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Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: I too welcome the jobs announcement this morning by Paddy Power and the announcement earlier in the week by the Kerry Group. I am amused at Senator Walsh's comments who said we are living in an air of unreality in the House. Every Member realises the difficulties being experienced in the country and which we debate daily. The report on legal fees was published in 2006 when the party of...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: That is the unreality of where Senator Walsh is living that he should make such a statement.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: The jobs announcement by Paddy Power coincides with the visit yesterday by the Irish Bookmakers Association to the Houses to meet Oireachtas Members. They are seeking that legislation on the opening hours of betting offices be dealt with as speedily as possible. I call on the Leader to request the Minister for Justice and Equality to bring forward the legislation and fast-track it. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: Mr. Tilson is obviously exercised by the question put by Deputy Mulherin. With due respect to him, perhaps he could share with us the responses rather than the answers he got when he put those questions at European Council level and to the UK Government or whatever level of UK governance he met. Obviously, he had a discourse with them and got responses. Rather than dwelling on the answers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: Mr. Tilson made a good job of it, if he does not mind me saying so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: EU Fuel Quality Directive: Discussion with Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association (9 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: Mr. Tilson made a good job of it, if he does not mind me saying so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: They do not, but I am asking what cognisance is taken.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: I asked some questions about quarries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: I welcome the delegation to the meeting and apologise for having to leave for a vote. I will take up where the Chairman left off. It seems the trend is downwards. There is a quite obvious downward trend with regard to the number of planning appeals received by An Bord Pleanála. The target of 90% should have been achieved by now. I am a bit baffled by that. What are Dr. Kelly's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: I was told by a member of that local authority today that it voted 27 to nil against the material contravention and the board overturned its decision. We need an explanation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: Local authorities have their own sets of guidelines in some instances. They have adopted their own documents as elected members of their local authorities.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: The Department of Social Protection is phasing out PPS numbers which have a second letter - W - at the end. Such numbers were allocated to females in the past. Certain females who registered for PPS numbers prior to 2000 were allocated the same numbers as their husbands, with the letter "W" included at the end. These numbers are being phased out in certain circumstances. For example, in...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: I am calling on the Minister for Social Protection to wake up to what is happening, conduct an awareness campaign in respect of this matter and send proper information to those who are going to be affected prior to their PPS numbers being changed. If this does not happen, I will be obliged to raise the matter on the Adjournment.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Industrial Relations (2 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. By way of clarification on a number of matters in his reply, I understand that no redundancy payments have been sought by the Gleeson Group from the Department of Social Protection. Would the Minister of State agree that the fact that the Gleeson Group has not sought the portion of redundancy payments that a company in normal circumstances would...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Industrial Relations (2 Oct 2012)

Denis Landy: I too welcome the Minister of State to the House. On Monday, 27 August, management at the Gleeson Group terminated the employment of eight workers, the majority of whom are active SIPTU trade union members. It was claimed that the job losses were part of a redundancy issue and that they were not sufficiently skilled for the work that they had been doing for the previous number of years....

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis Landy: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis Landy: There is. I ask him to withdraw what he said.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis Landy: Withdraw it from the record, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis Landy: Senator Byrne will feel better after getting that off his chest.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis Landy: Senator Byrne should sit down now. He had all that pent up over the summer. The wife was sick listening to him giving out.