Results 201-220 of 2,017 for speaker:Anthony Lawlor

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 May 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I am not being ignorant. I am giving the facts. The last guidelines were in 2006 and we have been promised new guidelines since 2018.

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the Minister. I hope that in six months' time I will be welcoming him to open the Sallins bypass and that by then the expansion of the N7 to three lanes will be finished. Every morning it has been namechecked on radio and television stations as being a bottleneck. By the end of this month or early in May I hope the three lanes will be open and the Sallins bypass will be open by...

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: There is a need for an outer ring road around Naas. How long does it take to get from a concept being put into a development plan to the delivery of the road?I acknowledge we need feasibility studies, route selections, tender documents and all of that. Can the Minister indicate how long the process might take? The information is important for a debate that is going on in Naas at the...

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: The Acting Chairman gave me a minute.

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I thought the Acting Chairman said she would give me a minute.

Seanad: Transport Matters: Statements (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: My mother opened the bypass and hope to welcome the Minister to the opening of the third lane of the bypass.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I am grateful to the Chair for the opportunity to contribute. I am not a member of this committee but I have a fierce interest in it. I also have a Bill going through the Seanad that passed Second Stage. There are questions about it but its purpose is to cap awards in the courts. I have done a fair bit of research. I think I might have been speaking with Mr. Cahalan regarding this. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: If two claims are identical, with a similar incident happening and the same injuries associated with it, do certain judges make different awards from awards made by other judges?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: So is there no consistency among the Judiciary for awards for similar types of claims?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Irrespective of what we do with the book of quantum, judges do not have to adhere to it. The issue is more about the awards judges are making. Did Mr. McMahon ever feel that we should name the judges who are making excessive awards above the norm for similar injuries? Should they be called out? If judges make excessive awards, it impacts on all of us who pay for insurance premiums.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Most of the claims are at the lower end of the book of quantum. More than 90% of claims going through PIAB are for less than €50,000 and they cause all the problems. There is a lack of consistency in the Judiciary in awards for similar claims. Some judges will award more and some will award less.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I have total regard for judges.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Small and Medium Businesses: Discussion (4 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I have no problem and I have great respect for them. However, we need consistency. As a former referee in rugby, I understand the problem with adjudicating in games. I would prefer to see consistency. I reiterate that if awards are reduced, premiums will be reduced accordingly.

Seanad: Judicial Council Bill 2017: Committee Stage (2 Apr 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I, too, welcome the Minister to the House. What is the possibility of broadening the scope of the sentencing information and guidelines committee, and will some of the recommendations of the Personal Injuries Commission be taken on board? They could be taken on board by that committee, or another committee could be established under the judicial council to examine the recommendations of the...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Capping of General Damages Bill) 2019: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the Minister to the debate on this Bill. I thank my colleagues in Fine Gael for allowing me bring it forward. I also thank the Minister for being present and for his advice in my discussions with him. I thank my work colleagues in the office, Fintan and Adam; the various groups with which I consulted such as the Irish SME...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Capping of General Damages Bill) 2019: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank all the speakers who took part in this debate. It was very healthy. With regard to those who state my reasons for introducing this Bill are populist, insurance costs affect everyone, from young people trying to get insured for the first time to those who have been in business for many years. I tried to identify the areas in which we could have an impact regarding insurance costs....

Seanad: Civil Liability (Capping of General Damages Bill) 2019: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Civil Liability (Capping of General Damages Bill) 2019: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Next Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.

Seanad: Period Poverty: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: I apologise. It was not my intention to be the last person to speak. It certainly should not be a man who concludes the debate on this topic. I know the Minister of State will also comment. While I agree with the motion and the legislation, as Senator Alice-Mary Higgins has highlighted, this is an opportunity for us to set a standard not just here but internationally, as we have done so...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Mar 2019)

Anthony Lawlor: Like Senator Ó Domhnaill, I wish everyone well on Lá Fhéile Pádraig, in particular those people participating in parades around the country. I hope the weather is a lot more clement than it has been in the past.I wish them and all those attending well. It is a great occasion. I ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to come...