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- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill and I will refer to it.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Good.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I move amendment No. 42:In page 8, lines 25 and 26, to delete "boats may be used in the canals in" and substitute "the canals and canal property may be used in".
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: We have already spoken about substituting the words "boats may be used in the canals in" and the words "the canals and canal property may be used in" would merely broaden them slightly. On amendment No. 43, the words "stop a boat that is under way" are too broad for me because there are safety issues involved. One must take into account the safety and seaworthiness of a boat. One does not...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: In amendment No. 47 I am merely seeking to insert the words "fines as outlined in the bye-laws". What is the point in having by-laws unless one can impose fines as instructed under them?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: There is general agreement on this side of the House on the matter.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: That is regrettable because Ireland does suffer a lot from invasive species. The Minister should consider this.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I was going to ask exactly the same question. Are the regulations referred to in the legislation contained in it or is it, once again, a reference to something that will vaguely happen in the future?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Amendment No. 63.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I will give a little detail to show how important it is to restrict hedge cutting. I will reserve my remarks about bees until we reach Senator Alice-Mary Higgins's very important amendment on pollinators. I have been advised by Birdwatch Ireland, for example, that the impact on the most endangered species of wild birds is extraordinarily significant. I wonder if the Minister who has so far...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Is it two years as it stands?
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: It is not on a pilot basis. It is a pilot scheme.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Amendment No. 59 is about extending the period to three years.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: The Senator hit a sandbank in his pilot.To return to Tipperary and Donegal, could the Minister use those for her pilot project or do we not trust the officials in both councils who run it? Surely if section 8 is to be introduced on a national basis, we would first take on board the work of both of those local authorities and then decide if it was appropriate to proceed. Maybe that is where...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: As I understand it this is amendment No. 59. Senator Humphreys suggested this measure and I think we can all accept it.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I very much agree with the sentiment of this amendment but I would have thought these regulations should be put before the Oireachtas.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I would much prefer the Oireachtas to decide on these things, rather than a committee. That is my only reservation. I would strongly prefer it to go to the Oireachtas.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: I hope the Minister will accept this, but I very much doubt that she will. It seems that, by accepting this excellent amendment, she would actually be going against the thrust of some of the legislation. She has blissfully ignored the plight of bees. We are now in a situation where there are practically no wild bees in this country. All of them are cultivated by beekeepers who are not...
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: As the last ten are Government amendments, it does not matter so much.
- Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)
David Norris: Hear, hear.