Results 1,181-1,200 of 1,229 for speaker:Denis Landy

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: That is fine. He will interrupt me again the same as he-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: This is very important to Senator Ó Murchú and I. We spent the past hour with Army wives and other people in Buswell's Hotel to prepare for a meeting we will have with the Minister at 12 p.m. today where the real work will be done to try to save the barracks.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: The Leas-Chathaoirleach has been lenient and I appreciate that.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: I know he is. I have a horse for him, so I will give him that as well. The contributions made, in particular that by Senator Wilson, will be very helpful to us in our meeting with the Minister. There was political dialogue and it was a little bit unsavoury.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: Yesterday, Members received a briefing from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Will the Leader raise the following issue with the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte? When somebody gets a grant to improve the insulation in his or her home, which incidentally I am getting done next Tuesday, there is no measurement of the building energy rating...

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: Sinn Féin signed up to it.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: Amnesia is appearing again.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: Senator Daly should have been here three quarters of an hour when I spoke. He would have seen how vocal we were.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: We will see.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: I will not play politics with the situation, as Senator Daly is trying to do.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: When Senator Daly is in the bar reading The Irish Times I will be fighting with the Minister to save Clonmel barracks. That is the difference between Senator Daly and me. I work; I do not go around talking about it.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: What statement would Senator Daly like me to withdraw?

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: I spoke in the future tense.

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe. I served with his uncle Tony, a former councillor in Carrick-on-Suir, for many years. I also welcome the group in the Gallery representing the Army spouses, particularly Councillor Patricia Walsh, who is a good friend of mine. She is married to a Carrick-on-Suir man, who is also a very good friend. She took a good name with her to Cavan. I...

Seanad: Army Barracks Closures: Motion (19 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: Do not come to the House paying platitudes to those in the Visitors' Gallery who are distressed and concerned about this issue. There is money there because Sinn Féin voted for it. Its members should be honest with people; I have been honest with people. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I hope he will convey the issues raised by myself and other Senators to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: I commend Senator Zappone on her achievement in having the loop included in the Seanad Chamber. As someone who suffers from a hearing disability, I have quite a lot of difficulty in this Chamber so I hope it will improve my ability to understand. Perhaps "understand" is the wrong word because sometimes one may not understand what is going on in the House regardless of whether one can hear...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: That is why I am asking the Leader to ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to take up this issue with the Garda Síochána. It is becoming prevalent in rural Ireland with a consequent negative effect for businesses. The stolen telephone cable is being illegally exported to Bristol where it is stripped for its copper value. There is quite a lucrative business going on around the theft...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: If the Cathaoirleach will allow me to do so, I will put a question to the Leader. I have been in contact with Customs and Excise, whose representatives met me in Leinster House. They told me that the technology being used by those who are washing diesel has outpaced their ability to detect it. They do not have the necessary resources and funding to bring such people to court. I brought a...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: I am just finishing. I brought a sample of the diesel to the Customs and Excise representatives. Even though I could tell them where and when I bought it, and they were already watching the garage, because the scientific methodology is far ahead of their ability to detect it, they need more funding to bring such illegal activities to book. The Leader should raise the matter with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2011)

Denis Landy: Bring the potential President in front of it.