Results 12,921-12,940 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Proposed Legislation. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Is the Minister sure about that?

Proposed Legislation. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: We did a U-turn on that, just as the Minister did a U-turn yesterday.

Proposed Legislation. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Will the Minister give an assurance to the House that no member or public representative of the Green Party accepts corporate donations?

Proposed Legislation. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: That is fair enough.

Proposed Legislation. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: No.

Proposed Legislation. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: I might have, or I might not.

Proposed Legislation. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: That was proposed by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Proposed Legislation. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: The Minister did us a favour yesterday. He listened carefully to us.

Environmental Policy. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: The Minister should take charge of those organisations, keep an eye on them and observe their reports.

Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: In the interest of hearing answers to more questions and because we have covered these matters in an earlier question I will not ask a supplementary question.

Planning Issues. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: I welcome the sustainable planning guidelines that have been issued for consultation. What the Minister said makes absolute sense in planning terms to avoid the type of willy-nilly development seen in many villages. Will the Minister agree we need to take account of the fact that one size does not fit all in regard to guidelines on these issues and that what might work in a large urban...

Priority Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: With the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's indulgence, before we proceed, I would like some clarity relating to a question I put down on climate change which, I was surprised to learn, was ruled out of order.

Priority Questions (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: I did but I was not entirely satisfied. I cannot understand how a question on meeting our objectives on climate change in the programme for Government can be ruled out of order.

Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has instructed local authorities to revisit their local waste strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8137/08]

Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: I am interested that the Minister indicated his review is a new way forward. Since Deputy Gormley became Minister, there have been many new ways forward. Indaver Ireland's incinerator capacity for its proposed County Meath plant was 150,000 tonnes. It was recently given permission to increase this capacity to 250,000 tonnes. The proposed Poolbeg incinerator will have a capacity of 600,000...

Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: We know the Minister has changed his position.

Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: The Minister has changed his mind on many matters in the past eight months, one of which is incineration. He has powers to review waste management. He relied on public statements by himself rather than Government policy to instruct An Bord Pleanála and others to make decisions. That is not the way to do business in government, as the Minister now knows. He has been hoodwinked on various...

Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: What is the position regarding the amount of tonnage that will be required for MBT? Can we have certainty on the figures? When will the review be published? Will it be in July or will it be another bank holiday weekend job? Will we have to wait until all these planning applications in the system are approved and the Minister can wring his hands again before we know the answer?

Planning Regulations. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has instructed local authorities on the way to spend the revenue raised from Part V building levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8274/08]

Planning Regulations. (27 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: The Minister indicated previously that there were between €70 million and €80 million of unspent Part V moneys among local authorities. I am glad the Minister has issued guidelines to local authorities on how to spend this money. The Minister has partly answered my question, but I ask him to clarify one point. The Minister intends to subtract Part V moneys brought in by local...