Results 201-220 of 1,229 for speaker:Denis Landy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State and acknowledge that he took up his current portfolio when the greyhound industry was a basket case, and there is no saying otherwise. He took on this portfolio, grasped the nettle and initiated the Indecon report. The turnover of the tote was €50 million in 2006 but it dropped to €20 million in 2013. Bord na gCon has put forward its strategic...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: I welcome the group from the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation. I want to acknowledge at the outset that the federation is indeed the watchdog of the industry. It is important to say that. Every organisation, industry or business needs a watchdog. Indeed, we have ombudsmen and women to do that nationally. They watch and mark Government Departments. It is fair to acknowledge...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: I welcome the group from the Irish Greyhound Board and I thank them for their contributions. Communications is a two way street and the feedback I am getting from my interaction with the Minister and with the breeders’ federation is that there is no response to issues they are raising with the board on an ongoing basis. This is the board’s opportunity to respond to that. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: I have minutes of a meeting and I want to acknowledge that Mr. Meaney met the federation in Thurles a number of months ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: I want to acknowledge that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: Can I have the support of the Chair?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: I am not here for confrontation; none of us is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: I am not here to play the man either; I am here to play the ball. This is about the ball, which is the greyhound industry. Let me quote Mr. Meaney, who said, "If the only problem is communication, we will solve it quickly." I want to take that remark in the good faith it was made. What happened in the past has happened. There was a request from the federation for a meeting with the board...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: Through the Chair, what is the timescale on that?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: Is Senator Leyden being serious?
- Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (14 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I commend him on his response earlier today regarding the commencement of the Construction Contracts Act 2013. I have an interest in the matter and the Minister of State's response was full and emphatic. I am sure that progress will be made shortly. I welcome the representatives of Friends of the Earth to the Chamber for this debate. The...
- Seanad: State Claims Agency: Motion (7 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: Am I seconding the motion?
- Seanad: State Claims Agency: Motion (7 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: State Claims Agency: Motion (7 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: I second the motion. I am old enough to remember the ambulance chasing that went on in the 1980s and 1990s, and the State's consideration of the situation pertaining to claims against it. It was against that backdrop that the State Claims Agency was established in 2000 under the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA. The purpose set out then was: to manage personal injury, property...
- Seanad: State Claims Agency: Motion (7 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: The Senator's canvassing of the council has started here.
- Seanad: State Claims Agency: Motion (7 Oct 2015)
Denis Landy: Hear, hear. That is very good.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)
Denis Landy: On our last day I wish to say I am delighted with the report card Senator O'Brien gave the Government today. It was honest and his recognition of all the work the Government has done and is going to do-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)
Denis Landy: I have loads of things to say. Senator O'Brien has gone up in my estimation massively.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)
Denis Landy: I will be spending my time in Ireland on a staycation but I will be relying on the geographical knowledge of my colleagues around the country to take me to the various boreens where councillors live. I hope Members will support me.