Results 721-740 of 5,294 for speaker:Michael McCarthy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: I will now return to our guests starting with the representatives of CIF, followed by the Irish Planning Institute and the Housing Agency. I ask them to address those points and make their closing comments.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: I thank Deputy Murphy. Does she wish to direct the questions to anyone in particular?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: Who does the Deputy wish to respond primarily?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: We have approximately three minutes remaining.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: We will defer the matter to the Housing Agency.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: Deputy, that is nine and half minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: You will not. You will be longer than everybody else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: It is ten minutes of questions and answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: It is ten minutes for questions and answers. Some nine minutes and 40 seconds are gone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: You took nine minutes and 40 seconds. As a courtesy to you, I will get the Construction Industry Federation to reply, but it will be very terse because I have to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: We will move on. If the witnesses wish to come back in afterwards, I would be more than happy to accommodate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: Six minutes time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: A question please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: Mr. Fitzpatrick might finish up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: I am going to move on. The interruptions are adding to the time burden.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: I thank Deputy Cowen. That was more of a statement than a question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: Almost ten minutes are gone in the slot. I will allow the delegates to respond to any point raised by Deputy Cowen when they are replying. I call Deputy Robert Dowds.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: I thank Deputy Dowds. I ask Mr. Fitzpatrick of the CIF to respond, and he is to be followed by Ms Hughes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: Is the Deputy addressing one particular group?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)
Michael McCarthy: I thank Ms Hughes. I will begin with Deputy Cowen, who will have ten minutes. I will ask whoever is in possession to cease speaking after ten minutes.