Results 11,401-11,420 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Dec 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: Next Tuesday, subject to the agreement of the Whips.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I concur with the words spoken on the Murphy report. I believe structural damage has been done to the whole church. I welcome the full day debate organised for Thursday. It is a shocking report and following from the Ryan report, I do not believe this is the end of it. Other dioceses must be properly examined. I put on record that I hold a deep feeling of sadness for the hundreds,...
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I appreciate the magnanimous and generous gesture made by my colleague Senator McCarthy and the Labour Party in giving up their Private Members' time for this debate. No place has been left untouched by the recent devastating floods. Thank God, no lives have been lost to date. After a disastrously wet summer and with so much rain already in the early part of the winter, my concern is that...
- Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Nov 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage (18 Nov 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."
- Seanad: Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (18 Nov 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the thrust of the Bill and wish to make a few points. The Bill concerns a provision for the transfer of functions which will help to expedite the issue of foreshore licences. The current system is antiquated and cumbersome. As a local authority member and a Deputy in the other House I have experienced severe delays in progressing sewage treatment plants. For example, in Bantry...
- Seanad: Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Nov 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (4 Nov 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I propose that we resume after Private Members' business for a maximum period of one hour, if that is agreeable to the House.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad. (4 Nov 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: There is no attempt to rush the Bill through; it is important legislation. Having considered the volume of amendments remaining and their importance, I withdraw my proposal to recommence at 7 p.m. The debate will not be concluded in one hour and it is important that the Bill receive a full hearing in the House.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I welcome the principle of the Bill. When the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, spoke on the Bill, he stated: I am pleased to bring the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 before the Seanad. If there is one clear point to be made about planning, it is that planning is about people, not buildings. Good planning can bring enormous...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I wish the Leas-Chathaoirleach would give me another half an hour. I spoke to representatives from other counties who stated that the situation varies from county to county. I will move from the issue of one-off housing but I am sorry to do so because I could write a thesis on it. In his speech here on Second Stage the Minister referred to wind farms. I suggest to him that a big lacuna...
- Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Oct 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I wish to be associated with the tributes to the late Senator Tony Kett. I offer my condolences to his widow, Noreen, and the other members of his family. During the 2002 election, as a result of Deputy Bertie Ahern's connections in west Cork - his mother was from Bantry and his father from the Kinsale area - I used the slogan "Let Bertie's boy be put to work for west Cork". However, that...
- Seanad: Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: Next Wednesday.
- Seanad: Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: Next Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I support the call for an open and transparent debate on the issue of expenses. Senator Twomey is broadly correct in asking for such a debate. It might clear some of the fog and cloud which surround issues such as this. When I was a Deputy and ran a constituency office, my office running costs in 2003 were â¬23,500, which were vouched. I received an allowance of less than â¬9,000. My...
- Seanad: Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I thank Senator O'Malley for sharing time and I welcome the Minister. I broadly accept the thrust and principle of the legislation, which is forward thinking. I appreciate the Minister's effort in bringing it forward at this time. I come from a rural area and I urge him to be kind to the rural transport system. While it is not covered directly by the legislation, the rural transport scheme...
- Seanad: Water Pollution (23 Sep 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: In 1985 a public consultation was carried out in Bantry, my home town, on a new regional water scheme. In 1989 the council had carried out significant works for that scheme in terms of acquiring land and was about to carry out damming in Drumbro, but an underwater lily was discovered by environmentalists and the then Minister of State, Deputy Mary Harney, decided not to proceed with the...
- Seanad: Water Pollution (23 Sep 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I thank the Minister of State for explaining the position. As someone with a legal background, I am concerned about the proposed court case that is causing delays to the scheme and may last for three or four years. I acknowledge, however, that the issue is beyond the control of the Minister and Department. It is a pity that after 24 years the scheme is being held up. If it had proceeded,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I reiterate my request for a debate on the fishing industry. This is a particularly important issue given that we are renegotiating the Common Fisheries Policy. I ask the Leader to arrange for a debate in early October in view of these negotiations. Despite the desperately bad deal that fishermen received when we joined the EEC in 1973, I acknowledge, as should this House, the magnanimous...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jul 2009)
Denis O'Donovan: I am pleased to note that some Members of the Opposition are concerned about the Green strategy and supported the Government. To continue in the poetic vein of my good colleague, Senator Ned O'Sullivan, there are 40 shades of green.