Results 181-200 of 955 for speaker:Terry Brennan

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I am more convinced now than ever that Senator Darragh O'Brien has a candidate, a man or a woman, lined up for this job.

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: It is a possibility, as he is one of those boys.

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (29 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I commend the Minister of State on the one-year appointment. Section 34 deals with liabilities and my recollection is that there are outstanding High Court cases.What is the approximate cost of these cases? It must be approximately €1 million at this stage and they are still not complete. It would be better to spend the outstanding moneys on sports facilities as is done with the...

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: Will canvassing for this board disqualify an individual? There is a lot of canvassing going on here today. I am just asking. Perhaps it is mentioned somewhere in the Bill but I am failing to see it. Will canvassing disqualify? I hope that is a simple question.

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I am asking about being disqualified.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: You would be dead right.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: The issue is a monstrosity of a boundary wall that is 14 ft. to 16 ft. high and was built without permission in October 2007. Louth County Council stopped it in progress and the developer subsequently applied for retention, which the council refused. The developer appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála, which upheld the council's decision, stating in its report, "This development is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I welcome what the Minister of State said and that enforcement action will be taken. I encourage him to ensure such action will be immediate and that, as was the case in the past, letters, notices, etc., will not be ignored. Perhaps a time limit should be put in place because, as I understand it, neither the developer nor the applicant is claiming ownership of the wall or the land adjacent...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: As Senator Mullins mentioned, the CSO tourism figures for the first quarter of this year were issued earlier and they are most welcome. It is a positive message. Tourism is a key element of the Government's economic recovery strategy, which sets out ambitious targets for growth in overseas visitors. This will increase revenue and the number of jobs in the tourism sector. Visitor numbers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I welcome the County Monaghan anti-pylon committee, which has previously been before the committee. I also acknowledge the presence of two former colleagues on the Border Regional Authority, Councillor Hugh McElvaney and Councillor Noel Keelan. Those people have been fighting this case for seven years. I admire them for their tenacity. They should keep it up. I will address another issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: Who said that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: Does Mr. Hillis know what size it is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I fully agree with Mr. Hillis on the scale of the interconnector and the necessity for the capacity proposed. This is the kernel of the issue. Whether right or wrong, or whether or not it would come before us, I suggest the Northern Ireland electricity board should come before the committee to give us its proposals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: Should we consider it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: County Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee (28 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I would like to hear its proposals.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I acknowledge the work done by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and by Tourism Ireland on the new strategy to encourage more visitors to Ireland from Australia. That country offers significant potential for growth in Irish tourism. The new three-year strategy has set out challenging and ambitious targets which would see the number of Australian visitors grow by 20%, which...

Seanad: Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Seanad tráthnóna inniu. Bíonn sé anseo go minic agus tá áthas orm é a fheiceáil anseo arís. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the establishment of a new body, Sport Ireland, to replace the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority. This Bill gives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: In some cases, our national and secondary schools were built 100 years ago or more. New schools are now being built with plenty of room for teachers to park. The vast majority of our schools, however, are high risk areas for accidents. I have taken photographs outside a national school in County Kildare where they had four or five signs on either side of the school, including flashing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: EirGrid (21 Apr 2015)

Terry Brennan: I apologise for not being in attendance for the presentation. Mr. Slye has confirmed that the interconnector to Wales is a 500 MW cable and obviously there are no pylons on that route. What is its length in kilometres or miles? What is the length of the interconnector to France? Is it a 500 MW cable? Is it correct that the interconnector to Northern Ireland is a 400 MW line? It is not....