Results 41-60 of 669 for speaker:Grace O'Sullivan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: I am concerned when Dr. Mahon talks about the pathway through the sewer system where one has the anaerobic digestion, the thermal drying and the lime.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: I am very concerned about the fact that waste is reused and recycled and could be ending up as a fertiliser on our land. Is that possible?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: Essentially, through the use of this sludge on land, the plastic is being dug into our soil. Even if it is just being used for tillage, it is nevertheless part of a bigger ecosystem. With other species, even if we go to our lugworm-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: -----it is very invasive across all ecosystems.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: On eco-toxicology, one thing we have been hearing about in the media is the particles of plastic, be they micro, macro or nano of this polymer if one looks at the base. Can Dr. Mahon tell us something about this eco-toxicology and how the plastic might attract other chemicals? Not only does one have the polymer - that little bit of plastic - but one also has an accumulation of toxins around...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: I know this is very specific but I am a member of the Joint Committee on Climate Action. Dr. Mahon referred to leakage or emissions. They are hydrocarbon-based and, therefore, with regard to climate change, is plastic in general a negative for the ecosystem?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: I have a question for Dr. Lynch. He spoke about microplastics but this legislation does not deal with them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: It deals with microbeads as opposed to microplastics.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: Does this legislation go far enough? Microplastics come from the synthetic clothes that we wear.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: It then gets into the ecosystem.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: Where does the funding for the witnesses' research come from?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: Is industry working with the witnesses to try to solve this problem?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: There are also the local authorities in terms of filtration systems.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: Are the delegates carrying out research into the ecotoxicology aspect and the potential of these plastics to attract other chemicals? We have talked very much about the environmental impact, but we have not gone into the health impact of these particles in different products. In her presentation Ms Dean spoke about the industry taking voluntary action, which is to be welcomed, but in...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: I stand in support of the nurses who are out picketing today. I stood in the rain and cold on Tuesday with nurses in Waterford and listened to their stories about how unfairly they feel they are being treated. I saw members of the community coming with flasks of tea and coffee and all kinds of provisions to support them. They stated that nurses cared for them and they wanted to pay them...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: It is time the Minister accounted for it. Why are the Ministers, Deputies Harris and Donohoe, not sitting down with the unions and communicating with them and seeing what the problem is? There is no dialogue happening. The only dialogue we hear is in media accounts of what is happening. I saw the nurses on strike in Waterford but I went into the strike committee centre in the hospital and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: My first question is for the ESRI and relates to accessibility and affordability. Does the ESRI consider accessibility to housing in its research? I ask because there is always a cost of getting to work, school and community facilities. I will ask Mr. Hugh Brennan a similar question on accessibility. The suggestion that the State make 20% of IDA Ireland land available for housing is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (31 Jan 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: Does the ESRI have a definition of affordability when it conducts research?
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Exploration Licences (24 Jan 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the Chamber. I know this is matter is not his specific area but I will address it and, hopefully, receive some response. On 4 October 2018, by statutory instrument, the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment removed from local authorities the power to require an environmental impact assessment for prospecting, which means...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Exploration Licences (24 Jan 2019)
Grace O'Sullivan: Absolutely.