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Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: I move amendment No. 37: In page 18, line 8, to delete “aim” and substitute “aims”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: I move amendment No. 38: In page 18, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(c) reducing material wastage,”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: I move amendment No. 39: In page 18, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(c) encouraging the use of single-use items made with materials which containing relatively lower levels of plastic, and”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: I move amendment No. 40: In page 18, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(c) improving environmental outcomes through compliance with, and implementation of, the waste hierarchy referred to at Article 4 of the Waste Management Directive,”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: I move amendment No. 42: In page 18, line 13, to delete “less than €0.20 or more than €1.00” and substitute “less than €0.01 or more than €1.00”.

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: I move amendment No. 43: In page 18, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(5) In making regulations under subsection (1)in relation to a single-use item, and in prescribing the amount of any levy under subsection (4), the Minister shall ensure that any such regulations and any such levy are— (a) proportionate, having regard to: (i) the aims referred to in...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: I would like to speak to amendment No. 52, which I have tabled with Senator Dooley. We want to insert the word “recyclable” after the word “suitable”. I will give some background to the rationale for this proposal and explain why Senator Dooley and I want to pursue it. If a ban is applied to a single-use item by the Minister on the basis that a suitable reusable...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: I thank Mr. Powell for appearing before us and we really appreciate it. John Smith died in 1994 and was on course to be prime minister in 1997. Tony Blair came though as a result and Mr. Powell first started working for Tony as his chief of staff when he was the leader of the Opposition in 1995, if I am correct. In those years of opposition between 1995 and 1997, was Tony Blair and Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: Absolutely. Since Gladstone, really. Gladstone and Tony Blair are the two Prime Ministers who really focused on it. I have two further questions. Mr. Powell talked abut the political advantage. I am very friendly with a guy Mr. Powell may remember, Andy Reid, who was a Member of Parliament for Loughborough from 1997 to 2010. I had dinner with him here recently. I remember talking to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: Everyone was on the same page.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: As a final question before I hand back to the Chairman or Senator Currie, will Mr. Powell summarise the approach of Tony Blair's Government to Northern Ireland compared with that of Boris Johnson's? Mr. Powell should feel free to not be diplomatic with his answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Jonathan Powell (30 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: I thank Mr. Powell.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (29 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: Is that agreed? Agreed. I welcome to the Visitors Gallery the group from County Kildare. They are here with Senator Vincent P. Martin who is one of the more eclectic Senators in the House and always has a way with words and is certainly a character, to say the least. We are very lucky to have his contribution in the Upper House. It is great to have the people from County Kildare here...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 1, 80 and 81 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Agreed.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 2, 6 to 9, inclusive, 11, 12, 14, 50, 51, 63 and 75 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: We have a lot.

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

John McGahon: Amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, 10, 13, 15 to 41, inclusive, 43 to 48, inclusive, 58, 60, 70, 72 and 76 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.