Results 1,161-1,180 of 1,625 for speaker:Pat O'Neill

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator had better go back for a briefing.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Just like the budget.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I do not agree with the surcharge Senator Barrett proposes. Being clamped can be traumatic for certain people. The Minister is right to ask the NTA to set a fixed rate for a clamping fee. A surcharge may be abused in certain circumstances. On Second Stage I asked the Minister to draw up a charter of rights for people whose cars are clamped requiring that they be released within a certain...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I accept the points the Minister has made. There is no dispute in regard to the statutory areas and parking in that they are defined in terms of double yellow or single yellow lines or areas where motorists can park. The issue arises in non-statutory areas such as hotel car parks and parking outside schools where somebody makes a decision that a motorist is illegally parked. A silly...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I understand the sentiment that underpins Senator Barrett's amendment. All public representatives, and indeed the public, are often aware that frivolous appeals are being made. This is particularly true with regard to An Bord Pleanála. We have a rule in this country that the polluter pays, but that does not seem to apply when people make frivolous appeals to An Bord Pleanála...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the Minister for moving the Bill. I look forward to Report Stage where he will bring forward some changes and we await with interest to see what they will be. I thank him for attending the House.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I know we have it in a certain house but we could still pass it.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Next Wednesday, 22 October 2014.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I propose the suspension of the House until 3 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I thank the chairman and the chief executive officer for their presentations. The Indecon report is not good when one notes the losses and the continuing decline in income for Bord na gCon since 2006 and the proposed sale of one of the major stadia, the Harold's Cross track. Has Bord na gCon any plans to close other stadia or refuse private stadia the right to run greyhound race meetings?...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: The Senator wanted to introduce it in 2012.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Acceptance of amendment No. 63 involves the deletion of section 19 of the Bill.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Acceptance of this amendment involves the deletion of section 22.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Acceptance of amendment No. 75 involves the deletion of section 28.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Acceptance of this amendment involves the deletion of section 29.

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome this change by the Minister and thank him for taking on board what Senator Barrett proposed on Committee Stage. Will the Bill now read: "different circumstances, different hours of the day and different areas"? Is it correct that different areas will still be included in the Bill? We said the last day that the NTA may set a charter of rights through regulation. If somebody is...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: I welcome this provision as well. It is what I was getting at in relation to a charter of rights. It is important that we have a time period in the Bill so that if somebody is clamped, he or she knows that the vehicle has to be released within two hours. If not, the charter of rights will have to come into effect in relation to what rights customers have. I welcome that there is a...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (22 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: On behalf of the Government group, I thank the Minister for bringing this important Bill before the House. People might not think clamping is a particularly pressing matter but, as everyone has said, it is an emotive issue. The Bill has strengthened citizens' rights and the rights of businesses and non-statutory premises in relation to the enforcement of clamping. The Bill progresses...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: Before I ask the Leader for a debate on the principal issue I wish to raise, I agree with Senator Darragh O'Brien in his comments on Deputy Peadar Tóibín's interview on radio this morning. It is ironic that the Deputy should say the only way to deal with the issue is in a court of law when the group with which he is associated did not recognise the institutions of the State, North...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Pat O'Neill: That is a very important matter also.