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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I am delighted with the leaked announcement that the Government is moving towards increasing the minimum wage. It will mean an awful lot to a large number of workers. I cannot get over the crocodile tears from ISME and other organisations who say the sky will fall in on top of them if they have to give somebody an extra 50 c an hour. What about IKEA, which has gone one better? It is...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I spoke on the issue in its broadest sense on Committee Stage. Today, I express my concerns. The last speaker referred to Merck Sharp & Dohme. I was reared in the valley where Merck Sharp & Dohme still exists. It is an excellent employer in County Tipperary and employs approximately 350 people in high-quality jobs. However, during the almost 20 years of Hanrahan v. Merck...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: Then along came the EPA. Previously, the local authorities, which were self-regulating, gave licences to companies such as Aughinish Alumina and Merck Sharp & Dohme and monitored them annually. Then the State decided that we needed an agency to do the monitoring and take it from the local authorities. At the time, I thought it was a very good idea, given that it would remove local...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: There is a seagull looking in the window at the Senator. He would want to be careful.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: On that note, I will proceed. I would like to add my voice to the good wishes for our golfer, Paul Dunne. Senator Coghlan admitted that he did not know much about him and neither did I until this week. It is fantastic that somebody has come up through the ranks. The president of his club in Wicklow was speaking on the radio this morning and described him as the boy wonder. Hopefully,...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: This legislation specifically aims to keep the cowboys out of the industry. In some cases, they are already in the industry. This legislation is to deal with that issue and will do so effectively. To give the impression that it will not do so is unfair, particularly if one reads the Bill objectively.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: We learned that from the Senator's party.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: That makes us good students. We learned from the best, one of whom is in the building.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: Drumcondra is on the Senator’s mind. They are a bit flaky over there.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: Whatever they do, they should try not to mention his name.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: It is called the Third World, and we try to help them.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I take serious umbrage to commentary from some of my esteemed colleagues, which was along the lines that the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, is in some way unfurnished with the ability to deal with this legislation. The Minister of State is a Minister in this Government. She is charged today with carrying out the function of overseeing this debate on behalf of the Government, and I take...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: My good friend, Senator Heffernan, made some extremely good points in his contribution but a word he uses frequently in our chats over cups of tea, and cups of other things, is ráiméis. There was a little bit of that in his contribution, but I agree with him, and I have said it in the House previously, that the EPA will have to be tackled and dealt with. There should be no more...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I have put on the record of this House incidents that occurred in my community going back almost 30 years. I refer to what happened in Hanrahan v. Merck Sharp & Dohme, which ended up in the Supreme Court. The body charged following that case is now the EPA, and it is not doing its job under legislation that was put in place in 1992. There were 11 prosecutions in one year by the EPA...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: -----every single day. We got 19% of the vote.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: As far as I am concerned we have used that mandate to the maximum.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: Today, the man is in the building. I will leave it at that.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: The man is in the building and the Senators should think about that fact.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I wish to raise an issue on behalf of people who are deaf and blind in this country. According to the 2011 Census of Population, there are 1,749 people who are deaf and blind. They are not currently provided with services. Services are provided for deaf people and services are provided for blind people, but no services are provided for people who deaf and blind. Recognition has been given...