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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bank Charges (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I will finish up now. There is free banking in two institutions - in AIB where the account holder must have a continuous balance of €2,500 or more; and in Permanent TSB where the account holder must lodge at least €1,500 every month.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bank Charges (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: Very few people in ordinary jobs can do that. I look forward to the Minister of State's response.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bank Charges (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I remember Senator Quinn once informing us that he had got notification for an annual subscription for a business magazine. He discovered that new customers got it for free, so he terminated his account and his wife became the new customer. It is similar here. A new customer gets it free for three years but an existing customer must pay. Would...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I wish to raise the issue of the consequences of patients in hospital beds being unable to transfer to nursing homes. One of the reasons for this is not the most obvious one that the fair deal scheme is delayed by 11 weeks, which is also a factor, but the fact that general practitioners, GPs, in areas that have nursing homes are limited by the number of medical card holders they can have on...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I wish to raise an issue regarding Bus Éireann. It has come to my attention that Bus Éireann intends to discontinue the Dublin service to Carrick-on-Suir which operates six times per day. Despite my best endeavours to contact Bus Éireann, by e-mail and by phone, I have got no response from it. However, I am reliably informed by SIPTU, one of the unions representing the...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: It was not an expressway service.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: It is because it is a commercial business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: Can the Minister's reason be challenged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the speakers for their presentations and for the documents that have been circulated. I wish to raise a few items. Earlier, Deputy Cowen spoke about bonds and housing estates that were not taken in charge. Does Mr. Cussen have information on private estates that local authorities cannot take in charge because there is no bond or they do not have the money? In addition, they may be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: We hear all these things. Perhaps Mr. Sheridan might be able to break them down on a county-by-county basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I am not interrupting. I just want to clarify that point.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: It has come to my attention that the Courts Service has called for a review of court facilities in County Tipperary to identify, in consultation with stakeholders in the country, a range of options which could be considered to enable the Courts Service to work more efficiently and effectively in maintaining front-line services. I am concerned that this may be code for the possible closure of...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I am seeking clarity from the Minister on what he just said. On the previous occasion, the Minister made the point very strongly as well. As one is wont to do, I had some conversations with people about it afterwards. It is still not clear in my own head and perhaps this House is the place to clear it up. The Minister stated that the system that is being put in place will be to send CVs...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Waste Management (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I appreciate the Minister of State's reply but I believe he will share my concerns, not least in regard to the delay. I was not asking the Government or the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to interfere unduly with the functions or operations of the EPA, but the agency made a commitment to conducing a report as far back as July of last year and to make that report...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (11 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I second the motion proposed by my colleague, Senator Aideen Hayden. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. While I will deal with some aspects of social housing I wish to make a few general points. Currently there are more than 300,000 people living in private rented accommodation. This Government, unlike previous Governments, is tackling the problem and intends to tackle it for...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I congratulate and commend all those involved in the running of the 90th national coursing meeting in Clonmel which was held over two weekends owing to bad weather. It finished last weekend and started the weekend before. In particular, I commend those involved in hare husbandry for a number of weeks. Fantastic crowds turned out and fantastic support was to be seen. However, I raise...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: The reason I raise this issue is that the greyhound industry (amendment) Bill is on the agenda for the spring term. It is very important that the Leader bring this issue to the attention of the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, in order that we could look at some system whereby for each dog licensed there would be a notice for the vehicle in which it was being carried. This system is in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bus Éireann Services (18 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to deal with this matter. I appreciate it very much. It has come to my attention through local people and some workers in Bus Éireann that Bus Éireann intends to terminate the bus route 7 from Carrick-on-Suir to Dublin. The route commences in Clonmel, travels south-east for 13 miles, then north-east to Callan and on to Kilkenny and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bus Éireann Services (18 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for a very comprehensive reply and his personal interest in the matter. I acknowledge that I have been in contact with him on a number of occasions. There is a bit of ducks and drakes going on here. I have a letter that is the only correspondence I got from Bus Éireann even though I wrote to it at least five times and probably tried to ring it ten times. It says...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Rural Communities: Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, to the committee. Regarding Bus Éireann, I support what the Minister of State said that the way this was announced was unacceptable. In fact, it was not announced at all; I heard it through local drivers. Tipperary is affected by this as well. It is not within the Minister of State's remit directly, but it has fallen to her now. I...