Results 8,661-8,680 of 8,873 for speaker:Batt O'Keeffe
- Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: Realists.
- Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: We are realists who will not hang our industry and establish foolish standards while others destroy our competitiveness.
- Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: It is the reality of what the Deputies are suggesting.
- Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: The Deputy is suggesting changes in Ireland without any thought of the consequences of other international entities taking advantage of that.
- Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (30 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: It does not add up.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (29 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: Returns from local authorities indicate that, as of the end of June, 138 litter wardens were employed in city, borough and town councils. A total of 53 wardens were employed on a full-time basis.
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (29 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: The 1990 regulations banning the marketing, sale and distribution of bituminous coal were originally made to address the winter smog situation prevalent in the Dublin area at that time, and have since been extended to 15 other areas taking account of air quality monitoring data and population size. A June 2002 voluntary agreement between my Department and the Solid Fuel Trade Group provided,...
- Litter Pollution. (29 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: To clarify, I did not make the statement.
- Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2006: Statements (Resumed). (24 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: I am glad the Senator is listening.
- Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2006: Statements (Resumed). (24 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: I ask the Senator to ensure his local authority has included this area as a priority. That is the fundamental question.
- Seanad: Estimates for Public Services 2006: Statements (Resumed). (24 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: A number of Senators have referred to the difficulty in understanding the Estimates and the lack of supporting information about what is being achieved for the expenditure involved. In last year's budget the Minister for Finance stated he was open to considering how improvements could be made in the Estimates and the budgetary process in the context of the current situation in which we...
- Housing Developments: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: I wish to share time with Deputies Nolan, McGuinness, Haughey and Fitzpatrick.
- Housing Developments: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: It has been said that this debate on management companies is taking place in the context of tremendous increase in the construction of homes in recent years. The fact that apartment complex management has become the subject of such attention is partly a result of the huge increase in apartment development in recent years. Apartments accounted for 22% of residential units built in 2004. Almost...
- Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: I wish to respond to a number of issues raised by Deputy Burton.
- Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: No. As a member of a local authority, Deputy Burton opposed every zoning which came before her.
- Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: If she had her way, her constituents would have to live outside their locality.
- Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: The Deputy had her say.
- Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: Deputy Burton's policy throughout her career as a member of a local authority was shambolic, idiotic, nonsensical, vacillating, irreverent of the people she represents and politically opportunistic.
- Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: If Deputy Burton had her way, young people in her constituency would have nowhere to live. The Deputy raised the issue of social housing and accused the Government of failing to build social houses.
- Housing Policy: Statements (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)
Batt O'Keeffe: In 2005, funding to local authorities for their housing programmes amounts to â¬1.3 billion, an increase of more than 20% on the 2004 outturn. This figure represents a sevenfold increase in the past ten years. Total capital expenditure on social and affordable housing output in 2005, inclusive of non-Exchequer financing, will amount to approximately â¬2 billion. Clearly, the Deputy will not...