Results 281-300 of 1,229 for speaker:Denis Landy

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Landy: I wish to speak on amendment No. 5, subsection (dc) which refers to "the Living Wage as set for the relevant period" but before doing so, I commend the Minister of State on the work he has done in this area since coming into office. A great deal of work has been done and high standards are being achieved, but the Labour Party does not intend to stop at the minimum wage. Our intention is to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (27 May 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take this matter. I greatly appreciate it, as I am aware that she was under some time constraint to get here this morning. In October 2012, the then Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, published a document entitled Putting People First - Action Programme for Effective Local Government. That...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (27 May 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State to taking this matter as I know she was under a time constraint in getting to the House. I am pleased, in the main, with the response. Now that we have established a review is going ahead, I ask her to follow up on the terms of reference and the timescale for the outcome of the review as well as the invitation to the spokespersons on local government in both...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (27 May 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Denis Landy: I commend and welcome the report published yesterday on farm safety which was compiled by the Seanad Public Consultation Committee. I commend in particular Senator Martin Conway and Senator Denis O'Donovan and the other Members who were involved in it. There is a farm-related death practically every week. Last Sunday a two-year old child died in Cork in an accident with a horse box. I...

Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome our guests here today. As somebody who canvassed vigorously for the retention of the Seanad, against the wishes of many people in my party, I am glad the Seanad was retained but it is now time for reform. I do not envy the task of those who brought forward the report. For every suggestion and proposal there will be a counter proposal and a set of questions, rightly so and...

Seanad: Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform 2015: Statements (5 May 2015)

Denis Landy: He will not mind. For the attention of the House, I made this point in a previous debate on this issue. On average, each Senator who is elected from the 43 through the panels gets 75 votes. Each one of those votes is provided by a councillor who was elected on average with 1,500 votes; it is now much more since the previous election. That equates to in excess of 100,000 votes that each...

Seanad: Vehicle Clamping Bill 2014: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister. As always, he is keen to take on board views across the floor, both in the Seanad and in the Dáil. He is always available to engage with Members of both Houses on issues and even this morning, I was at another briefing with him. This is important, as Senator O'Neill stated, because there seemed to be a "whatever you are having yourself" type of an attitude...

Seanad: Ash Dieback Disease: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: On a point of order, I am finding it difficult to hear Senator Quinn. Perhaps the volume could be increased.

Seanad: Ash Dieback Disease: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: It is not the Senator's fault.

Seanad: Ash Dieback Disease: Statements (29 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: I welcome my constituency colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, to the House. Perhaps he might tell us whether something wrong with John O'Dwyer's hurley caused the ball to go right of the post by two inches last year. Was it affected by ash dieback? The Minister of State might comment on that when he is bringing the debate to a conclusion. On a more serious note, I commend the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: Earlier this morning Senator John Whelan and I joined Dunnes Stores workers on the picket at St. Stephen's Green. On a wet, miserable morning they were demanding decent pay and fair terms and conditions of employment. It is disappointing that management in Dunnes Stores has failed to engage with the workforce through the industrial relations machinery of the State. The Labour Court heard...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: The Senator knows he cannot do that. He is talking bull.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: He has that done already.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: A few more of us wish to speak before lunch.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (1 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy:  I welcome the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White.  I ask him to outline the current status of the review of EirGrid's proposals for the Grid Link and Grid West projects being undertaken by an independent expert panel under the chairmanship of Mrs. Catherine McGuinness.  I submitted my request to raise this issue on the commencement of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (1 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: I thank the Minister for his succinct report on the current position. I assume the independent expert panel is required to submit its reports to the Minister before the proposed projects can proceed or another round of consultations can take place. I ask the Minister to clarify the position in that regard. EirGrid has indicated it will engage in public consultations on its draft strategy...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (1 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: They say they have these offices, but they are not being opened at the proper times. It is not insignificant that negotiations with Great Britain on the memorandum of understanding to export wind energy supplies are dead in the water and not going to go ahead. The rush to provide infrastructure to avail of wind farms across the country is history because there will be no sale across the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (1 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: He will welcome these questions because he is up to speed on the matter.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (1 Apr 2015)

Denis Landy: We need responses.