Results 221-240 of 2,406 for speaker:Tony McLoughlin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: I am entitled to ask my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: I am anxious, now that I have an opportunity to speak, to convey the concerns of my constituents. When I come in here for a committee meeting I am entitled to the same courtesy as everyone else around the table.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: Some people here were asking questions for 15 or 20 minutes. I have been waiting like everybody else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: I am a spokesman for my constituency and I make no apologies for being here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: I have two more questions. The gentlemen spoke about employing experts. When I hear people talk about employing experts I get very concerned because I have seen what the experts in this country have done in recent years. The company is going to employ ten panels of experts in various fields over a three-year period. This concerns me because I know where the experts are at present - in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: We see what is happening at the moment in other semi-State bodies. It is not effective and it is not working. People do not know who they are dealing with. The Chairman's suggestion of having regional call centres would be far more effective. That is a route the company should consider.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: I asked earlier about the appointment of 150 to 200 local contractors to install the boundary boxes and meters. When does Mr. Mullins propose that some of these contractors would be appointed? Will there be some in each county or region, or what will be the format?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Establishment of Uisce Éireann: Discussion with Bord Gáis Networks (6 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: What is the timeframe? Is it within the next month?

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: To fully understand the importance of the credit union movement, it is necessary to remind the House of its history. The Irish credit union movement was founded as a result of the efforts of three dynamic, pioneering and entrepreneurial people, namely, a teacher, a civil servant and a bakery worker. In Dublin in the 1950s, these individuals witnessed the effects of high unemployment, such...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (13 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has developed the terms of reference and the parameters for further research to be commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency later this year on the issue of hydraulic fracturing here; if the terms of reference for this more extensive research is to be drawn up by a steering group; the organisations that will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: Representatives of Irish Water appeared before the committee last week, and there are major concerns regarding the relationship between the staff of local authorities and Irish Water. We have seen what has happened in Northern Ireland, where huge mistakes were made. The representatives, when pressed, said that in the short term perhaps staff at local authority level throughout the country...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (20 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide clarification for local authority staff across Ireland who may one way or other transfer from their current employer to the Irish Water Company, many of these staff currently employed will play a pivotal role in the successful transfer of assets and infrastructure from the local authorities to Irish Water;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (22 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if under Section 28(2) of the new Educational and Training Boards Bill he has made an order yet in relation to the composition of the new Educational and Training Boards in particular to the 10 member representation from the local authorities where there is a composition of three counties. [52007/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (22 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if under Section 28(2) of the new Educational and Training Boards Bill, he has given consideration to smaller counties in three county vocational education committee amalgamations where that county may have a small population but a strong number of schools and pupils under the patronage of the ETBs and that recognition will be given to public...

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: Meltdown.

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which will have a dramatic effect on the electoral hinterlands across Ireland. As part of this Government's programme of political reform the Bill provides, for the first time since 1980, a reduction in the number of Members of this House. A number of commentators have argued that it will have little impact but I believe a further reduction...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (27 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with car hire companies prior to the 2013 tourist season and the Gathering to ensure that they sign up to a particular code of practice in relation to charges to ensure that all such charges are up front and are fair to ensure tourists get a fair deal. [52250/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (27 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to advise tourists coming here of some hidden charges that car hire companies add on to customers in relation to insurance which many of them are not aware of when they make their booking from overseas. [52249/12]

Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: I took the opportunity to oppose the Bill when Deputy Clare Daly introduced it before and will oppose it again when the vote is called. A number of events have taken place since last April when the Deputy introduced the Bill. At the time the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, told the House that the report of the expert group would be brought before it. It has now been published and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (29 Nov 2012)

Tony McLoughlin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his view in relation to the allocation of the 10 local authority members, where more than one local authority will fall within the Education and Training Board area, where he considers that population, based on the most recent census, is the most appropriate and fair way to devise the proportions in which each local authority...