Results 341-360 of 1,229 for speaker:Denis Landy

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I wish to raise an issue regarding Bus Éireann. It has come to my attention that Bus Éireann intends to discontinue the Dublin service to Carrick-on-Suir which operates six times per day. Despite my best endeavours to contact Bus Éireann, by e-mail and by phone, I have got no response from it. However, I am reliably informed by SIPTU, one of the unions representing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: Can the Minister's reason be challenged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the speakers for their presentations and for the documents that have been circulated. I wish to raise a few items. Earlier, Deputy Cowen spoke about bonds and housing estates that were not taken in charge. Does Mr. Cussen have information on private estates that local authorities cannot take in charge because there is no bond or they do not have the money? In addition, they may be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: We hear all these things. Perhaps Mr. Sheridan might be able to break them down on a county-by-county basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: I am not interrupting. I just want to clarify that point.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I wish to raise the issue of the consequences of patients in hospital beds being unable to transfer to nursing homes. One of the reasons for this is not the most obvious one that the fair deal scheme is delayed by 11 weeks, which is also a factor, but the fact that general practitioners, GPs, in areas that have nursing homes are limited by the number of medical card holders they can have on...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bank Charges (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I, too, welcome the Minister of State and thank him for coming. I have proposed this matter because of the concerns brought to my attention. At this time of year, after Christmas, people examine their finances and the charges and fees they pay. I conducted some research and there is a wide variance in the charges of the main banks. There is nothing wrong with this. The banks provide...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bank Charges (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I will finish up now. There is free banking in two institutions - in AIB where the account holder must have a continuous balance of €2,500 or more; and in Permanent TSB where the account holder must lodge at least €1,500 every month.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bank Charges (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: Very few people in ordinary jobs can do that. I look forward to the Minister of State's response.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Bank Charges (28 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I remember Senator Quinn once informing us that he had got notification for an annual subscription for a business magazine. He discovered that new customers got it for free, so he terminated his account and his wife became the new customer. It is similar here. A new customer gets it free for three years but an existing customer must pay. Would...

Seanad: Broadband, Post Office Network and Energy White Paper: Statements (27 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Alex White, and the opportunity to address a broad range of items within his remit. I commend the work he has done on energy policy. I am concerned, however, that we have been awaiting guidelines on setback in respect of wind energy for almost two years now but we have not yet had sight of them. Communities throughout the country have been exercised. People...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the representatives of the three associations. In particular, I thank the Chairman for inviting the council associations before the joint committee on foot of a proposal from Senator Keane and me. It is very important that these associations appear before the committee in respect of any pre-legislative scrutiny pertaining to legislation dealing with local government. As this Bill...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: No, but I take Mr. Keating's point. We do not want everything to end up with An Bord Pleanála. We want to avoid this because it would leave everything in abeyance. That is the idea in bringing this forward. I am asking for the delegates' views on how we can get around this. I am talking about the default position being the opportunity for each local authority to go to the relevant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: It is of little use now also, to be honest.

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: What about the system of appointment to North-South bodies?

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: She is very quick.

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: There is always an answer.

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for arranging this debate. For many years as a public representative, I have watched what has gone on in this country. Sometimes, I wondered whether we were even living in a republic or what criteria anyone needed to meet other than being a member of Fianna Fáil. I recall a member of that party boasting openly in public houses of...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: We will not forget it.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: The details of the investment by Irish Water have already been explained ad nauseamat this stage. The problems that were outlined were brought to the attention of Irish Water and were dealt with in an open and transparent way by the assets manager of Irish Water, Mr. Jerry Grant, on radio this week. Some 120 plants need to be upgraded, including the plant in Roscommon, which I mentioned....