Results 301-320 of 2,052 for speaker:Maria Bailey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: The supply issue is outside the remit of this Bill. Many measures are coming forward from this committee to increase and encourage supply to which Mr. Tom O'Brien may not be privy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Witnesses should not make charges against any members and members are not allowed to make any charges against witnesses. I am in the chair and must remain impartial. I do not want anything coming back against anyone in this room.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: I am not in favour of the Bill but, as Chairman, I am trying to be impartial.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: I will ask Deputy Darragh O'Brien to speak but I must call Mr. McCafferty first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Deputy Casey will take the Chair after my contribution as I will have to leave to attend another meeting on housing. While Deputy Darragh O'Brien abstained in the vote on Second Stage of the Anti-Evictions Bill 2018, I voted against it, as Deputy Barry is aware, because I believed it was unfair and unconstitutional for various reasons. Two weeks ago the committee met in private session with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: That is not a problem. I have the Deputy's name down to come in in the next round, with Deputy Jan O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Greater Security of Tenure and Rent Certainty) Bill 2018 and Anti-Evictions Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: I thank Mr. O'Brien. Did Ms Byrne want to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (14 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Apologies have been received from Senator Grace O'Sullivan. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Developments in the Water Sector: Discussion (14 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Members and visitors in the Public Gallery are asked to ensure that, for the duration of the meeting, their mobile phones are turned off completely or on airplane or flight mode. It is not sufficient to turn phones onto silent mode as this maintains a level of interference in the broadcasting system. No. 5 is an update on developments in the water sector. On behalf of the committee, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Apologies have been received from Deputies Fergus O'Dowd, Pat Casey and Mick Barry. I propose that we go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Members and visitors in the Public Gallery are asked to ensure that for the duration of the meeting their mobile phones are turned off completely or on airplane mode. It is not sufficient to turn phones on silent as this maintains a level of interference in the broadcasting system. No. 4 on today's agenda is pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the prohibition of certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Does Ms Dean wish to make an opening statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: I thank Ms Dean. As Mr. Chave has nothing to add, I call on Senator Grace O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Do Ms Dean or Mr. Chave wish to respond to any of the questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: I alert Dr. Lynch to the fact that there are two different types of penalties under head 13. The first is the one to which he referred, while the second is a penalty "on conviction on indictment to a fine not exceeding €3,000,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both". Does Dr. Lynch have a copy of this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Senator Boyhan asked questions on other matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: The Deputy has asked three questions I was going to ask. I would like to tag on another question or two. Would Ms Dean like to mention any aspects of the Bill that go too far, or do not go far enough, in her opinion? Does she believe there is anything missing from it? I hear what she is saying about other countries coming forward with their own legislation. I think we are going slightly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Would Dr. Nash like to come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: Is the Deputy saying that we do not use microbeads because of the medical products here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Maria Bailey: It is an exceptionally complex issue.