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Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister to the House and, as Senator John Whelan has done, wish him well for the future; that includes Croke Park in September if his county manages to get there.

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I cast people's minds back to the 1970s when I first became aware of the environment. In my town of Carrick-on-Suir and in many other towns there were open dumps, as they were known, landfills, while raw sewerage was running into the River Suir and there was no air quality monitoring. We also had the beginning of the famous Hanrahan v. Merck Sharp and Dohme case which finished ten years...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: We can only be responsible for the time that we have been in government. I commend the Minister of State for bringing this legislation forward and ensuring that we are signatories to this agreement, which moves it along the road for us. Eventually it will be signed and become an effective treaty, whereby we will have better checks and balances for nuclear energy and waste. People of Senator...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, to the House. The two parts of this legislation make sense but I have some points to make. Rationalisation can make sense not only in terms of costs but by bringing organisations together to improve output. I sympathise with the previous speaker on his fears as to whether this legislation could dilute the role of the RPII by merging it with...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: It got lost in Newbridge.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: Yesterday the long-awaited Indecon report on the review of certain matters relating to Bord na gCon was published. It makes startling reading when one considers the fall-off of revenue in the greyhound industry of 56% since 2006. The organisation is in debt to the amount of €21 million and sales and gate receipts are drastically down. The pension fund is underfunded by almost...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome it.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: This morning the Carers Association is presenting its pre-budget submission across the road in Buswells Hotel. I have just come from that event and in its submission it requests 34 changes. I will not go through all of them, but they include recognising family carers as an exceptional group, implementing the national carers strategy, reviewing the fair deal scheme and restoring the respite...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: Last Sunday most hurling supporters in the country watched one of the greatest games since Tipperary beat Kilkenny in 2010. We were all looking forward to the replay next Saturday. However, according to a media report this morning, it appears that our national sports organisation and the national broadcaster have bungled it, as one body will not facilitate the other in terms of the timing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I just wanted to understand it from the figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: There is to be a vote in the House so can we do it before then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: Can Ms McKenna tell us the number of hours per year of an average volunteer? I am trying to get a handle on it from the charts provided but I cannot. It is impossible to say what is an average volunteer. One person will do their two hours on Daffodil Day once a year whereas I remember being on a sports committee where someone was volunteering 50 hours a week. It is difficult to say there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: As the member who invited the group to attend, I propose that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the presentation. It is important to recognise the outstanding work being done by Volunteer Ireland. The Cathaoirleach asked a number of questions about Volunteer Ireland's location and the fact that it only operates in some counties. I understand that is a funding issue and Volunteer Ireland cannot open centres if it does not have money to do so....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Volunteering and Community Development: Volunteer Ireland (24 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: The volunteering sector is allocated €2 million from the Exchequer annually. Is it logical to consider that if one has a policy with no extra money, one can expand Volunteer Ireland's ambit to every county? In urban or rural communities, most people who use their leisure or family time to volunteer, generally speaking, are involved in the GAA, soccer, rugby, athletics or the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Inland Fisheries (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for a very comprehensive reply, which contained a lot of detail that I had tried not to go into in my contribution. However, I accept that in order to explain it, one has to go into that type of detail. I would ask that during the lead-up to the decision time, which is in November, and then the final decision in December, there is more engagement with local people...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Inland Fisheries (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to respond to this matter, which concerns an area directly dealt with in his brief. The Minister will be very familiar with the River Suir because it rises in the Devil's Bit and flows down through many areas including Thurles, from where his own people originally come. It flows through Tipperary, Kilkenny and on into the Waterford estuary. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: Last December during the debate on the Animal Health and Welfare Bill I referred to the serious allegations made against the greyhound industry and Bord na gCon. At the time I was informed by the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Tom Hayes, that he had commissioned a report from Indecon on the alleged doping of greyhounds and the waste of money...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: We are all very much aware of that, with respect to Mr. Layde. However, if they do not want to do that, and if they want to stay, they do not have security of tenure because how long they can stay in the house is based on the contract the landlord signs. If the landlord decides to terminate, as I understand it, that family will have to uproot, find another house or be provided with another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Current Housing Demand: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Landy: If I may interject again, I am comparing this with tenants who are in local authority houses across the country. When they go into their local authority house, provided they pay their rent and stay within their tenancy agreement, they do not ever have to worry about moving out of that house until the day they go out in a coffin. That is the comparison I want Mr. Layde to make. How will HAP...