Results 461-480 of 738 for speaker:Cyprian Brady

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)

Cyprian Brady: This Government has not been found wanting in the provision of a full education for our children.

Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Motion. (13 Apr 2005)

Cyprian Brady: The Senator should look at the standard of schools around the country.

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: I am grateful for this opportunity to discuss this important issue. I welcome the Minister to the House and congratulate him on the progress he has made during his short period in office. When considering waste management we must look back to the position from which we started. In the mid-1990s, less than a decade ago, waste became the final environmental issue to be subject to modern...

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: In the past two years the recycling rate has definitely exceeded 30%.

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: Kerbside collection of recyclable materials is available to 40% of households, whereas no such collections were available in 1998. The Opposition calls on people to recycle but they must also be incentivised. The introduction of pay-by-use systems provide an incentive to recycle.

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: Perhaps the most dramatic and noticeable development has been the high level of public awareness about the necessity of change. People understand the reason we are introducing waste management measures. Successive advertising and public information campaigns and initiatives such as the Green Flag for schools have generated environmental concerns, particularly among young people, whose future...

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency, an independent expert body, estimates that 60,000 tonnes of waste are burned each year in what it describes as "back yards", producing 18 g of dioxins. This was compared to a modern incinerator treating 1 million tonnes per annum, which would release 0.54 g. Despite the misinformation and the scaremongering, these are the facts. With a...

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: Incineration is one part of an overall framework of measures. While studies can be quoted, I have first hand experience in this area. Senator Bannon will be aware that last year members of the Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government visited several thermal treatment facilities in Switzerland, including facilities for chemical waste. Many were sited in the middle of towns,...

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: The old incinerators are being closed to be modernised. The World Health Organisation, the Environmental Protection Agency——

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: ——and the Food Safety Authority have all stated incineration is safe. UK authorities have gone further in stating no human health issues arise from modern incinerators.

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: As the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government said, people have a personal responsibility in this area. The policies being followed are correct.

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: The Senator will be chased for that.

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: A typical example would be Fine Gael in Meath.

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements. (2 Mar 2005)

Cyprian Brady: On a point of order, we are discussing waste management and not the local politics of Longford.

Seanad: Child Care Services: Statements. (22 Feb 2005)

Cyprian Brady: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to what has been a good debate on the equal opportunities child care programme. My first-hand experience of this is in the north inner city of Dublin. Over recent years it has provided opportunities in training, education and employment to communities ravaged by four or five generations of unemployment. It gives people a choice. Whatever mechanisms are...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Cyprian Brady: The Senator is out of order.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2005)

Cyprian Brady: That statement is derogatory.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and congratulate him on negotiating a fantastic package in the budget. He mentioned some absolutely staggering figures in this regard and alluded to the multiannual funding arrangement being put in place, amounting to €6 billion over the next four years. Both the Opposition and Government have recognised that the solution to the housing deficit...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (14 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: Now.

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (14 Dec 2004)

Cyprian Brady: I thank the Minister of State and wish him well with the Bill, which is timely. As was pointed out, we are in the eighth or ninth year of consecutive record build in housing and are way ahead of the majority of other EU countries. I have no doubt this legislation, in conjunction with other initiatives, will go a long way towards providing housing into the future.