Results 501-520 of 955 for speaker:Terry Brennan
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: I want a debate in advance. Pylons, windmills, turbines and EirGrid proposals are very topical issues at the moment. With respect, not many people in the Seanad or Oireachtas are familiar with the operation of any of those electricity generation methods. I call for a debate in this House similar to what we had for the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill. I suggest that those pioneers...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: They have the worldwide experience, as indeed we have ourselves with young engineers. Men and women from the ESB have gone to far-away places, including eastern Europe and Africa showing how to expand. We need to expand. There are debates on overhead versus underground and the costs of wind turbines. We need the detailed costs and advantages of all systems, including the transmission...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: ----- for and against and covering operational and technical difficulties.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: I am looking for a comprehensive debate with the experts and most importantly the independent experts,-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: ----- including the World Health Organization and the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland. We need to organise something similar to what we had previously and invite, importantly, independent experts. Let us be led by the independents. There will be people in favour of underground and overhead. However, I have to say before I go-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: An annual fixed charge will apply on their bills. If one adds and divides the units-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: I regard it as a unit charge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: That makes it worse. I divided €540 million by 1.7 million and got a figure of €330 per house. It would have been closer to €500 if my figures had been right. I am not so sure but this figure seems totally excessive. Was the contract given to one or two concerns? Local contractors in every town and city could have been given jobs. They would honestly laugh at the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: They are still laughing, or still enjoying it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: Are there plans to join the systems in the North and South? Would it be beneficial? It is of great benefit to both parts of the island in respect of other utilities when there is sufficient demand. Does Uisce Éireann envisage what I propose in ten, 15 or 20 years? Should it happen or not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: I asked about the basic charge.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: How much?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: But there will be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)
Terry Brennan: I will not go over any old wounds. I have been present for a few hours, I left for an hour and I am back again. The consultancy and PR fees beggar belief. I cannot get my head around it. It cannot be justified. Mr. John Tierney and his colleagues have made an effort to do it but the wider populace, including myself, gets it hard. Other utilities, for example, Telecom Éireann, ESB,...
- Seanad: Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Terry Brennan: Everyone is aware that while the State is neither culpable nor liable for the pyrite problem, it nevertheless took responsibility to provide solutions for homeowners who, through no fault of their own, have been significantly damaged by pyritic heave and who have been left with no viable means of redress following the withdrawal of cover for pyrite damage by HomeBond in the summer of 2011. I...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Terry Brennan: Why not go to the Dáil bar?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Dec 2013)
Terry Brennan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit ar ais go dtí an Seanad. I note that councillors will retain all their current powers except in regard to section 140 motions on planning. The Minister, Deputy Hogan, has accepted in full the recommendation of the Mahon report that section 140 motions should no longer apply to planning. That was a reserved function of councillors and in my...
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Terry Brennan: I was never aware of threats in my 40 years' experience.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Terry Brennan: Never, in 40 years' experience.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Terry Brennan: That is rubbish, in the-----