Results 561-580 of 2,438 for speaker:Caít Keane

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister to the House for this very important debate on the establishment of Irish Water and the water measures announced recently by the Minister, Deputy Kelly. We are here for what I hope will be a very rational and calm discussion on the very important issue of how we will ensure we have a safe, clean and adequate supply of water to serve the country's needs in the years to...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: This is what was signed up to by the previous Government in case they forget: The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) will carry out consultations to determine the framework for household water charges with a view to start charging by the end of the EU-IMF programme period. The CER will also conduct consultations in due course to determine the pricing methodology for the non-domestic...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: Where are the Senator's facts? It is not rubbish.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Electoral Commission: Motion (17 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: It has not deteriorated.

Seanad: Electoral Commission: Motion (17 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister to the House to discuss this Private Members' motion. I compliment the Independent Senator on tabling the motion. Even though the establishment of an electoral commission is outlined in the programme for Government, it is no harm to remind the Government what is in that programme to ensure that it is implemented. The establishment of an electoral commission is an...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I add my voice to those that have already spoken about the decision by the President of the ECB, Mario Draghi, and the ECB not to partake in the banking inquiry. Mr. Draghi said the ECB is primarily held accountable by the European Parliament. The word "primarily" should be taken up there, because Ireland is not secondary. There is more than one way to skin a cat and if Mr. Draghi refuses...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I am referring to a person of note who has written in a Sunday paper that she was sexually molested by a member of Sinn Féin and I am calling on her to go to the Garda.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: She will only do a favour to Maíria Cahill and to every other woman in doing so. As she is writing about it she should be prepared to do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I understand that the acreage of land that was exempt was reduced in 2002 from what applied in 2000, however this is no change in the Bill. There is no incentive for the developers to start building.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I welcome the initiative to try to get more houses on the ground. As one of the officials said, this is the main aim of the Bill. Developers and builders are not building. I hope this Bill will incentivise houses and developers. I do not suppose the Government can build every house. We have to ensure the people who can build houses start building again. The banks are a huge problem...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: Do we not get the courtesy of a suspension?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014 (16 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I thank the Chair.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: Is the recommendation being pressed?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: This is Report Stage, not Second Stage.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: Could we have quiet in the Chamber?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: Before we commence, I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Simon Harris. I remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except for the proposer of a recommendation who may reply to the discussion on the recommendation. On Report Stage, each recommendation must be seconded.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: In section 24, there was an increase in the minimum required holding period in shares from three to four years for the employment investment incentive scheme. There is no amendment to section 24, and my question relates to taxes, which is why I am raising it here. Does that apply to people who thought their investment was up this year? Do they have another year to run, or does the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: I could not let this section go without commenting on the pension section, particularly in regard to a report on the gender inequality of pensions carried out last year by Professor Áine Ní Léime at NUI Galway. She pointed out the differences in women's pensions, their access to pensions and the vulnerability of women. I refer, in particular, to women who opt out of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Caít Keane: The Senator will fight for municipal bankruptcy -----