Results 41-60 of 405 for speaker:John Ellis
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)
John Ellis: All Members welcome this Bill because the planning system probably needed to be tidied up to an extent. One or two items may give rise to conflict. Amendment No. 3, which inserts section 4, includes the words "consisting of land reclamation or reclamation of estuarine marsh land and of callows, referred to in section 2 of that Act' after 'the works are commenced'". However, it may be...
- Seanad: Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (7 Jul 2010)
John Ellis: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."
- Seanad: Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)
John Ellis: I also welcome the Minister of State, even in an express role to deal with an urgent problem. Senator Coffey says the Government is at fault. The fault lies with the administrative staff of various organisations who do not do their job in time.
- Seanad: Compulsory Purchase Orders (Extension of Time Limits) Bill 2010: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Jul 2010)
John Ellis: Local authorities are to blame. We are all running into this problem. Compulsory purchase orders are issued and left lying so nothing is done for an age. On top of that, the authorities do not even fulfil the payment terms and everything ends up in a mess. Some local authorities, and the NRA, end up paying people years after roads have been completed. This is not acceptable. This is...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: We are going more up-market.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: Like my colleagues on the other side, I welcome the fact that an integrated travel system will eventually be provided in Dublin. It is imperative-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: The only thing I will say to Senator Buttimer is that we will soon have to get a silencer for him because whenever some of us rise to speak he has to jump up after us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: You are just like a turkey cock.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: A Chathaoirligh-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: Senator Buttimer definitely reminds me of a turkey cock because he is always gobbling.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: I welcome that decision.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: In the past month to six weeks I have raised the matter of discharges from treatment units for one-off rural houses where there are no guidelines from the Department and the EPA, both of which stated they were not in a position to do anything about the matter. I am delighted that the Department has now informed me that it will be in a position to issue guidelines at the end of September or...
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: If the Senator is prepared to give way, I wish to finish my contribution. I thank the Senator. I did not realise it took so long to get from the fourth floor to the Chamber. I referred earlier to testing on the morning after. On the issue of professional drivers being subject to a different set of criteria from ordinary drivers, I wonder what will be the legal consequences of that when...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: Like my colleagues, I refer to the EUROSTAT survey which shows exactly what we have been saying for the past 12 or 18 months, namely, that primary producers are being ripped off, while the multinationals are making enormous profits at the expense of rural Ireland and primary producers. We must do something about this. We had an inquiry into the cartels which operated in the car industry,...
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: I welcome the Minister to discuss the Road Traffic Bill 2009 which has taken some time to get this far, but the teething problems have been well and truly addressed by the Minister. That brings me back to something I have said in the House on numerous occasions. There should be a mandatory publication period of six weeks before legislation is brought before either House in order that people...
- Seanad: Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (29 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: I propose the sitting be suspended until 6.10 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: I raised last week the prospect of having a debate on infrastructure and infrastructural investment. In view of the Taoiseach's statement that â¬6 billion will be spent on investment, it is imperative that we debate the various items that we feel may be a benefit to the State if they were funded as projects. Speakers mentioned a debate about the budget cuts. That is the best thing we could...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: They all admit cuts have to be made but do not want to cut their corner. Let us all admit that this has to be done and let us all sit down and work it out. Otherwise people should not whinge and cry after a budget is introduced on the basis they would not have done this or that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: Senator Buttimer is the nearest thing to a microphone I have ever found in the House; he is switched on and switched off.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2010)
John Ellis: I will give the Opposition one piece of advice; it should see how the Labour Party in Australia dealt with its business yesterday in comparison with how Fine Gael dealt with its business.