Results 141-160 of 1,094 for speaker:Camillus Glynn

Seanad: Order of Business. (3 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to the House to discuss the serious situation regarding car insurance? Many cars are bought from auctions and garages but while the onus is on owners to ensure such cars are insured, it is not happening. I have checked this. A frightening percentage of cars bought from auctions and garages are neither insured nor taxed....

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (4 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I congratulate the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, and the Ministers of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley and Deputy Callely, on the introduction of the Bill. I am glad Senator Feighan has firmly indicated his party's support for this imperative measure. All fair-minded people will acknowledge that the Minister and his Ministers of State have been pathfinders and have driven this...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I strongly support Senator MacSharry's remarks on the rail network. There is no doubt that significant improvements have been effected and the Leader, who was previously Minister with responsibility for transport, can take much credit for this. The rail network has an integral part to play in the public transport system. When one considers the circumstances that obtain between Mullingar and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The relevant Minister should be invited to the House for a debate, during which I could make these remarks. It is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (9 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Tobacco can only be sold by bona fide traders with a licence. It is a sure bet to say that none of those people selling on the street has any licence, nor are they paying rates or other overheads. They would not be too concerned about the age group to which they are selling and I do not carry any candle for them. That tobacco is a very dangerous product has already been debated here, in the...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (9 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The buck must stop somewhere.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (9 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I support the Minister in this regard. We must be careful to ensure we do not provide an exit clause. That is what would happen if the Minister were to accept the amendments. While the amendment is well intentioned, in the interests of ensuring culpability the provision should remain as it stands.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages. (9 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I thank the Minister, Deputy Martin, and the Ministers of State, Deputies Callely and O'Malley, for their co-operation and assistance. In particular I commend the Minister on his Trojan work in this whole area. He met many areas of resistance but he took them on the chin and forged ahead. I thank the Opposition — the Fine Gael Party, the Labour Party and the Independent group — for their...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the guidelines and I commend the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen, on introducing them. It is important to understand why they have been introduced. I was a member of a local authority for 24 years up to my resignation five or six months ago. I have been involved in the compilation of a number of county...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That is the destructive criticism about which I spoke. I thank the Senator for reminding me.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I did not think the Senator would take the bait so soon. Senator Henry made a comment, which I partly support. It pertained to the elderly in the community. When I was a gossoon, which was a while ago, great attention was given to the care of the elderly. People looked after their elderly father or mother, their uncle or aunt at home. Now the principle of honouring father and mother, that...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: On water pollution, the Minister's guidelines are clear and concise in stating that everything should be subject to good planning practice. One would not expect the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to oversee the installation of a septic tank. In most cases of septic tank installation where there is what is known as impervious soil, a hydrological survey will...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: Whatever Senator Bannon put forward today, he must be suffering from withdrawal symptoms, because most of what he said had to be withdrawn.

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: He is welcome. He is a good friend of mine when he says what should be said, but that does not happen often. I agree with the Minister on rural planning when he stated: "I want to emphasise again, however, that the guidelines are based on a presumption that people who have roots in or links to rural areas and are part of and contribute to the rural community, will get planning permission for...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: That will not change. If we are to be practical about it, what else can be said. There must be a multi-faceted approach to this whole problem. The guidelines are specific on the issue of protecting water quality. The Minister also stated: "Where sites are to be developed, waste water systems must be designed, installed and monitored to ensure that they operate and continue to operate to the...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: The members of the Opposition cannot have it every way. They must come down on one side or the other. I welcome these guidelines and commend them to the House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I will not delay very long. I join with the other Members who rightly condemned the atrocity in Madrid. I had a call this morning from my wife to inform me of the atrocity. We have a son teaching there who uses public transport and there was great consternation in my family until we made contact. He is all right, but we are lucky. What about others whose relatives will not be there to answer...

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: I am concerned, as are other right-thinking people, by recent newspaper reports of bogus registration of births by certain non-nationals. Perhaps nationals are doing it also; I do not know. If this is the case, and nobody has contradicted those reports, what will be done about it?

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: How widespread is this practice? Is this an isolated incident? The relevant Minister should tell the House what he or she proposes to do about this worrying trend. I am all for child benefit for children who exist, but I do not support paying child benefit to people who do not exist.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Mar 2004)

Camillus Glynn: It was reported in the national media.