Results 17,061-17,080 of 20,884 for speaker:Alan Kelly
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: The simple fact of the matter is that people are voting through their registrations. The volume registering represents a majority.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: Wait one second. We are satisfied that the number of tenant registrations is on the increase and the process under way with Irish Water will deal with the matter. Everything will be done fairly. Despite the Deputy's desire and wish to use such eloquent language, nothing will be done in a punitive way in any way, shape or form. As I said before, I did not have the value of a private...
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: Everything will be done in a fair and balanced way to ensure everybody makes a contribution, which is only appropriate.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: If there are multiple units in a complex or house, they can all apply for the water conservation grant. If there have been multiple tenants in one unit, whoever has paid the bill may apply for the grant.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. It is the occupier of a property who is liable to pay domestic water charges and legislation provides that the owner is the occupier, unless the contrary is proven. Irish Water is providing landlords with the opportunity to...
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: The Deputy is good at gibberish himself.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: Perhaps I am a late developer in using all of this flowery language in the Chamber.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: The Deputy is not too bad himself.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: I did not have the privilege of receiving a private education like Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett and his colleague sitting beside him, Deputy Paul Murphy.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: I had to do with the Christian Brothers educating me, as they did fantastically. The Deputy is well aware of the penalties in place for those who do not pay the €30 or €60 in water charges. They have been trashed out enough times across the floor of the Chamber. For those who will continue not to pay, it is not right to insinuate that local authorities will become boot boys...
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: When it has been concluded.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: Being straight with the Deputy, I do not intend to make anyone a boot boy for Irish Water. Is that not direct enough?
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: They are matters for Irish Water. The Deputy cannot expect me to come into the House and know the exact cost of every single advertisement placed by Irish Water. The process will be that consultation will take place, the legislation will then be brought to the Government and before the Houses, like in all other circumstances. Decisions on the mechanisms to be put in place to ensure...
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: We are in the middle of the consultation process.
- Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. It is the occupier of a property that is liable to pay domestic water charges and legislation provides that the owner is the occupier unless the contrary is proven. Irish Water is providing landlords with the opportunity to...
- Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: I welcome the opportunity to be back in the Seanad today. As my colleagues are aware, I was in this House last December when we had a good discussion on the Government's plans to establish an electoral commission. I said then, and I will say it again now: for me personally, and I say this genuinely and not passively, I would love to have dealt with this issue at the beginning of a longer...
- Seanad: Establishment of Electoral Commission: Motion (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: I will arrange for it to be given to the Senator. This was evident in December during our previous debate. However, there are a wide range of views on what exactly such a body will do and how it should work. A key lesson from international experience identified in the consultation paper is that significant changes in electoral governance ideally need to command broad political and public...
- Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: Deputy Tom Fleming should get that greenway going, for God's sake.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Remit (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: It was never intended that the assets would transfer on 1 January 2014. It was planned that transfers would take place on a phased basis. As work progressed on the identification and the various assets and liabilities became clear, there was a need to ensure that loans did not automatically transfer with the assets. As the Deputy is aware, because we discussed it in this House, legislation...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Water Remit (4 Mar 2015)
Alan Kelly: Yes.