Results 12,701-12,720 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Seanad: Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Amendment No. 16 is consequential to Government amendments Nos. 9 and 10 and is required to clarify in section 16 (3) of the Bill that the establishment and priorities by the Pyrite Resolution Board for the remediation of dwellings will apply across all dwellings and will not differentiate between them.
- Seanad: Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Amendments Nos. 17 and 18 are minor amendments required to make a grammatical correction in the opening line of section 17(3) of the Bill and a consequential amendment in section 17 (3) (a) of the Bill.
- Seanad: Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: This amendment is required to provide in section 18 (3) of the Bill that the Pyrite Resolution Board shall have sufficient time to consider a matter referred to it by a decision maker.
- Seanad: Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Amendment No. 20 is required to make provision in a new section 19 of the Bill for a situation in which an application has been received in respect of a dwelling or dwellings and where the Pyrite Resolution Board becomes aware that the builder-developer of the dwelling or dwellings is involved in a civil action for damages against a party who is considered responsible for the pyritic damage...
- Seanad: Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Amendment No. 21 is required to make provision in section 19 of the Bill to clarify the consequential amendment arising from Government amendment No. 20 and the principle of the pyrite remediation scheme being the scheme of last resort.
- Seanad: Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Amendments Nos. 22, 23 and 25 to 27, inclusive, are minor amendments to correct a typographical error in section 22(d) and grammatical corrections in sections 23(b), 24 and 26. Amendment No. 24 is required to insert a new section 23(d) to clarify that the Housing Agency, with the consent of the board, may enter into an agreement with any person for the performance of functions assigned to the...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I thank the Vice Chairman and the committee for convening this meeting at short notice to consider this motion. The Vice Chairman has well summarised the context in which this meeting has been called in terms of ratifying what was agreed by Government on 3 December in regard to the accession by Ireland to the UN Convention on the non-navigational uses of transboundary watercourses and this...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Under the Constitution, this requires a motion of Dáil Éireann in order to ensure that the UN convention is ratified. It is neither no more nor no less than that. It does not have any obligations other than that. Then, because it has a charge on the State, in the event of an arbitration of a dispute resolution, we must get approval from Dáil Éireann for any expenditure...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The committee decides here whatever it wishes and then the motion has to go to the floor of Dáil Éireann for formal ratification, and it is intended to do so on Thursday next.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Dáil Éireann only.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Donegal County Council, for example, intends to lay a sewerage outfall pipe in Lough Foyle but the entire lough floor is claimed by the United Kingdom, and this could be a point of difference between Ireland and the United Kingdom, as well as with the neighbouring local authorities. What happens then is that the local authority has to produce an environmental impact statement, the Northern...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I do not know about Carlingford Lough.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: That is one that Deputy Stanley's party is trying to solve.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: They have not provided the funding.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I knew the Vice Chairman would mention it. No, the only dispute there is between Tipperary and Clare.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Galway as well, that is correct. No. Lough Derg is not an international convention matter.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses: Motion (17 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Hopefully, yes.
- Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Gerry does not care.
- Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to have this opportunity to introduce the Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 to the House. The Bill represents a very important step on the road to providing sustainable and workable solutions within a reasonable timeframe for home owners affected by pyritic damage, many of whom have had to endure the stress and practical...
- Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Who are these persons?