Results 13,201-13,220 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It has a lot to do with the amendment. Normally the same Minister takes a Bill through from beginning to end for continuity's sake, unless there is some very grave and serious reason, which does not appear to be the case today because I saw the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, in the House. Only in extreme situations would one ask another...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: What is going on here is absolutely shameful. The nature of Report Stage means we can make a long first contribution but we are limited in not being able to make a third or fourth contribution and so cannot tease things out in the way we should as parliamentarians. The Minister's amendments, and the proposed amendments to the amendments, are quite interesting. I have listened to the...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I like it when he intervenes as it adds a bit of spice.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It is obvious that when he intervenes, he knows he is losing. Irish Water is a water and sewerage facility. Is that correct, Minister? The amendment creates a facility every year to transfer up to €540 million from the local government fund to Irish Water. The Deputies rightly say this particular utility will not pay for itself and that it needs an Exchequer subsidy of €540...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It was in response to that Deputy Catherine Murphy asked about the scope and the Minister of State said the changes were technical. Deputy Coffey, should read the full report. I read it into the Official Report this morning. When she was asked to clarify her initial statement she was told-----
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: This morning I read into the record what was said on Committee Stage. It was clearly indicated on Committee Stage that all that was involved were technicalities. The least the House is owed is a detailed explanation of why, in view of the misleading information given on Committee Stage the Bill is not being recommitted to Committee Stage. The Minister of State owes it to the House to...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Before I start, it is customary on Second Stage - this is a quasi-Second Stage - to explain the Bill's proposals. This is effectively a new Bill. Will the Minister explain to us section-by-section now, on this quasi-Second Stage, the proposed amendments to the Bill, which are more substantial than the original Bill?
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I have not started; I am asking a question through the Chair.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Once again, well-established custom in the House is being ignored for a purpose. The purpose is to cut short the democratic process in this Dáil. The process of a proper Second Stage where the Minister would outline step-by-step each provision he is proposing, then on Committee Stage flaws in the proposals could be debated, with the Minister and Deputies coming back on Report Stage...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister speech states, "the water-related amendments mentioned here were announced by my Department on 6 May, all of nine weeks ago at this stage". First, it is eight weeks ago today, so the Minister should get his speech corrected. Second, Committee Stage of the Bill, that was and not as is, was held on 26 May 2015, 20 days after the Minister's so-called announcement. The Committee...
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a lot more water in Ireland than in Greece.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it possible to get a copy of the Minister's speech because it is the custom of the House that where a Minister reads from a script, it should be made available to all the Deputies in the House?
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not a question of just dismissing it.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Can we suspend until we get it?
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: We should suspend.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: With no disrespect to the Chair, the democratic revolution should start now.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: We should be given a copy of the speech. This Government seems to think that it can just walk on the people and the people's representatives.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I will not.
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Minister agrees to-----
- Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (1 Jul 2015)
Éamon Ó Cuív: If he waits and starts his speech again-----