Results 8,021-8,040 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: No, I am glad that Sinn Féin is coming towards my position.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: This was the case with the 2009 regulations.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: This shows what Senator Ó Domhnaill knows. That is not how it works.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: It happened under the Senator's Government's regulations.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Check the 2009 regulations.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: We do not know what we are dealing with in terms of the standards to which the Minister referred. He must be in cahoots with An Taisce as regards the standards. Maybe An Taisce knows more than we do.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: That is a new one.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: All five of them.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Senator's Government had the stakeholders attend in 2010.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I read the submissions.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Some.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is a risk-based approach.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Risk-based.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is not in line with the Cavan model.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: It will be a risk-based approach.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I have told the Senator several times.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The definition will be contained in the regulations.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I welcome the opportunity to discuss local government reform and I thank Senators for finding time for this matter on today's schedule of business. I make clear at the outset that I will not announce details of a reform programme today for two very good reasons, namely, proposals, other than those already announced, have not yet been decided and it would be pointless, and disrespectful, if I...

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (31 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: In order to be able to vote at elections and referendums in this jurisdiction, a person's name must be entered in the register of electors for a constituency in the State in which the person ordinarily resides. Postal voting is provided for in electoral law in respect of certain categories of persons who are entered in the register of electors but who may find themselves abroad at the time,...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (31 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: In line with the commitment in the Programme for Government, the Government intends initiating a universal water metering programme in advance of the introduction of domestic water charges which are required under the Memorandum of Understanding with the EU/IMF/ECB. My Department has prepared detailed cost estimates for the metering programme and it is intended that procurement for the...