Results 241-260 of 1,229 for speaker:Denis Landy

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: A cat has nine lives.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: Hear, hear. Well said.

Seanad: Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report on Farm Safety: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: That is more times than Laois were there.

Seanad: Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report on Farm Safety: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is like the house of a thousand welcomes because I would like to welcome the people in the Visitors Gallery also, particularly my good friend, John McNamara, who is literally from the next parish from me, albeit in County Kilkenny, across the border from Tipperary. I welcome all the visitors. Sometimes people ask what Senators, and the Seanad, do....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I do not wish that the Chairman lose his seat in the next general election, but should that unfortunate event happen, nobody would be more eminently qualified to head the boundary or electoral commission. Very few in this room, despite taking pride in their knowledge of elections and statistics, could beat the Chairman in this regard. I believe I lost a bet with him on one occasion; perhaps...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: Councillor Geoghegan is a Waterford man who loves a challenge, such as the one in Thurles the other day. Will he take on the issue with the County and City Managers Association, CCMA, in terms of what I said about PPS numbers? Will he engage with the CCMA to see if a solution could be found? The ball is in the court of the local authorities. They are the critical people in the equation.

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage (14 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Bill. I also welcome the Minister of State to the House and commend him on the work he has done on this matter. As has already been said, this is very simple legislation, but it is none the less important, as it puts in place a strategy. I also commend the Minister of State on the work he has done in bringing forward defence policy, and I understand a White Paper will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I do not intend to comment on the incident in which I was involved personally last Wednesday night other than to say that since it happened, I have been contacted by a large number of councillors from around the country to tell me how their access into and out of council meetings has been obstructed in recent months. In many cases, they have been unable to drive their vehicles out of council...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: In Carlow, councillors had to leave their cars, in many cases overnight, because of the activities of protestors, some of whom are either directly attached or purport to be attached to Members of the other House. That is absolutely disgraceful and cannot be allowed to go on. In the context of the forthcoming inquiry into the incidents that took place outside the Oireachtas last week, will...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: What about the issue the Senator raised recently concerning Kells?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: That is why the Senator raised the matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I wish to seek support for 470,000 asthma sufferers in this country. Ireland has the fourth highest asthma statistics in the world. In my own county of Tipperary alone, there are 15,000 people suffering from asthma, approximately 10% of the population. In 2011, the Government approved a clinical programme for asthma but, to date, this programme has not been implemented. There are a number...

Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: There are two quotas gone.

Seanad: Report of Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (8 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I have listened closely to the debate and welcome both of our guests back to the House. I made observations at the time of their previous attendance and I am here today to listen to what they have to say on the current position. I do not believe in repetition, wasting the time of the House or saying things for the sake of it in order to be able to relay it to various quarters at various...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State. Accusations were laid at her door in the Lower House about the way the Bill had been presented. I compliment her on all 29 pages of her presentation. This is probably the most wide-ranging Bill I have seen come through in my time in this House. It seeks to amend the Waste Management Act, 1996, the Air Pollution Act, 1987, the Environmental Protection...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: I was not speaking about Senator Cullinane at all. There are other people-----

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: Senator Cullinane could at least write his own speech if no one uses Deputy Stanley's one.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: The Senator's party was going to charge €700.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: In a cave?