Results 3,221-3,240 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is being again dishonest because his party does not disagree with the point I make.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Green Party's criticism of our approach on biodegradable waste in the resolution is equally nonsensical.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is quite correct. Ireland availed of a four-year derogation. What the Green Party ignores is that the targets set for Ireland in the biodegradable strategy are enormous and incredibly ambitious. They are targets which will be achieved. In Germany, on the issue of CHP, a Green Party environmental minister was happy to preside over a policy framework in which incineration with energy...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: If he were a Green Party councillor or Minister in Ireland, he would have more courage than the Irish Green Party representatives have. The Green Party's only alternative to the integrated approach is to talk about some nirvana to do with zero waste when the dogs on the road know this is nonsense. The party leader has opined that zero waste strategy will become the conventional wisdom —...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: ——and it has 12 landfills.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: No, he did not. He dodged it. However, that is another issue. He is not here to defend himself, but Deputy Gormley is and he has admitted what Professor Connett sought to deny, that it has an incinerator. Countries such as Germany——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: ——and the Netherlands have reduced their waste to landfill dramatically, down towards the 10% mark, but they depend on incineration. Likewise in Canberra, where there was an impressive start, the reality is that we do not hear much of the fuss today. There are no magic solutions or magic bullets. We must look elsewhere for solutions to the real problems. Instead of trawling for obscure...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: We must take responsibility for the waste we inevitably produce. I will speak to the Deputy about waste produced by laundering diesel later.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: It is simply not acceptable that we dump our waste in other EU states.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: Why would the Green Party argue that we have to dump the waste on future generations by dumping it in landfill in this country? Properly engineered landfill will continue to have a residual role, but it makes no sense to resort to it for all waste. I have yet to hear a coherent response from the Green Party. It is quite incredible that a party supposedly dedicated to the environment should...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: This is a process which will give the Green Party and their fellow travellers ample opportunity to do what they want, which is to hinder it. There would be significant costs involved in establishing deposit and refund arrangements and it is dubious as to whether they would bring any greater benefit to the system. I would certainly be willing to examine it. One successful approach is based on...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: When the Deputy was in power and in a position of some influence——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: There were only 35 recycling centres.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: We now have over 80. They did not spring up just like that, as Tommy Cooper used to say. They came out of practical solutions——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: Maybe the Green Party should just dream on and maybe the Labour Party should try to shout me down.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I am always glad to have the opportunity to set out to the House the good results that have been achieved. We have made incredible progress in waste recycling in the last five years. We will achieve more.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is quite right. The people have achieved it because the Government has put in place——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: ——the infrastructure. The Deputy asked about brown bins. If he read a recent press release, he would know how much money I put into composting——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: ——which is the first element. I look forward to support from the Green Party in the development of infrastructure for composting facilities.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: No, it was based on the motion. The Deputy should read the motion.