Results 801-820 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Waste Management (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: Yes.
- Waste Management (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: It is on the public record. The Deputy has tried this repeatedly, where he says it is my policy. I have had to explain it is the programme for Government.
- Waste Management (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: I went to Cabinet with the programme for Government and a Cabinet decision was announced. It stated clearly that what is in the renewed programme for Government is Government policy. It is crystal clear. What is at stake here is that change in Government policy and moving towards MBT. This is the problem for the applicants because they are concerned by those changes and the problems they...
- Waste Management (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: There were two further issues which I did not mention. One is the complaint to the Competition Authority. I have put forward an authorised officer to look at the contract.
- Waste Management (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: Yes, they are very pertinent to the questions that have been raised. These are the most important issues and I ask Fine Gael-----
- Waste Management (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: -----to outline what its policy is on this. I am tired of listening to its hypocrisy on this issue.
- Social and Affordable Housing (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: We can still make it.
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: Arising from the comprehensive analysis and conclusions of the corporate governance reviews undertaken by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and acknowledging, in particular, the view of the authority's board that it considers a further investigation would be required to deal with certain matters, the Government has decided to bring the authority within the remit of the Comptroller...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: To answer the Deputy's last question, I hope the annual accounts will be available fairly shortly. I hope to have it signed off at Cabinet next week so that it will be available for inspection. This is the type of corporate governance we have come to expect now from the new chairperson, Professor Niamh Brennan and I believe she has done a very good job. It is important to remember that the...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: I never changed my mind.
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: There have been no challenges to the legal standing of any of those planning decisions. In answer to the first charge that I changed my mind, I did not do so. The Deputy may recall during that debate on the Fine Gael Private Members' motion I said very clearly that I was keeping open the option-----
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: I did. The Deputy should check the record of the House. I said I was keeping open the option of widening the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General. However, I felt it would have been premature to do it before I had received the reports which I had commissioned. I received those reports, the two independent consultants' reports, Brassil and King, and I acted on foot of those...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: I waited until all of the outstanding legal issues were dealt with comprehensively. I then published the reports in full. As I predicted, they were not the sort of explosive reports that others had warned about. As a consequence I said I would widen the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General. It is as simple as that. I have always said I was open to widening the remit of the...
- Water Charges (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: Following a decision by the Government, my Department is finalising proposals for the installation of water meters in households served by public water supplies. These proposals will give effect to the commitment in the renewed programme for Government to introduce charging for domestic water in a way that is fair, significantly reduces waste and is easily applied. I expect to bring these...
- Water Charges (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: I am on record as stating there will be no flat charge and it will be based on metering. I can confirm that to the House, and I have said so on a number of occasions. Quite simply, a flat charge would defeat the purpose. Installing meters means people see it as fair. We can get greater political buy-in and if it is done on a free allocation basis, people will see it as a means of...
- Local Government Elections (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: The introduction of a directly elected mayor for Dublin will deliver significantly strengthened leadership for the city and region, with enhanced accountability and a direct connection with the citizen. The mayor will have a powerful role in setting out strategic policy across Dublin and oversight of operational implementation. He or she will also have a strong mandate to integrate the...
- Local Government Elections (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: When I published the framework on the website, I wanted feedback from Opposition parties because I am not doing this for political gain for the Green Party or our coalition partners.
- Local Government Elections (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: Were one to believe the opinion polls, we will not be the beneficiaries of this legislation.
- Local Government Elections (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: I repeat that when the legislation is published, I hope the Opposition parties will revert to me. If they consider that there are deficiencies or areas that need to be changed, I will listen to that. I make this point genuinely.
- Local Government Elections (8 Jul 2010)
John Gormley: No, I always am open to suggestions but I ask Members to do so in a spirit of co-operation to make this the best legislation possible.