Results 11,641-11,660 of 11,812 for speaker:Denis O'Donovan
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: I am not sure if they were bright sparks.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: On section 9ââ
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: Yes, on the power to borrow and written consent. Am I on the wrong section?
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: Is that in regard to the power to borrow? I will pass on that one.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: Yes.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: The question of interpretation has interested me since my time in the legal profession studying law many years ago and it sometimes baffles me, whether it is written or otherwise. I understand Senator Cummins's point and the directions of the Minister of State. There is an old Latin maxim, inclusio unius, exclusio alterius- by including one we exclude the other. It would be a belt and...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: It is difficult to blind the Minister.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: I will be brief. On the power of borrowing and providing more flexibility to port companies, we are talking about the big commercial port companies. What is the merit of this section? Does it envisage that port companies would borrow, possibly beyond what they can afford to repay, particularly in these difficult times of contracting economies, recessions etc.? For example, if Shannon...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: I am thinking about the old days of the bastable, to be good to my mother, when it would be made over the fire with the sods of turf on top and if the fruit sank, we would have no Christmas because there would be tears, etc. I am worried that in this respect we are adding an ingredient that will ensure that the fruit will sink and we will have a result we never anticipated. Senator Cummins...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: They object to everything.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: I acknowledge the Minister of State is saying the provision affects only ports. This is what we are here to debate. Indirectly or directly, it will affect the ports in Cork, Bantry and Fenit, on which my good friend Senator Ned O'Sullivan spoke on Second Stage. He has grave concerns for many reasons because a shotgun marriage is being proposed in respect of Fenit port and the Shannon...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: Before the Senator takes the issue a step further I want to make a few brief comments. I accept what the Minister said but I want to record that I supported the strategic infrastructure legislation. The Minister said the power has been used rarely in the past few years for long, drawn out CPOs. I chaired a committee on the Constitution that examined the area of property rights and so on...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: I am just starting.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: I do not wish to labour the point as we cannot develop it much further. We have had a lengthy debate on section 7, which is opposed by Senator Cummins and others. I urge the Minister to reflect on what has been proposed in the section, if not now, before Report Stage. I refer in particular to section 7(2)(b) concerning two wide-ranging issues. I am somewhat concerned that we may be giving...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: I must say a few words in support of Senator McCarthy's amendment. While I accept that Deputies and Senators should not serve on the boards of port companies, I must agree with the previous speakers that many local authority members have served well on such boards. Most harbour boards are made up in the same manner and the situation at Bantry port company is replicated throughout the...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: The existing composition of the boards, such as in Bantry, is not costing the Department one cent. We are a profit making organisation. This year the hope is to make a profit of approximately â¬250,000. There is a harbour master under the guidance of Cork and a full-time secretary. They are paid and spend money on various projects. Where will we end up after all this? It is something I...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: It is a horse of a different colour but we can move on.
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: There is some merit in what my colleague on the other side of the House has said. I am interested in the extent to which the remit of the new coastal zone management authority will apply to bays and harbours. Kenmare Bay is one of the special areas of conservation around our coast. I understand that it is proposed to zone much of Bantry Bay in such a manner, which would limit the scope for...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: We are discussing licensing and I beg the Leas-Chathaoirleach's indulgence to wade with me a little further into deeper waters because the issue all comes back to licensing. I should have adverted to the introduction by my colleague, Senator Cummins. I grew up with this and have seen the difficulty of licensing and coastal zone management. If we want to discuss the wider area of planning...
- Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)
Denis O'Donovan: I am glad to hear what the Minister has said, but I am also confused. This is what I have been talking about. I could expand on what Senator Cummins has said. I will not discuss Chile, but I could discuss France and Spain which have done equally well and have generated a lot of employment in the mussel sector. I could quote facts and figures all day. Senator Cummins spoke about the...