Results 1,021-1,040 of 2,052 for speaker:Maria Bailey
- Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (15 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the results on appeals with respect to the 2017 sports capital programme will issue. [7724/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (15 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the way in which Dún Laoghaire could benefit more from Dublin's tourism industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7723/18]
- Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: Today’s business shall be No. 7, motion re seventeenth report of the Committee of Selection; No. 8, motion re Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018, back from committee; No. 9, motion re report on service by the Defence Forces with the UN in 2016, referral to committee; No. 10, motion re parliamentary questions rota change; No. 11,...
- Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak here again today on the national development plan, having contributed heavily to this process for the past year and a half. I am also clear that in the organisational structures of the plan, all the relevant stakeholders were consulted and encouraged to engage in the process, as I believed has happened. There have been over 40 public...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: I call the meeting to order. We are now in public session. Apologies have been received from Senator Boyhan and Deputy Barry is substituting for Deputy Coppinger. I propose that the committee goes into private session to deal with housekeeping business. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: At the request of the broadcasting and recording services, members and visitors in the Public Gallery are requested to ensure that for the duration of the meeting, their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to airplane, safe or flight mode depending on their devices. It is not sufficient to put phones on silent mode as it will maintain a level of interference with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: I will finish reading the note and then clarify what the Deputy has asked about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: With regard to negotiations, there might be some things that are confidential which the witnesses are not permitted to divulge. I do not know what they are but I am sure the witnesses will know. That is all I am saying
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: The Deputy is free to openly ask any question he wants to ask and it is up to the witnesses to answer those questions or not. Is that okay?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: Before I begin, I draw witnesses' attention to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: I thank Deputy O'Dowd. I was quite lenient with the time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: Please, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: I will let the Deputy back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: We are going to allow members and witnesses to make comments and ask questions without interruption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: I will let Deputy O'Dowd back in for one minute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: Does Senator Murnane O'Connor want any clarifications?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: Does Mr. Grant wish to clarify anything?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: I thank Deputy Barry. I wish to disassociate myself from one comment the Deputy made referring to "many of us here". As someone who sat on the committee, and based my decisions on evidence before me about excessive charges being a way of charging people through the back door, I want to disassociate myself from that remark.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: Deputy Barry, as we have with others, we are going to allow Mr. Grant to finish without interruption. I will bring the Deputy back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Irish Water: Discussion (22 Feb 2018)
Maria Bailey: Deputy Barry has a minute to come back in.