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- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: We had the HSE, our public health service, which Fine Gael proposes to transfer to private interests. That is exactly what is happening now. This debate is timely, but we need a full debate on health policy, on where it is going, who is pulling the strings, why those strings are being pulled and why we are looking at private rather than public services.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: How does one define, "adversely affect the countryside"?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: We would not be allowed to-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: That is not a defence.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: It is being made a criminal offence for the individual-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: It is shameful.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: I second the amendment. Not only does Fianna Fáil not support this provision, but there is no way the Constitution supports such a vague criminal offence. It will be an offence to "adversely affect the countryside". The Minister should get his legal advisers to check this again before the Bill is passed because the President would be well within his rights to put it before the Supreme...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: We seek flexibility.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: Where are they defined in legislation?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: He would be proud of this legislation.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: Tell your colleague-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: I missed the Minister.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: This is not like an NCT. It is a registration of a tank that presumably will be in place for a long time. I am unsure as to whether the requirement that it be re-registered every five years can be found anywhere else in the State's systems. One does not need to re-register property with the Land Registry every five years, although one might need to approach it if there is a mortgage, sale,...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: The local authority cannot waive the charge if it is required to pay it.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: There is screening.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: I will speak if the Cathaoirleach allows me to speak.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: The Minister will have to waive the charge. The local authority cannot waive the charge if it owes the money to itself.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: The Minister said that the owner could waive the charge in this instance. Can every other owner waive the charge?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: It makes no sense.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)
Thomas Byrne: I will be here for the vote on the bank guarantee. We will see if the Labour Party supports it.