Results 1-19 of 19 for feel "party:" . (isset($parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")]) ? $parties[ucfirst("$a[1]")] : "$a[1]") speaker:Denis Landy

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Denis Landy: The programme for Government of May 2016 provides:The new Government understands the divisions and distress caused in local communities who feel that new energy infrastructure, like wind farms and pylons are imposed on them. The technology and scale of wind farms has evolved significantly since the last set of planning guidelines were introduced in 2006. As a matter of urgency the new...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Motion (14 Dec 2016)

Denis Landy: ...the Minister of State to the House. My party will support this funding. I acknowledge the number of jobs that are created through the horse industry and greyhound industry. While some people feel it is an opportunity for buying champagne in luxurious bars, as someone from a rural area, I recognise that it is an opportunity for people who may not get employment in their own areas to be...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Denis Landy: I welcome the Bill. My party welcomes the Bill. We feel that practically everything in the Bill is necessary.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)

Denis Landy: ...result of An Action Plan for Jobs and Pathways to Work, part of which strategy is education. As it will probably be my last time speaking on the Order of Business, certainly in this term, and as I feel it has always been my duty here to raise issues and anomalies that concern me, I want to raise one such issue today. I have a constituent who is 19 years of age. He has been accepted for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Industry in Ireland: Discussion (7 Jul 2015)

Denis Landy: ...but I have seen huge change in the industry. I have also seen huge change in the little town I come from, Carrick-on-Suir, because retail shops are closing and business is going on line. I feel sympathy for the smaller bookmakers but the multiples are getting as much online as the real online companies. I have accounts with a number of bookmakers and it is a lot easier to sit down on...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Denis Landy: ...deviant behaviours with a set of unconnected ideas about risk, crime and management underpinning it". In recent years we have seen where people cannot travel on buses or the Luas. People do not feel safe on O'Connell Street or other streets in Dublin. What is not carried in the media is that anti-social behaviour is also rife in rural Ireland. In the past week I have seen in my own...

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: ...it is time to reverse this provision and give these functions back to local authorities who have local accountability through locally elected representatives so that the people on the ground can feel safe. The 2002 programme for Government set up an office of enforcement to establish an audit performance system for local authorities. Who is auditing the performance of the EPA? In my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Reform of Local Government: Discussion
Association of County and City Councils (7 Nov 2013)

Denis Landy: ...term, in their functions. What changes does he think are necessary in the Bill if we are to ensure the money is controlled by local authority elected members as opposed to the local authority? I feel strongly about this issue. In regard to development companies, what changes are needed to the current structure of legislation? What are Councillor O'Brien's concerns about the use of the...

Seanad: The One Percent Difference National Giving Campaign: Statements (22 Oct 2013)

Denis Landy: ...at a local level. This garners goodwill in a community, bringing happiness and joy, and it costs no money at all. This should not just be about money and it should also consider the giving of time, which can be translated into a feel-good factor for communities. This campaign also offers people an opportunity to stand back and look at what we have done in this society. Nobody in the...

Seanad: Junior Cycle Reform: Motion (18 Sep 2013)

Denis Landy: ...provide an exciting opportunity for students. I support Senator Daly's point on whether young people have a knowledge or interest in our country's history. Speaking in a personal capacity, I feel that one's interest in history grows with age. People become more interested in history as they move on in life. Students are entitled to make choices. Senator van Turnhout and Senator Clune...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Denis Landy: -----in order that people are made feel safe in their communities. Thereafter, consideration should be given to the closure of Garda barracks.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

Denis Landy: -----in order that people are made feel safe in their communities. Thereafter, consideration should be given to the closure of Garda barracks.

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Denis Landy: ...opportunity for us within the Labour group and our colleagues in Fine Gael to bring forward several issues of concern to us and to get clarity on how the Government is addressing these issues. I feel confident that as a result of the response from the Minister of State we will see positive responses. I am confident that as a result of the response we received from the Minister we will...

Seanad: Community Development: Motion (23 Jan 2013)

Denis Landy: ...a perception among some criminals that rural Ireland is a soft touch. We need to work immediately on killing that perception and ensuring that people living in isolated areas in rural Ireland can feel safe in their homes. A great way of doing this is catching the criminal red-handed. I am glad to say that in my own area of Carrick-on-Suir, a spate of recent home heating oil thefts has...

Seanad: Shannon Airport: Motion (12 Dec 2012)

Denis Landy: ...authorities in the region. When I speak about local authorities, as Senator O'Sullivan well knows, I mean elected members because to me that is what local authorities are. They are the people who feel the pulse on the ground as to whether this is the right or wrong decision. If those elected by the communities throughout the mid-west support it, then quite frankly it is good enough for...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis Landy: Senator Byrne will feel better after getting that off his chest.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Denis Landy: The Senator will feel better after getting that off his chest.

Seanad: Small Business: Motion (28 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: ...and local authorities for tendering should be kept in this country. That equates to 11.5% of GNP, a huge amount. During this debate, my colleagues will outline in detail how the Labour Party feels these issues can be tackled and how together with the business organisations and community, the worker can remain as an employer and we can work together in small, medium and large businesses.

Seanad: Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Nov 2011)

Denis Landy: ...already provisions within the ICC to deal with people who are in breach of the legislation in terms of their future activity within the industry. I am pleased that both of those issues, which I feel are extremely important, were dealt with by the Minister of State and his staff. I have received communications clarifying these points. At the time, I know the Minister of State was...