Results 9,961-9,980 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: I have no problem with that.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: It is only a fraction of the waste we are legally exporting. We are exporting huge volumes of waste. I agree with the Senator that we need to put our own house in order.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: I am not commenting on that specific case because I do not know the circumstances.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: I said we are legally exporting huge volumes of waste from this country.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: Agreed.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: The standards in the United States are far lower than Irish standards.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: Their approach is very different. In so many different areas we are trying to pull the United States in the same direction as Europe.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: Which are still very small.
- Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: The problem is not one council in the country is doing what it is supposed to do under EU law and Irish law.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Disabled Person's Grant. (5 Feb 2003)
Martin Cullen: I thank the Senator for giving me the opportunity to speak on funding for the disabled person's grant. The Government is aware of the importance of the grant in helping to meet the accommodation needs of disabled persons but its operation at local level is the responsibility of local authorities and one in which I have no direct function. Authorities operate within a framework laid down in...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: The commencement date will be the date of signing of the Bill by the President, which I hope will take place before Christmas. These amendments would delete the options of providing land, houses or sites at another location or providing a payment instead. This would effectively remove the flexibility at the heart of the Bill. I, therefore, cannot accept them. The purpose of changing this...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: But on the basis of what I am doing. That is the interesting part.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: This is an important point. I stated yesterday that I will be giving a specific direction that, in terms of payment, it is the absolute final option. I will be monitoring this from my Department and it will also be the responsibility of managers to ensure that this is the case. I reiterate that local authority members will also be monitoring this and it will be unacceptable if this is just...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: It is an important point. I am happy to tell the Senator that that is already provided for in the 2000 Act. I do not need to introduce legislation because it is already in place.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: The Senator's amendment would delete the word "undue" from the phrase "the need to counteract undue segregation in housing between persons of different social background in the area of the authority." The planning authority must give consideration to this need when deciding whether to enter into an agreement other than the reservation of land within the development under subsection (3)(b). I...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: In reply to Senator Bannon, there were three aspects that were overlapping. I shall try to deal with them. There are normal development charges that have always been paid. This remains the same. The money is paid into the capital fund within a local authority to provide for water, sewerage or whatever. It cannot be paid into the general fund, it can only be used on the capital side for the...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: About 44,000 at 31 December.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: Nor am I.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: The Senator's contribution is interesting. She is now saying I was right to try to keep the supply alive. As we have a different approach and the same objective, how do we do it? What the Senator said was my starting point. It is how I thought we should do it, being simple and straightforward. There did not seem to be a problem. There was a problem when I examined it. It would have been the...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Committee and Remaining Stages. (11 Dec 2002)
Martin Cullen: I am aware of the point the Senator is making and we may be slightly at cross purposes. The levy I referred to in this instance applies specifically to those permissions which would have withered. I introduced it in order to obtain a community gain. I considered all the options and wanted to get something back, but I did not want to lose the supply. This is separate from Part V and the...