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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pilot Training Colleges (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: I thank the Minister. I suppose he means there is nothing he can do. The matter of the liquidation of the company has been referred to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. I do not know what will happen in that regard. It has also been referred to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation. If an arm of the State is licensing any educational body or a private company in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pilot Training Colleges (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: I think the Minister is familiar with this matter. It concerns the pilot training college that went into liquidation. There are still many students who have huge bank loans which they cannot afford to pay. Some had to give up their training; some had to borrow again to re-train. They thought that as the Government was involved in granting the licence to the training college it should take...

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: If Senator Walsh believes there are too many councillors in one area and not enough in another, he should table an amendment on Report Stage to have their number reduced in County Wexford and increased in County Galway. I am from Clifden and we are halfway to Dublin when we reach Ballinasloe. I listened carefully to Senator Walsh because he usually speaks sense. In this case, he did not...

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: We say a prayer for Martin every day.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: The Minister referred earlier to his being a county man. He is a great man.

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: Waterford is well represented here by Senator Cummins and others. As far as the county mayor is concerned, Waterford and Kilkenny are being well looked after. I would like to speak on behalf of all the other counties not mentioned thus far. The 2001 Act provided for directly elected mayors. We could end up with a case where a district in a county with 20,000 people would have a mayor but...

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: It is amazing how two people read the same words and take a different meaning from it. I read that part of the Bill as being a provision for providing that if any difficulty arises in a Bill, that the Minister will be able to correct it and bring into law what is actually in the Bill, not to bring anything new into law, but only what is provided for under the provisions we are discussing....

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: It included the University of Ulster at Coleraine. I wanted to ask the Leader a question I raised here previously concerning the clocking of cars. I watched a television programme last night and discovered that 10% of the cars sold are clocked. It is not an offence to clock a car in this country but it is an offence to sell a clocked car. How does one find them? I know the Minister for...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: This is important because one could be driving-----

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: One could be driving a clocked car and not know it. If one's car's battery goes down and you jump-start it, the clock can go wrong so one could be a criminal by default.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: I have not heard of any decisions being taken on Seanad reform. I have heard, however, that the large number of reports on Seanad reform will be studied by the relevant group. Everything is open for discussion, provided it falls within current constitutional parameters and does not require a further referendum. The Constitutional Convention has proposed that graduates of Queens University...

Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: I am sure Meath is not the only council that would have that if an auditor did a trawl of all the town councils. Section 17 provides for the dissolution of Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford councils. Section 18 provides that any decision made before that county was dissolved would stand after 2014 when the new local authority was established. Would that same power be understood if Meath...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: I want to ensure that people who cannot afford to pay will be recognised as such. It is also important that a realistic allowance is given to everybody. People must be made aware that they cannot waste water. Free water is not an issue in that respect but a fair allowance should be given to everybody so that they will have enough water to use. A scientific judgment must be made of what a...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: I would also like to hear a debate on wind farms. Senator Sean Barrett referred to a comment by Mr. Eddie O'Connor that he would not like to live beside a wind farm. Mr. O'Connor added, however, that he would not mind living 500 m from a wind farm.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: In fairness to Mr. O'Connor, his entire statement should be cited if consultations are taking place on wind farms or electricity pylons. Last July, I raised the issue of a pilot training college in Waterford that entered the liquidation process. Students at the college are still out of pocket to the tune of more than €80,000 and some of them had to raise more money to continue their...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: I will do so. I am bringing to the attention of the House the lack of any action on this issue since the training college went into liquidation in July 2012. I would like to find out if the joint committee did a report on the issue.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (17 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: I have confidence in how it is being done.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (17 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: It is not what Senator Cullinane said. The County and City Managers Association was involved in the negotiations. The manager who spoke out today is part of that association, which agreed and negotiated the service level agreements. A protocol is laid down with chief executive, managers and everything else. The time for the managers to speak out is when the service level agreement is...

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (17 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: I am putting the facts on the record of the House. A statement of facts is what is needed here. It is being suggested the manager did not know what was going on. I do not know who was asleep at the wheel, but it was not the Minister of State.

Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (17 Dec 2013)

Caít Keane: This is quite a good amendment because it is open and transparent and concerns the transfer of assets. In respect of assets, there are many leaky, rusty and lead pipes. I do not know whether one would call them an asset or a liability. One would be hard pressed to look for pipes in assets in the old Dublin city water works as they look. This amendment is quite a good one and the...