Results 9,021-9,040 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Attorney General is happy with it.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: We will be very compliant with that.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Common sense comes into it as well, does it not?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Try to believe somebody has common sense like the Senator.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Common sense comes into play.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: If somebody complies with the law, they will not be in court.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: One will not have to go to court. There will not be a criminal offence if one is complying with the law.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Has the Senator ever heard of a duplicate?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The matter will not arise.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Senator used the word "stupid". If the cap fits wear it.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Senator is the one who decided to use that word.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Has the Senator ever heard of regulations?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: That was a constitutional referendum, which is a different thing altogether.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It was about a referendum. It was not a legal issue.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The people decided.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: You have often done it, Senator. You have done it all your life in Fianna Fáil.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: I will take the Senator's word for it.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It is common sense, not stupidity.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: To reply to Senators à Domhnaill and Wilson and the question of fines, fines are already graded on the basis of a maximum of â¬5,000. The court will take into account the risk to public health, the environment and the environmental damage done. That is how the courts work. Whatever the maximum, the judge has the opportunity to apply less than the maximum. I am sure judges will do so,...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: People will have ample opportunity to de-sludge and to service septic tanks if they want to do so in advance of inspection. No figures have been compiled by the Department in respect of compliance. Perhaps Senator à Domhnaill is doing so on behalf of the State. Cavan is the only county we can use and in the early years of inspection, the failure rate was 25% but the rate is now 11%.