Results 1-20 of 481 for cork speaker:Denis O'Donovan

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Conservation (8 Feb 2024)

Denis O'Donovan: ...be a four-month delay to get SEAI BER certification because nothing else is accepted. This is a dangerous monopoly. Any competent qualified engineer could do this work. There is one in a west Cork town who has a masters degree in engineering. She specialises in BER certification and many solicitors and auctioneers deal with her. In one instance, a contentious issue was challenged in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Denis O'Donovan: ...troubles me - it might be taken back to the Minister - is that, as I understood on the previous occasion and, I suppose, from speaking some of the association's members along the coastline in west Cork, their big concern is engagement with the Minister has not taken place in any meaningful way. That will be something I will raise in a more substantial context when the meeting in question...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (25 Oct 2023)

Denis O'Donovan: ..., Deputy McConalogue, here this evening. He has an unenviable task. I have been involved in politics for about 39 years. I remember back in the mid-1980s on the coastal management committee for Cork county and whatever. From what I read here, in many ways the Minister is caught by a straitjacket and there is little wriggle room. We cannot expect him to work miracles because the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Retained Fire Service (30 May 2023)

Denis O'Donovan: ...unparalleled. Firefighting is a vocation rather than just a job because if a person did not have the appetite for that job, he or she would not be doing it. They would want to be, as we say in west Cork, as tough as táthfhéithleann. One example that worried me recently was when a young councillor colleague, not my friend who is here today, told me of a case of young man who...

Seanad: New Innovations for People with Disabilities (Digital Assistive Technology): Statements (22 Sep 2022)

Denis O'Donovan: ...technologies. If I had been asked in this House five years ago what assistive technology was, I would not have had a bull's notion. The Minister of State mentioned that she recently visited the constituency of Cork South-West, where I live, and the premises of the Irish Wheelchair Association in Clonakilty. I would like to enlighten her about the fact that, in Bantry, where I lived for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2022)

Denis O'Donovan: I am glad to share time with my good colleague, Senator Buttimer. I will outline the facts from letters I received. Cork University Hospital, CUH, is the south-west region's centre for neurology but is short of neurology nurse specialists. Patients are unnecessarily waiting longer for diagnosis and treatment. Based on the catchment area, national and international guidelines recommend...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine: Motion (16 Feb 2022)

Denis O'Donovan: ...there. There was mention earlier of the one-stop shop approach. I recently had a good discussion with a farmer in my constituency - if Senators could be said to have constituencies, mine would be Cork South-West - who planted about 60 acres of forestry many years ago. When I asked him what he would replant and what the issues were, he said first that there was no incentive. Second, he...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Denis O'Donovan: ...that event happening. That is what is being claimed. On a serious point, have our Naval Service vessels the capacity to control our international waters? It is my view, as somebody who lives in Cork South-West and from my experience of the fishing industry which would be reasonably well established, that our Naval Service's capacity to police our international waters is not adequate....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ..., and I believe that should be seriously looked at. The area of quotas under the Common Fisheries Policy, going back historically to 1973, has been an issue. I was elected a councillor in Cork in 1985 and I worked with others to set up a coastal management committee. Seán O'Donoghue and myself go back a long way. What I am hearing today from the POs is something similar, except...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...? Is there a correlation between global warming and water quality? As a former local authority member, I recently conducted a survey and was horrified by what I learned about counties such as Cork, my home county, Donegal, Kilkenny and Waterford. I spoke to councillors and, in some cases, area engineers. Approximately 40%, and in some cases more, of wastewater plants for towns,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...go ahead with corporate companies running the show, I cannot see them basing themselves in places like Bantry, Castletownbere or Cahersiveen, but rather close to centres of big population, such as Cork city or nearby towns such as Bandon or Mallow. It might be possible to take a cat or a dog 50 or 60 miles to see a vet about an issue, but it is not possible to load up a cow that is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Deputy Leader to support the demand made my colleague from Cork, Senator Lombard, for extra funding to address the severe flooding we endured in places like Bantry and Skibbereen, not once but twice last year, and which cost millions of euro. I raise a matter related to fishing, which is close to my heart. It concerns an application for funding to carry out a development options...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...% who disrespect our footpaths. This morning I walked six or seven miles around Dublin. I was appalled by the amount of dog excrement on the streets. I live in Schull, a beautiful place in west Cork. As I said, 90% of people who have dogs are very honourable. They look after their dogs and make sure that if they litter, the excrement is picked up. However, on the 10%, it galls my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...out of it. It is a hobby and they are very caring and loving to their animals. They make sure they are looked after in winter and summer. What sort of cost would be involved for a person in west Cork, for example, who perhaps has six or seven horses and a few donkeys, leaving out the canine side? Will there be extra costs involved in delivering the traceability and microchipping of all...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Second Stage (31 May 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...all those areas. They are asked to accept wind and wave energy. I think they would be minded to do so but there is great anger among coastal communities from Donegal all the way down to Kerry and west Cork at what is happening to our fishermen and fisherwomen.Our fish catch is minuscule compared to that of the Dutch and the Danes, etc. We must look at the bigger picture. Before I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ..., we might find ourselves back in prison but, hopefully, that will not happen. As the tourism season begins, I observe a large influx of people and an interest in coming to places like west Cork or south Kerry, which is very welcome. In the part of the world I live in, Schull, tourism plays a massive role. The population of our town, or village as some people call it, multiplies by five...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...of rural Ireland. This stems from the closure of post offices and the recent announcement by Bank of Ireland to close many of its branches, which are spread primarily around rural Ireland such as west Cork, west Kerry, Connemara, Clare, and Donegal. I live in a beautiful village called Schull. It is likely that in the next three to four years the three post offices in the peninsula,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Prevention Measures (1 Mar 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...by flooding. I also acknowledge the visit at around the same time of the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, whose home town it is, given his father was born and reared there, before he emigrated to Cork, if I can use the phrase. His visit also gave some hope. The problem in Bantry, as the Minister of State is probably aware, is that we have a double issue. When there is severe flooding...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Flood Prevention Measures (1 Mar 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...over the past decade. Recent flooding has focused minds on the issue again. The Minister of State might give some indication of the timeline. I appreciate the efforts he is making. I thank Cork County Council and its staff. There is a lot of goodwill to resolve this issue, and that goodwill and the impetus should be maintained. If we lie back on the oars again, we could face terrible...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Denis O'Donovan: ...bumming a lift on the back of a truck or whatever - and have to put up with the chagrin of defeat as we came through Kilgarvan and Kenmare until we got back to Glengarriff where we sought refuge on the Cork side of the tunnel after the usual kicking that we got from Kerry. Some of the games were tight, but more often than not, we had our tails between our legs. Our local situation is...