Results 141-160 of 382 for long speaker:Seán Kyne

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...edge of offshore wind technology. We know the importance of offshore wind capability in regard to Ireland's plans and targets for renewables. Nevertheless, we have recently seen in the media concerns about energy security and these plans for offshore wind are for the medium to long term, although legislation on the planning process for these developments is due to come through the Houses...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...permission for the Páirc na Mara development at Cill Chiaráin, Connemara, an area that is crying out for jobs. It is an unemployment blackspot. The day of the refusal was a dark day. I hope there will be an appeal to An Bord Pleanála. This is part of the long process of getting anything built and developed in this country. My concern is that the problem is getting...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2021)

Seán Kyne: The warehousing provisions are very important in giving the breathing space and scope to businesses. It is not a case of companies not paying their tax. The State will not lose out in the long run, it just gives businesses breathing space with tax, VAT and PRSI. Sections 8 to 12, inclusive, are all broadly similar on warehousing. The provision of a zero interest phase is very important,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...is clear. I expect the project to be part of the review of the national development plan. Indeed, the project has been in various national development plans going back for the past two decades. This is a long-running saga in Galway and one on which people are probably sick hearing about but I will continue to show my support for the project to be sanctioned and constructed. I have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (25 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...regarding the funding of Galway County Council. When we approached officials in the Department - again on a cross-party basis - a number of years ago, there was an admission that Galway had been badly served for a long number of years in comparison to similar local authorities, some of which are our near neighbours. However, there has been no resolution to that. There has been no...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...test case for greenways across the country. The old Galway city bypass went through the Irish courts before ending up in the European Court of Justice, which is fine, but the process was inordinately long, with huge delays. The Apple case in Athenry is another example. The project did not proceed because Apple said it had had enough due to the delays. Objectors using the system to...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, to the Chamber. The vaccination performance over the last number of weeks in particular is welcome. For a long time, one would have had a hard time trying to find someone who had received a vaccine, but now we are meeting plenty of people who have had it, including family members and, thankfully, parents. It is, dare I say it, a shot in the arm for...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...next year, the following year and the year after that? This is the reality. The quickest fix will come from those with planning permission. The affordable element is hugely important. As long as the increase in the percentage of social and affordable housing to 20% is funded and is not a deterrent to the same developers pushing forward, it will be important and I welcome it....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: I join Senators Chambers and Black in raising the situation in Palestine and look forward to hearing the comments of the Minister, Deputy Coveney, this evening. I have always believed that as long as there are five permanent members of the UN Security Council, issues such as this can never be truly resolved. I ask the Leader to accommodate a debate on the issue of rural transport. As we...

Seanad: Loan Guarantee Schemes Agreements (Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland) Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...became risk averse in regard to lending to businesses and private individuals. The Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland was established in 2014 as an organ to provide stable, lower cost, long-term funding options for SMEs and it has proved its worth in terms of the number of SMEs it has supported over that time. It has been somewhat reimagined. Before its inception, the challenge...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (10 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...Yes, the situation may have changed. It was a shell and core fitting-out for the top two storeys of paediatrics and maternity services that then went to a full design project at fit-out, but how long does that take? Why do we have to wait for the temporary emergency department to be completed before we can lodge a planning application for the new emergency department? That application...

Seanad: Future of Banking in Ireland: Statements (10 May 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...but not being the competition itself, which is important. There has been much talk about the Sparkassen model, which in reality has a very prudent nature regarding lending whereby a relatively long period of savings by a customer would precede a loan offer.Therefore, according to that report, there is no expectation an Irish public bank, if one ever came into being, would offer a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...mine, Ian Marshall, Angela Feeney, Ciarán Ahern and Hazel Chu. I wish them well in their endeavours and future campaigns. As regards the call for the Taoiseach to come the House, I know there are long-term demands or requests for the Taoiseach to come to the House from members of his own party and I am sure that will be forthcoming at some stage. It is a pity that we are not in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...plus minor see and treat, which is one place above a minor injuries unit and three places below a full elective hospital. I welcome any and all investment in healthcare in city and county and have long championed the need for a new emergency department at the University Hospital Galway, UHG, site. Some in the Saolta hospital group have, in my view, tried to stymie investment in UHG...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Regulation of Nursing Homes and Development of a New Model of Care for Older People: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Seán Kyne: It is safe to say the majority of people want to be able to stay at home for as long as possible as they get older. One thinks of one's own mortality at 45 and would like to stay at home while it is safe to do so. However, illness, strokes, heart attacks and debilitating illness get in the way. Could a model of small, single-level, clustered community units with a communal area for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2021)

Seán Kyne: All political parties have indicated their support for wind energy targets to reduce our carbon footprint in their party manifestos over a long number of years. In dealing with communities in my part of the world in Connemara and Galway, concerns have been expressed at various stages at the whole concept, when a project is first mooted, at the planning stage and at the construction stage....

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...process and I wish to put some of that on the record. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the review of the national development plan, Ireland 2040. I believe the plan gives Ireland a long-term focus and direction and drives us to invest strategically and regionally. For too long we have had a developer-driven approach to planning which leads to lopsided growth and short-termism...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Project Ireland 2040 (26 Feb 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...the Dublin and Leinster areas and spreading it around to different cities in the country. One major limitation on reaching that target in Galway is wastewater treatment. There is the much talked about and long-awaited plan for a Galway east main drainage wastewater treatment plant. This plant would encompass Athenry, Oranmore, the east of the city and the Ardaun area, identified by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Vitamin D and Covid-19: Covit-D Consortium (23 Feb 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...to Covid and all that has gone on in that regard. Could vitamin D be beneficial in keeping people fit enough to fight a winter flu? Is there any evidence for that? We are talking about the long term, but should milk or certain foods be fortified? What engagement with the food and drink industry has taken place? What would it advocate in that regard?

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid – Matters on the Business of the Seanad (22 Feb 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...on this important issue. I am thinking of the staff of the bank. I am also thinking about its mortgage holders and other customers, whose status quocontinues, which is very welcome. However, the long-term future of Ulster Bank and its branches, which are prevalent in so many rural towns, is an issue. We are nearly two months into this lockdown and the figures concerning Covid-19 are...