Results 11,821-11,840 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

National Spatial Strategy (13 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: In my initial response, I mentioned that one of the aims of the IDA Ireland strategy is for 50% of foreign direct investment projects to be located in regional gateways outside Dublin and Cork. As a Government, we need to continue to drive this approach, which clearly has a great deal of potential for Waterford and Limerick. I agree that there is a need to continuously review and update our...

Waste Disposal (13 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Collins for raising this issue. As I have said previously, the Minister, Deputy Hogan, will announce the Government's local government reform plan in the near future. I mention that in response to what the Deputy said at the outset about the role of elected representatives when a decision was made in Dublin. Dublin City Council withdrew from the provision of household waste...

Waste Disposal (13 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I agree it is a very important issue. If I can get answers to those questions, I will come back to the Deputy. The approach to the future regulation of the household waste collection market in Dublin and elsewhere will be carefully considered by Government and will take account of the full range of economic, environmental and other relevant issues - the Deputy has just raised the issue...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Those seven were picked by the former Minister, John Gormley. We did not choose them.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Deputy Dooley should not worry because we are doing things differently from what happened in his time.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I agree.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: We looked for additional information.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dail Eireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — the planning review to assess the application of planning legislation, policy and guidance within the development plan and development management systems at local level and to inform further policy development in these areas has been finalised and its findings have now been...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I also want to put on the record that Mr. Gormley did not commence any reviews. He announced that he was going to have reviews in the summer of 2010.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Having announced that he was going to have reviews in June 2010, Mr. Gormley requested additional information on 19 January 2011 from the six prospective consultants. He left office on 23 January 2011 when Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív took over that portfolio. Deputy Ó Cuív has just initiated this debate, yet he does not seem to remember that he was the Minister who could have moved those...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is quite extraordinary that he does not remember that he did nothing.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: For the record, the subsequent decision was taken by the Minister of State for housing and planning, Deputy Penrose. His decision was initially to have a review by departmental officials, which was carried out as quickly as possible. I will go into the timescale of this in more detail later on, but I wanted to put that on the record first. This extensive report runs to over 900 pages. In...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have read the report and I stand over it.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: There has been a lot of speculation and misinformation.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will continue.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I stand over what I said. There has been a lot of speculation and misinformation around the planning review, the report of which I published this afternoon. The motion put down by Fianna Fáil is timely therefore and I hope that our debate tonight and tomorrow night will allow some much needed clarity to be shone on the report itself, its background, the nature of the issues under review and...

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: They were never started; they could not be terminated.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, we really need to have the record corrected.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: So many Deputies have said that the Government terminated the inquiries. The Government did not terminate any inquiries.

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: They are putting misinformation on the record consistently.