Mullingar we have one of the finest and most successful units for later-life psychiatry in the country. Having said that, we can refer people to the institutions we have. We must remember there are people who need ongoing...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I hope the Opposition will help.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Aontaím go hiomlán leis an Seanadóir O'Toole maidir le Foinse. Tá an ceart aige agus glaoim ar an Rialtas rud éigin a dhéanamh faoi sin chomh luath agus is féidir. What I have to say should be recorded because it is uttered after every election. The electoral register is a disaster. I am sure every Member of this House would say exactly the same. As members of the Joint Committee...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I recently asked the Leader to arrange for a debate on the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Heritage and Local Government on the electoral register. It is timely to have such a debate and for the Minister to be present for it. I have been inundated, as I am sure have other Members, with calls from people whose names failed to be recorded on the register. I reiterate...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Does the Senator want it with cream?

Seanad: Night-time Rural Transport: Statements (23 Jun 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis as ucht an dea-obair atá déanta aige ar an scéim seo. As one who hails from a rural area but now lives in a town, I appreciate, as do many if not all other Members, the great innovative measure the Minister took in introducing this scheme, albeit on a pilot basis. He has established that it has been a success....

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Camillus Glynn: What did the Senator do?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I support Senator O'Donovan in his remarks pertaining to the electoral register. I raised this matter yesterday and on a previous occasion. Senator O'Donovan referred to Bantry, where a number of people on the register had died. In Clonmore, the small area in which I live, up to recently there were three people on the register who have been dead a number of years. The electoral register...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Well done Senator Hanafin.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Every day in this Chamber and elsewhere, the word "recession" is at the tip of every tongue. I ask the Deputy Leader that he call on his colleague, the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, to come to the House to have a debate on planning enforcement. When we talk about planning, people think about developers straight away. I am supportive of developers, as they are...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an tAire go dtí an Teach. I welcome the Bill which gives effect to a budgetary measure announced by the Government last October. Any legislation or measure which devolves the power to local authority members to raise additional finance by way of reserve function is welcome. I have long advocated this measure and I have not changed my mind on the matter....

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Camillus Glynn: The Senator wants to be convinced.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Committee Stage will be taken at 2.15 p.m. today.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I am disappointed it has not been possible to accede to my request, but I suppose one does not get everything one wants. What guarantees are there in the Bill to ensure the moneys due to town councils will be passed on? Is there an appropriate statutory basis for this?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Camillus Glynn: The reason I ask is that there seems to be an intention on the part of certain local authorities to take to themselves powers that would normally be devolved under law to the town councils. I am a strong defender of town councils, even though I come from a country area. However, I live in a town and see how effective town local government is. I exhort the Minister to use every opportunity...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I am sure the Minister and all of the 34 local authorities involved would be delighted if the outturn from this Bill is in the order stated by Senator Coffey, and I would be delighted for local government in its fullest sense, but the Minister must err on the side of caution. What may contribute to the nature of Senator Coffey's prognosis is the number of unregistered facilities. Given...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I come down on the side of the local authorities for one simple reason. A local authority will grant planning permission - some constructions may be built without planning permission but these are the exception to the rule - and it is always a condition of planning to outline usage of the facility. Therefore, using this argument, the local authority is best placed to know exactly what is...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Camillus Glynn: With regard to the house on the cottage acre where the son or daughter gets planning permission and builds a house which becomes their normal residence, the old house is the normal residence of the parents so, clearly, the levy would not apply in that situation. That is my view. However, if the situation changes with the demise of the parent or parents and the house was rented, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Was that to be covered in the Succession Acts?