Results 381-400 of 447 for speaker:Brendan Kenneally

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed). (1 Apr 2004)

Brendan Kenneally: It is timely to have an update on the broadband issue. I ask for a debate on the matter because the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources last week launched its report on broadband. One section of the report deals with future proofing of broadband. It states that when infrastructural projects are going ahead the ducting and casing should be put in. It has come to my...

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

Brendan Kenneally: I move "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Maritime Security Bill 2004: Second Stage. (31 Mar 2004)

Brendan Kenneally: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome this legislation which gives effect to the United Nations convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation 1988 and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms on the Continental Shelf 1988 signed in Rome on 10 March of that year. One could wonder...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2004)

Brendan Kenneally: The Cathaoirleach will be glad to know that I do not intend to raise the Croke Park issue as he would rule me out of order.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Mar 2004)

Brendan Kenneally: Perhaps we might invite the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dermot Ahern, to the House. His brief is so wide that he could be here on a raft of different subjects, particularly regarding the communications end of his portfolio. I say that for two reasons, the first being the weekend reports on the state of this country's fixed-line infrastructure. Apparently...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Brendan Kenneally: No one in the Oireachtas will not welcome the introduction of this Bill, which is long overdue, and I congratulate the Minister on taking the initiative and for being so positive in his approach to what will be seen for decades as a very important piece of legislation. Society in Ireland has changed immeasurably over the past decade or two and many of the cornerstones on which our society has...

Seanad: Regional Development: Motion. (11 Feb 2004)

Brendan Kenneally: I wish to share my time with Senator Ormonde. I welcome the Minister of State to the House and am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this subject. I am a supporter of the spatial strategy and I am an advocate of the Government's policy in that regard. I am a long-time supporter of the decentralisation process, going back to before I entered the Oireachtas in 1989. I have always...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: I thank the Minister of State for what he has done. It is heartening to know he is listening to Members and is prepared to respond to them. The Minister of State said that if an individual is convicted, the Minister cannot issue a licence in respect of another vessel. Does that individual have to be convicted of an offence in Irish or EU waters? What is the position if an individual is...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages. (3 Dec 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: I thank the Minister of State for coming in this morning. The Minister and the Minister of State are probably spending more time in this House than any other Minister. I thank them for the time and effort they are putting into the legislation going through this House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (24 Nov 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: I would like a debate on the fishing industry with the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dermot Ahern. While I realise he has probably been in this House more than any other Minister in recent months, it has been to debate his communications brief. It is important to have a debate on fisheries. A new licensing regime was put in place last week which has been...

Seanad: Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Order for Second Stage. (4 Nov 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today." Question put and agreed to.

Seanad: Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (4 Nov 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: I welcome the introduction of the Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003, which is a further step in the evolution of broadcasting in this country. I am wholeheartedly in favour of the intent of this Bill. I welcome that there is to be a fund which will ensure that our culture is given an additional chance of survival and that independent broadcasters and radio stations will be given an incentive...

Seanad: Broadcasting (Funding) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (4 Nov 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Order for Second Stage. (23 Oct 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today." Question put and agreed to.

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (23 Oct 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: I welcome the Minister and his officials. I am glad to have the opportunity of speaking on the Bill. However, I must admit to being somewhat confused because two weeks ago we debated the Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Bill 2003, which is similar to a large extent to the measure before us. Part of that confusion arises because I assumed the protocol to...

Seanad: Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (23 Oct 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 4November 2003.

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Oct 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: It would be appropriate for this House to pass a vote of congratulations to the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dermot Ahern, on his tremendous success at the European fisheries meeting on Monday. We have had discussions on this matter before and we all realise the devastation it would have caused if the concept of the Irish Box had been removed completely,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Bill 2001: Committee Stage. - Local Radio Licensing: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: I move: That Seanad Éireann takes note of the Fifth Report of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources – Local Radio: The Licensing Process – a review of the licensing system as experienced by Local Radio Stations in Ireland.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Temporary Release of Prisoners) Bill 2001: Committee Stage. - Local Radio Licensing: Motion. (15 Oct 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: As a member of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, I am delighted to have this opportunity to discuss this report on local radio and the licensing process. It is particularly appropriate that we should be doing so in the Seanad, as the rapporteur for the committee is a Member of the House, Senator Kathleen O'Meara, and I compliment her on the great work she...

Seanad: Fishery Policy: Statements. (15 Oct 2003)

Brendan Kenneally: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the fishing industry in general and the salmon farming industry in particular. Unfortunately, my allotted ten minutes will not allow me to cover all the ground I would like in relation to a complex issue and an industry of particular importance to this country. I congratulate the Minister on his great success in the negotiations in the European Council...