Results 141-160 of 669 for speaker:Grace O'Sullivan

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: In the context of fairness, equity and transparency, it would have been a nice gesture if we had been invited.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: Fisheries are a huge part of our natural resources. Given the forthcoming Brexit negotiations, I feel that this legislation is premature. As Senator Humphreys said, proper scrutiny of the Bill needs to take place. I am afraid that the Bill is a bit shoddy. I have heard from fishermen who feel they were not consulted. We live on an island that has 7,500 km of coastline with a great ocean...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I just want to make a comment. I was at the McVerry conference and I would like to share two points of interest. There was a suggestion of a project over the next decade to centralise property-ownership data because it is quite dispersed as matters stand. In order to have evidence-based decision-making in the future, we should consider having a data-analytics centre, again centralising...

Seanad: Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I want to offer my sincere condolences to the family of Martin McGuinness and to his colleagues here in the Sinn Féin Party. I had the honour of meeting him only last year at the time of the general election when David Cullinane was elected in Waterford. Within a short time of his election, Martin McGuinness arrived down to Waterford in the south east to acknowledge David's election...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. He was here on 8 March when I said I had serious concerns about this Bill. I am fully in support of Senator Norris. I would like to draw the Minister's attention to the fact the island of Ireland has a coastline of about 7,500 km whereas Northern Ireland has a relatively small part of that coastline. We are talking about the history of this, whereas...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 2:In page 11, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“8.(1) The Minister shall conduct a comprehensive national baseline study over a period of at least 3 years to collect data on bird nesting and other aspects of hedgerow and countryside biodiversity in order to inform the protection of biodiversity and of other aspects of the environment including the...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 3:In page 12, line 1, after "1976," to insert "the Minister may make regulations to allow". I will not press the amendment.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: Yes.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I just said that I am not pressing it.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: No.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: It would strengthen the amendment to insert the term "public roadside" to make it clear that it is the public roadside we are referring to specifically.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: No.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: No.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I am withdrawing amendment No. 4.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: For clarification, I withdrew amendment No. 4 because it was predicated on amendment No. 2.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: It did not make sense in the circumstances.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 6:In page 12, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “10.(1) Section 40(2) of the Act of 1976 is amended by inserting the following:“(g) the removal or destruction of vegetation required by a notice served by a local authority under section 70 of the Roads Act 1993 (as amended).”.(2) Section 40 of the Act of 1976 is amended by adding after...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: Take your time, Senator.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I acknowledge and support what Senator Alice-Mary Higgins said. We have made huge progress in getting rid of terms such as "grubbing" and "destroying" hedgerows. I never saw a heritage Bill as being conducive to the use of such terms. We have come a long way which I welcome and it would be most unfortunate if we were to row back at a later stage and unpick all of the work we have done in...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Grace O'Sullivan: I second the amendment.