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- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: It is all about responsibility.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: Nobody has taken responsibility in this case.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: The decision of the arbitrator, when appointed, should be final and binding.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: There may be a whirlpool awaiting the Minister.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: I move amendment No. 29: In page 94, to delete lines 17 to 28. Although I am not happy with all of the Bill, it is likely it will be passed as it is a numbers game at the end of the day. This section effectively confers power on the Minister to unilaterally suspend or amend provisions of the Bill. As a legislator, I have difficulty with this as it goes against the idea behind our role in the...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: The Minister might elaborate on emergency orders. When a water services authority is in place, do the powers rest with the Minister?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: I move amendment No. 31: In page 94, to delete lines 29 to 38. The amendment concerns section 100 which Fine Gael totally opposed on Committee Stage and again opposes on Report Stage. The section effectively states that any pre-1922 legislation which conflicts with the Bill will no longer have effect. Will the Minister tell the House whether there are any pre-1922 statutes which conflict with...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: I did not say that.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: Perhaps the Minister will give us an indication of which pre-1922 Acts are being referred to. He must have a list of old Acts provided by departmental officials. Any Government should be able to find this out; the research facilities are there.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming to the House and dealing with this Bill. The amendments put down by my own party were for the betterment of the Bill and I am glad the Minister accepted some of them and took our concerns into account. There is an onus on the Minister to ensure that waste management plans are in place in the various regions, along with sludge management...
- Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: I welcome the Minister of State. He never rises in this House without referring to my native county of Longford. I thank him for that and would point out that I am a member of Longford Historical Society. Indeed, I was a member of the county council when we moved a resolution for the retention and refurbishment of the 1798 courthouse, a landmark in the centre of Longford town. We recently...
- Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: The Government has not listened in the past.
- Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: That is a knee-jerk reaction to the Carrickmines case.
- Seanad: National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (1 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: What consultation took place?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Joe Walsh, to the House to prove that he has not abandoned farmers or allowed the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to railroad over the most intensive farmers in the State. Regarding the nitrates directive, he is trying to throw the national interest and good science out the window. We have...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: The Senator's application must have been refused last night.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: Fianna Fáil should thank the electorate for giving it a resounding result in the local and European elections.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: What about Punchestown?
- Seanad: Order of Business. (2 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: The Senator should tell it to the farmers of County Sligo.
- Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2003: Second Stage. (2 Jul 2004)
James Bannon: I welcome the Minister here today for the debate on this long overdue and important Bill. Following yesterday's guillotining of Report Stage in the Dáil and despite the amount of time given over to it, the Bill now appears before us with 37 Government amendments having been passed without debate. Most of these amendments are substantial and involve considerable additions and changes to the...