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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: As someone who spent many years in a local authority and was party to quite a number of county development plans in the relative sense I believe the Minister of State should re-examine this.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: It is important to note that there are people who have invested large sums of money in developing land. The investment predates the legislation and this particular division but I welcome this important development. Some people will not like the amendment because they have invested a great deal of money and they will find they have a less valuable resource. At the same time, the flooding...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I support and welcome the amendment as someone who was born and bred in the countryside. I argued ad nauseam as a member of Westmeath County Council for due recognition to be given to sustaining rural developments and communities. Such communities are driven by people and one of the greatest barometers of the declining population in many parts of Ireland is where a number of parishes have...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: It is my understanding that every Member of this House is provided, upon election, with a copy of Standing Orders by the Clerk. The latter never disappoints us in terms of her efficiency. It is not appropriate for any Member to address the Cathaoirleach as Chairman. Standing Order No. 4 specifically states that the Cathaoirleach must be addressed as precisely that. It demeans the House if...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: It is related to the Order of Business. It is a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Will the Cathaoirleach direct the Member to address him in the appropriate manner? Senator Leyden to his credit introduced the Registration of Wills Bill as a Private Members' Bill and it is time the other House took the Bill. I have received a number of complaints from constituents that would make one sit up and take note. The Bill was never more needed and I call on the Minister for...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I join other speakers in congratulating Ms Máire Geoghegan-Quinn on her appointment as Commissioner. Ba mhaith liom mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil lei, lena fear chéile agus lena clann. There is no better person for the job and gender has nothing to do with it. There is no more able woman north, south, east or west.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Jealousy will get Members opposite nowhere.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: The heckler is at it again. At yesterday's meeting of the Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, turf cutters from Westmeath, Roscommon, Galway, Mayo and elsewhere explained why they have such an axe to grind with the National Parks and Wildlife Service. We had a meeting with representatives of that service some time ago and it seems clear that people who want to...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I strongly support Senator Mary White's comments on suicide. In the last Seanad I was a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children and part of a sub-committee which compiled a report on the high incidence of suicide in Irish society. It is time we debated that report and there is no point in brushing suicide under the carpet; it is a fact of life. As a member of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Will the Leader invite the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come to the House to discuss the lack of the application of the Derelict Sites Act? Many, if not all, Members will be aware of the many eyesores strewn throughout our countryside and in our towns, villages and cities. Regrettably, in some cases the offending entity is the local authority which has...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: There is also a derelict site in Senator Twomey's place.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (22 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: Ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le baintreach agus clann Tony Kett. Fear díograsach, macánta a bhí ann. Bhí aithne agam ar Tony le fada. I had great respect for Tony. While Senator Wilson was on the inside Administrative Panel, Tony and I were on the outside. We first walked in through the doors of Seanad Éireann on the same day in 1997. Tony was a man who not only talked the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: The Cathaoirleach and colleagues on both sides will remember the legislation on the refund of nursing home charges that went through the House. I did not disagree with it and I knew it was long overdue. However, an issue remains to be addressed with regard to those who could not get a bed in a public facility and had to go to a private facility. Throughout the country, many people who took...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I join colleagues in commending the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Martin, and everyone involved in the release of the two young women, Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki, who I strongly respect because they are wonderful people. Thanks to the leader of Fine Gael, we have returned in the past week to auction politics. I do not know whether he was racing up or down. However, there is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: The debate thus far clearly indicates what people think of his approach. Members of his own party will inform us that they strongly disagree with his views. I will leave my comments at that on the matter. The Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, of which Senator Coffey and I are members, recently compiled a report on the electoral register. That report which...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I sincerely thank Senator Norris for the comments he has just made. He is 100% correct. I am extremely annoyed about this entire situation and for the Members of this House. They are not getting a fair crack of the whip and have not for many years. A number of Senators in this House, the Cathaoirleach included when he was not in his current position, run offices but what do they get...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: That is right.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I referred to that issue also. I have no problem in putting my cards on the table face up and it is a pot I hope to win. There will be consistency between a local authority's development plan and the national spatial strategy with regard being had to regional planning guidelines and ministerial directives such as those issued to a number of councils. Senator Coffey has indicated one county...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Oct 2009)

Camillus Glynn: I do not know whose phone it is, although it may be mine. I apologise. We must protect the powers of locally elected representatives. However, I accept that the Minister is trying to ensure that such representatives discharge their duties in the proper way. I support him in that regard. I am not satisfied with the way in which enforcement orders relating to planning matters are being...