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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Michael McCarthy: ...collate a lot of similar information. Some already have it, while others go to extreme lengths to get information that is already in the possession of another public sector organ. It is like a dog chasing its own tail. Is there interaction between the Department of Social Protection and local authorities and if not, why not? It is the one Department that knows everyone's date of birth...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)

Michael McCarthy: ...enough to dominate media headlines, is a very important initiative. I wish to acknowledge the role played by the Minister, Deputy Kelly, in bringing this to the forefront of his ministry, a ministry that has been dogged by controversial issues of one hue or another over the past 12 months. We are at a critical juncture in dealing with this issue. Much was said about targets in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes Status (2 Dec 2014)

Michael McCarthy: ...will provide 200-year flood event protection to approximately 179 homes and 131 commercial properties." Since it was first announced that Skibbereen needed a flood relief scheme, the project has been dogged by delay. Each of the phases of the scheme has been affected by a delay of three or four months. Work was originally due to begin in the second half of 2014 and was expected to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Property Insurance: Discussion with Irish Rural Dwellers Association (26 Feb 2013)

Michael McCarthy: What is Mr. Doyle's experience of the response by agencies with regard to the general clean-up? Has the response of the local authorities and the OPW being efficient, slow, tedious, helpful or dogged by bureaucracy?

Seanad: Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Jun 2010)

Michael McCarthy: ...unfortunately, will never be accountable in this country. We must examine that issue. It is beyond belief that in the past two years members of a crew on a ship docked here were literally eating dog food. That is disgusting, and the people responsible for that deserve to be in jail. People in trade unions have been championing that cause for a long time but it is beyond belief that any...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (8 Oct 2008)

Michael McCarthy: ...of local authorities, the sacrifices they make and the limitations to their role. On several occasions in this House, I have pointed out what I believe is the democratic deficit that currently dogs local government, namely, the difference between the reserved function and the executive function. Those who are members of local authorities have a reserved function, which means they can...

Seanad: Rights of Migrant Workers: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Michael McCarthy: ...the issue of female migrant workers. One woman who came to the country late in the evening got up early the next day and found a list of jobs to do. She had to complete tasks such as washing the dog and cutting the neighbour's grass. The woman had no time to settle in this country and probably did not have breakfast that morning. That list of tasks was drawn up by someone who knows better,...

Seanad: Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments Bill 2004: Second Stage. (7 Dec 2004)

Michael McCarthy: .... To reach the point at which the tribunal has correctly pointed a finger was a positive development. For many years, rumours abounded about corruption in the planning process in Dublin. The dogs in the street knew of them. Although the Garda investigated corruption in the early 1990s, it was unable to find someone who could provide names or proof that corruption took place or link corrupt...

Seanad: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (4 Mar 2003)

Michael McCarthy: ...Act. All evening, it has denied it is guilty of guillotining the legislation but in this case, it is guilty of boning and rolling the Freedom of Information Act and throwing the remains to the dogs to eat. The manner in which the legislation was introduced last Friday leaves a lot to be desired. It was known that this and the other House would not sit on Friday and that the Members of both...