Results 2,521-2,540 of 8,196 for speaker:Alice-Mary Higgins
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 90: In page 37, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(II) the quantity of embodied emissions resulting from the demolition of buildings;”.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: No. I spoke about the issue of demolition at length earlier.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 112: In page 55, line 11, after “coal,” to insert “natural gas,”.
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: These amendments relate to the fact the provisions on mineral development and the changes to the Minerals Development Act 1940 in this Bill, while they specify measures in respect of the prospecting for coal, lignite or oil shale, do not include clear provisions in respect of limiting the prospecting for natural gas. This was an issue that was highlighted as a matter of concern during the...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I will respond, a Leas-Chathaoirligh on the question of natural gas. Unfortunately, there were limitations in the issuing of new licences.The Minister of State mentioned new licences but in situations where, for example, there have been explorations in situations where it was about a renewal of licences, an excessive number of exemptions were provided in respect of the continuation of...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 113: In page 55, line 11, after "coal," to insert "precious metals,".
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 114: In page 55, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 8 of Minerals Development Act 1940 38.Section 8A(4) of the Minerals Development Act 1940 is amended by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a): "(aa) where there is the free, prior and informed consent of the local community in full compliance with the...
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 115: In page 55, line 20, after "coal," to insert "natural gas,".
- Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 116: In page 55, line 20, after "coal," to insert "precious metals,".
- Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)
Alice-Mary Higgins: I want to speak to the set of amendments that relate to Seanad reform. Again, because time is unnecessarily constrained, I will be brief. On the very first day of the last Oireachtas, we moved a Bill for Seanad reform. That was back in 2016. We were asked by the then Government, which included one of the parties still currently in government, to suspend our Bill so we would have a...