Results 741-760 of 766 for speaker:Pippa Hackett
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)
Pippa Hackett: It seems as if this section is, essentially, a tax rebate scheme-----
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)
Pippa Hackett: Section 42 looks as if it is, essentially, a tax rebate scheme for road hauliers and one would have to question why this particular sector is being supported in this way. My colleague, Senator Higgins, wishes to submit amendments on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2019)
Pippa Hackett: Senator Higgins has serious concerns that the measures in this section will encourage high-stakes gambling and she intends to submit amendments on Report Stage.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I will follow the comments of Senator Ardagh on the farmers' protest. I was out there this morning meeting some farmers, and this follows previous engagements I had with them both at previous protests outside these buildings and at a meat processing plant at Rathdowney in County Laois.On each occasion, a heightened sense of frustration and despair has been highlighted among these farmers....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: My apologies. We also have to farm for biodiversity. The clock is ticking in all senses of the word and our farmers are running out of options and time.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I would like to express my utter dismay and disappointment with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on its recent decision to reject more than three quarters of applications to the organic farming scheme, which opened last November for just one month. The scheme itself had been shut since 2015. Some 225 farmers and growers applied for the scheme last November. They did not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I am substituting for Senator Alice-Mary Higgins from the Civil Engagement group.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I thank our guests for their contributions. As a recent member of Offaly County Council, this was an issue that we discussed inside and outside the chamber. I live in north Offaly, which is very much in the heartland of these issues. The job losses from the peat and energy generation sectors are catastrophic for the area. If similar levels of jobs were to be lost in a tech centre in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I was specifically wanting to know about the acquaculture and the herbs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I am substituting for Senator Kelleher. This is my first committee meeting. Please bear with me as I try to formulate my thoughts and notes. I thank the independent expert group for its presentation, observations and findings. It is a welcome report. I also appreciate and acknowledge that the Traveller representative organisations have also welcomed these findings and recommendations....
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (6 Nov 2019)
Pippa Hackett: I second the amendment.