Results 6,101-6,120 of 9,894 for speaker:Thomas Byrne
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: It was not part of the McGuinness commission so by definition it was not the same level of analysis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: EirGrid put 400 m in its EIS for the last planning application.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: Will Mr. Fitzgerald express that in metres?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: And yet 50 m is the acceptable distance from a house.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: What is the distance?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: It is 50 m from a human, 150 m from a turbine and 400 m from a whooper swan.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: Is there a Fifth Stage? There are some general points I wish to raise with the Minister of State. Should I raise them now?
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I want to make some general comments, in particular regarding the massive delay in dealing with the Bill. It has taken so long for it to wind its way through the House. In that time, Fianna Fáil put forward a Bill in regard to sports clubs which have a bar, and I am glad the Minister of State has put that into the legislation, which we welcome. However, the fact this legislation has...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: Therefore, a local club renting out sports facilities to the local community or communities adjacent to that community will not have a commercial rate attaching to that premises.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: The Minister of State is confirming that.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: When he says this will take effect in 2016, does this mean there will be relief in 2015 for clubs? There will obviously now have to be a revaluation this year. Someone is going to have to come out and remeasure these premises because, at the moment, the whole of the premises is measured rather than the bar only. How long is that going to take and is the Minister of State giving any...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: That is very important. Can I be assured it will only take place in the clubs that have bars and we will not go snooping and looking to find that they might be doing this or that? That will benefit those clubs that have bars.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: The bar area.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: It is extremely disappointing that this is not in place yet and that the Minister of State is saying the bills they have received for 2015 are due and payable. Over a year ago we had Fine Gael backbenchers announcing that this had basically come into effect, but the Minister of State is saying it will not come into effect until next year. We put forward a Bill in late 2013 or early 2014....
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I would make one further point. In the previous legislation we had a full exemption for sporting activities. The Minister of State has now watered that down in what I consider is probably a balanced way, but I am depending on the Valuation Office not to go looking where it has no business. These are not commercial entities; they are clubs. If the Valuation Office is going to start looking...
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I said it was his predecessor.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I am not denying that. Neither do I accept I held up the legislation, however.
- Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I am certainly not proposing any amendments to support wind farm developments.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: I second my colleague's amendment on what is a very important issue before the House that affects many people. I also raise the debacle of the launch of Ireland's Ancient East initiative by the Government yesterday morning. In attempting to promote tourism in the east of the country and giving some alternative to the Wild Atlantic Way, it has botched the job, so the Minister should come...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Thomas Byrne: On pothole fixing in Castleknock.