Results 9,221-9,240 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: All the pre-planning efforts and all the geophysical studies on any particular route cannot define what may be found when one goes on site to construct a project. When that happens, the unexpected can occur, so someone somewhere must be able to call a halt on the basis that the project cannot proceed because a more detailed study is required. That is the purpose of the Bill. Deputies are...
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I am trying to be helpful to the House but I will conclude.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I have fairly and legitimately explained that the interpretation Deputies are putting on the Bill is not correct. It is for the opposite reasons that we must have the legislation in place to deal with major works. I do not think anybody wants road construction to cease, so we need this measure to avoid that. I will present more substantial legislation to the House later this year.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The protection of our archaeological heritage has been a primary concern of Government since the foundation of the State. This is clear from the considerable body of protective legislation which has been enacted over the years, in particular the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994. Ireland has also ratified the European Convention on the...
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Without any guarantee that one would not find more archaeological remains.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: When I went out to Carrickmines, I expected to see a castle. Most people think there is a big castle.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Somebody discovers a three leg pot.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: The Deputy is raising a very significant issue concerning the CPO legislation. That is another legal minefield with which I agree we must deal.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: If I could have I would have.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Many of my colleagues would have preferred if I could have published it weeks ago.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: It would not.
- National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Order for Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I am here now.
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: My Department approved grant assistance of â¬1,333,225 towards the cost of the Midleton northern relief road under the strategic non-national roads grants scheme in recent years. Details of payments to date and the allocation for 2004 are: 2002, â¬36,794; 2003, â¬3,162; 2004, â¬200,000 (allocation).
- Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Construction inflation, which had reached 12% in the period 1998 to 2000, had fallen to 4% in 2003. Notwithstanding this, recent reports from the construction industry suggest that construction tender prices had bottomed out by the end of 2003. It is too early to determine what effect, if any, an increase in steel prices could have on tender prices in the construction industry. My concern is...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 355, 356 and 358 together. The Local Government Act 2001 (Section 161) Order 2004, which provides that certain junior grades of local authority employees â broadly up to the level of clerical officer â may become councillors, was made on the 19 May 2004 and has been laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. My Department does not have information on the...
- Written Answers — Electoral (Amendment) Bill: Electoral (Amendment) Bill (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: The Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004 was signed by the President on 18 May 2004. A commencement order was made by me, as Minister, on 19 May 2004 bringing into operation Parts 1 and 3, sections 33, 34 and 35 of Part 4 and Schedule 5 of the Act.
- Written Answers — Radon Protection: Radon Protection (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: My Department is not aware of evidence which might explain the incidence of illness referred to, and understands that the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland has not identified a radon problem in the area concerned. Further information might appropriately be sought from the public health authorities.
- Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: Under section 24 of the Local Government Act 2001, every person whose name is on the register of local government electors for a local electoral area is entitled to vote at a local election poll in that area. A person, irrespective of nationality, is entitled to be registered as a local government elector if he or she has reached the age of 18 years and is ordinarily resident in the local...
- Written Answers — Heritage Council: Heritage Council (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: No representations or submission has been made to my Department by Fingal County Council or any other party regarding this property, and my Department has no proposal for it.
- Written Answers — Emergency Services: Emergency Services (1 Jun 2004)
Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 363 and 364 together. I recently announced my intention to introduce a modernisation and change agenda for the local government fire, rescue, building control and emergency services. The objective, which takes account of the conclusions and recommendations of the report of the review of fire safety and fire services, is to deliver a safer society through...