Results 201-220 of 955 for speaker:Terry Brennan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: What is the distance of the east-west interconnector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: If we are going to be part of the European grid, why are we transferring 1,500 MW to Northern Ireland, less than half of that to Wales and half of that to French? It is does make sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I was not here when Mr. Slye mentioned the possibility of doing the entire route underground, and it is possible, at approximately one and a half times the cost of overhead lines. I believe that is the way-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I welcome both presentations. I would like to direct my first question to Mr. Towey. Will the bilateral agreement that has been negotiated with the UK, which will be signed by us shortly and will be signed by the UK after next month's general election in that country, apply to and include Northern Ireland? Perhaps Mr. Towey answered this question in his presentation. I am not quite sure....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: On the 20 km/h speed limit, there are ramifications for this in terms of planning. In many rural areas where there are narrow roads, in some cases with grass growing down the middle of them, the speed limit is 80 km/h. The line of sight and stop distances on such roads is, off the top of my head, 120 yards right or left. If the speed limit on such roads is reduced to 20 km/h - which...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: The Ireland's Ancient East tourism plan was launched earlier this week by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, and the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring. The route extends from the Viking city of Waterford through Carlow to Newgrange and the Boyne Valley, where it seems to stop. I come from a medieval town and county, with artifacts and much history,...

Seanad: One-Parent Family Supports: Motion (15 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all the words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following:- acknowledges that despite significant levels of investment, including an estimated €607 million in 2015, the One-Parent Family Payment scheme has not been successful in preventing lone parents from being significantly more at risk of consistent poverty than the population as a...

Seanad: One-Parent Family Supports: Motion (15 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: Ag leathuair tar éis a deich maidin amárach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: Ní ball mé den choiste seo. Chuala mé ar maidin go raibh na finnéithe ag teacht. Tá an-suim agam i mo theanga féin. Nuair a bhí mise sa scoil náisiúnta, cúpla bliain ó shin, múineadh gach rud ach amháin an Béarla trí mheán na Gaeilge: stair, tíreolas, matamaitic agus mar sin de. D’imríomar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Irish Language Education: Discussion (1 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: Yes. Dúirt sí liom, agus ní dhéanfaidh mé dearmad go deo air, go raibh ár dteanga féin ag fáil bháis. Bhí brón orm é sin a chloisteáil. D’fhiafraigh mé di céard a bhí sise ag déanamh faoi. Dúirt sí liom nach raibh faic á dhéanamh aici. Sin iad na focail a úsáid...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: I listened to comments about the success of the Wild Atlantic Way and there is a further proposal to link the Viking city of Waterford with my own medieval town of Carlingford via the medieval city of Kilkenny, the Boyne Valley and Newgrange and Ferdia and Ardee, hopefully ending up in the nicest medieval town in the country, if I might say so. There should also be an east coast wild way in...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: A concern of mine for many years has been the national Tidy Towns movement, with which I have been involved since the early 1970s.I am trying to encourage the Department to get involved. I cite a lack of consistency on the part of judges in the national Tidy Towns competition. Depending on the judge involved and whether he or she visits once or twice, one can be lucky. I call on the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: Recently, the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, commissioned the INFOMAR programme's new survey vessel, naming her the RV Tonnat the Poolbeg Yacht Boat Club & Marina. This is part of Ireland's national marine mapping initiative and the programme carries out hydrographic and geophysical surveys of Irish territorial waters. It is a co-operative programme between the Geological Survey...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: I would like to be associated with what has been said about the successful rugby weekend that was enjoyed by the Irish ladies and gents. The whole sporting weekend was a truly magnificent occasion that put our country on the sporting map of the world and will also enhance our bid to host the Rugby World Cup in this country in 2023. I want to refer briefly to the new tourism strategy, which...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: I just want to conclude now. It is important to continue this positive momentum because in the long term, it can directly benefit those involved in tourism and the economy as a whole.

Seanad: Ireland's Diaspora Policy: Statements (10 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Seanad. Global Irish: Ireland's Diaspora Policy was launched last week by him and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan. It is the first clear statement of the Government's policy on the diaspora. The policy recognises the unique and important relationship between Ireland and the diaspora and sets out...

Seanad: Ireland's Diaspora Policy: Statements (10 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: Leath uair tar éis a deich maidin amárach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (10 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: As I do not want to be repetitive I will leave out some of the points I raised during the Seanad debate. On average, 40% of those on the electoral register, four out of ten people, do not exercise their democratic right. In fact, the figure has gone above four out of ten in recent years. This is an issue that must be addressed. I am aware of families where neither parent has ever exercised...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: I, too, wish to acknowledge the reduction in the live register figures. Thankfully, the number of people signing on for social welfare has continued to fall 39 consecutive months in a row. That is great news. Unemployment figures are down from a high of 15.1% in February 2012 to 10.1% currently, and the figure is about to reduce to below 10% for the first time in many years. I have no...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Terry Brennan: I support the call for a debate on the self-employed and small and medium-sized businesses. I acknowledge the role they have played and are playing. We started off with an initiative to ask each of the small and medium-sized businesses to employ one additional worker. There are 200,000 small and medium-sized businesses in the country and it would have been a great initiative to fulfil. I...