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Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: There has been no investment.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: Yes, it is.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: We have to acknowledge that the national utility will yield €2 billion in savings by 2021. I have about 30 seconds left.

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: From a conservation standpoint, we need to have meters to ensure that people will look at them and conserve water. When we have them in all of the houses there will be conservation of up to 5% or 10%. It is important that we go down the road of conservation. I have one question for the Minister on the new building proposals. A previous Minister outlined that installing a rainwater...

Seanad: Water Sector Reforms: Statements (25 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister of State to the Seanad to discuss this important topic and how we will ensure that we have a safe, clean and adequate supply of water to serve the people and businesses of this country, and our country. Uisce Éireann was established to bring together 34 local authorities into one national service provider. If they had been given money by Government to correct the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Planning and Development in Ireland: Irish Planning Institute (25 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: Some of my questions have been asked. The witnesses are very welcome. When we were discussing who would come in to discuss the new planning Bill, I made sure the IPI's name was included as a priority. Given that there have been 50 years of modern Irish planning since the last Planning Act, it is time for a new Bill. The witnesses referred to the term “planner” and the need...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: Normally, every Member does not thank the Minister but I could not let the opportunity go by without saying that I read last week that no Opposition amendments are accepted in the Dáil. The Seanad has shown, in particular today, that it can make better legislation, which will go to the other House. We have two ears for listening, but only one mouth, and the Minister of State...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: I wholeheartedly welcome this change in the legislation for the not-for-profit sector, particularly because it serves many people who cannot afford to pay for early childhood care and education. The State has provided only one free pre-school year, which is educational. Education should be provided from the womb to the tomb, but particularly between the ages of three and six, as it is in...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: While I will not say any more on this matter, I ask the Minister of State to give serious consideration to this amendment because this measure will work, particularly for many businesses nationwide. As it must work, I ask the Minister of State to consider it seriously.

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: On the right to appeal to the tribunal, the commissioner is a very powerful person and I am looking for an appeal from the commissioners to the tribunal. Is that in the Bill at the moment? I do not think it is. Everybody should have the right of appeal from a commissioner to a tribunal. If the Minister of State could make a statement on that, it would be worthwhile. When an appeal is...

Seanad: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (20 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: I am speaking on this issue because it is affecting businesses throughout Ireland, especially in the Tallaght area. There are units in Tallaght shopping centre, which is in my constituency of Dublin South-West, that have been empty for years. South Dublin County Council was one of the first rateable areas to be subject to revaluation during the boom. The current valuations do not remotely...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: I left a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht to come here because I felt I had to after what happened at the weekend in my constituency of Dublin South-West and in Jobstown. At the location there is a fine educational establishment which started off trying to help, and continues to do so, the people of Dublin South-West, Tallaght and...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: Certain people want to subvert democracy and nothing else.

Seanad: Commemoration Planning: Statements (13 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: I welcome the Minister to the House. Many Members have spoken about the importance of including relatives of those involved in the commemoration. Much history would be lost but for the folklore and the handing down of the tales through the direct descendants of the 1916 Rising. I wish to express my appreciation to those descendants for their attendance at the Joint Committee on the...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: A charge applies when a person renews a passport.

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: On the provisions to include voters in Northern Ireland, I am doing some research on the numbers that would be involved. The Bill does not provide figures on specific sections of the proposed electorate. The general electorate would be between 3 million and 5 million people, of whom more than 250,000 would be people resident in Northern Ireland. Section 35 envisages a role being performed...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: We must be realistic. I am pointing out the reasons the measures cannot be implemented as proposed. I have here a fact sheet from the website GlobalIrish.ie. Based on major global research, it estimates that the diaspora numbers 70 million. Where would the legislation take us?

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: This is a very valuable exercise as we have been listening to valuable contributions from the floor. Senator Quinn referred to the working group and it is important that when it is established, it should have input and representation from the Seanad. That is a very important point that may not have been raised if Senator Quinn had not made it. The terms of reference should be drawn from...

Seanad: Seanad Bill 2013: Committee Stage (12 Nov 2014)

Caít Keane: These people would not be elected if they did not have a mandate from the people. I am not saying it is ideal but I agree with Senator White that this is not an artificial construct. It is very real. I commend the people selected by the Taoiseach as representatives. They are in a very privileged position, which I am sure they recognise. When the franchise is to be extended overseas, how...