Results 1-12 of 12 for waste management speaker:Dessie Ellis

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Dessie Ellis: ...of companies but we already have a report that says everything that needs to be said about such matters. A review was conducted four years ago, resulting in the Duffy Cahill report. We do not need another report or a time-wasting review. All the workers want at this time is for the Debenhams management to abide by its own collective agreement on redundancies. The way these workers have...

Environmental Impact of Quarries and Incinerators: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2019)

Dessie Ellis: ...in us taking the case to Europe, having had little or no success through the EPA. This was not necessarily the end of our problems, however. The Dunsink tip head was capped, but the subsequent management of the closed site left a lot to be desired. The leachate pool, which was designed to remove contaminants from the waste products in the dump, failed to operate properly on a number of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)

Dessie Ellis: The Government has deferred legislation on pay-by-weight for waste management. It is clear that waste management companies were abusing the proposed legislation and using it to jack up prices by including a standard charge on all bins, as well as a pay-by-weight charge. It is also clear that certain companies are now giving the Government the two fingers and are beginning to charge for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (20 Jul 2016)

Dessie Ellis: ...stay on the current plan they have to contact the company while automatically they transfer to the new pay-by-weight scheme in the aftermath of the pay-by-weight issues and his agreement with the waste management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22990/16]

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Jan 2014)

Dessie Ellis: ...be made to feel the full force of the law. This is not just the right thing for these wrong-doings but the right way to try to rebuild confidence in the public so they can donate without fear of their money being wasted on top-ups and foreign getaways. The CRC, a really fine organisation which has helped so many people, has been damaged by the actions of these few people and we must...

Topical Issue Debate: National Food Bank (11 Dec 2013)

Dessie Ellis: It is believed that, globally, one third of the world's food goes to waste. Unsurprisingly, the bulk of that waste is in the Western world - in Europe and the United States. Of course, to address global hunger fully, we need a radical shift in the distribution of wealth but, more locally, we can also help to ease the suffering of those currently economically oppressed by putting in place an...

Local Government Reform (28 Jun 2012)

Dessie Ellis: ...supports radical local government reform and seeks maximum power and decision-making to devolve to local authorities. This means that local government should have increased powers over planning, waste management, housing policy, education and roads while retaining its powers over supply of water. We also support having directly elected mayors in towns and cities. I realise this does not...

Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Dessie Ellis: ...to the Road Safety Authority, RSA. The replacing of local authorities as the agency responsible in this area is a retrograde step. Local authorities have been starved of funding but have still managed to deliver excellent services. There is an old saying that one does not fix what is not broken, and by and large, the testing of vehicles and their roadworthiness is borne out by that...

Order of Business (3 Nov 2011)

Dessie Ellis: ...involve a change to primary legislation. Is the Tánaiste in a position to indicate whether this is the case? When will the relevant legislation be published? The anti-democratic privatisation of waste services is continuing, with the Dublin city manager threatening to privatise waste collection in the city in December. A national waiver system has been promised in the past. Will the...

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)

Dessie Ellis: The Taoiseach will remember Fianna Fáil's Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001, which Fine Gael and the Labour Party opposed.

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)

Dessie Ellis: It took powers relating to waste management away from elected representatives. There are thousands of citizens in this city-----

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)

Dessie Ellis: Has the Government any plans to amend the Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2001?