Results 21-40 of 44 for waste management speaker:Paudie Coffey

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Paudie Coffey: ...certainly be controlled by outside powers. I will give some examples of what I regard as unsustainable practice. As a Senator in the Upper House I raised the issue of bonuses to county and city managers and directors of services that were paid by agreement under the Better Local Government programme. These bonuses were paid for the achievement of objectives to which the mayors and the...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Apr 2011)

Paudie Coffey: ...to contribute to this debate. I, too, wish Deputy Hogan well in his appointment as Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. He faces massive challenges, not only in waste management but in many other areas as well. I wish him well in that regard. The plastic bag levy, since its introduction in 2002, has achieved significant waste reductions. I welcomed it at the...

Seanad: Climate Change Response Bill 2010: Second Stage (13 Jan 2011)

Paudie Coffey: ...Bill, the Government is trying to impose targets on other sectors when it cannot live up to that same policy. Aside from the rail freight issue, there are other examples throughout the country. Waste treatment policy is extremely conflicted at present. Government policy says one thing while the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government says something else. There is no...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (12 Jan 2011)

Paudie Coffey: ...since then to avoid a repeat of similar problems; and calls on Government to: establish a single publicly owned water utility company to take over responsibility for water investment and mains management on a national basis; establish a new Utilities Commission to merge existing regulators for utilities and to take responsibility for regulating a new water utility company; re-allocate...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: ...or development impinges in a negative way on a given environment. I refer to some examples. Local authority landfill operations are among the greatest offenders. Issues also arise whereby waste management operators work under licence. There is nothing in the licence or the planning laws to require waste management operators to keep the odours emanating from an enterprise to a certain...

Seanad: Order of Business. (1 Jul 2010)

Paudie Coffey: ...took this as an insult. All Members should note this for future consideration with regard to any legislation coming before this House. More than one year ago, I asked for a debate on the future of waste management. I refer to the fairly public and serious conflict between Dublin City Council and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government with regard to the Poolbeg...

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Paudie Coffey: ...motion which provides us with an opportunity to debate the important matters brought to our focus. As I stated, the motion is broad and encompasses a wide range of issues including water quality, waste management, the environment and legacy sites. While I will not be able to cover all of those issues in eight minutes I will comment as best I can on some of them. There is a commitment to...

Seanad: Environmental Protection: Motion (23 Jun 2010)

Paudie Coffey: There are five regional waste management plans in which the provision of an incinerator is proposed.

Seanad: Water and Roads Infrastructure: Motion (3 Feb 2010)

Paudie Coffey: ...of this, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government ridiculed the Fine Gael policy, which is in many ways similar to that in the report. It refers to having a national water management authority. The divergence of views highlights clearly the lack of clarity, policy and joined-up thinking in the Government's response to the management of our national and natural...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

Paudie Coffey: ...stage in the future for a debate on the care of the elderly. I am not sure what the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government will say when he launches the international review of waste management policy later today. Perhaps he will mention the proposed Poolbeg incinerator. According to the regional waste management plans that are in operation at the moment, an...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages. (27 Feb 2009)

Paudie Coffey: ...problem is that there is no fairness in this Bill. It is a flawed Bill with too many anomalies. It seems to be ill thought-out. Senator Norris mentioned that farmers are exposed through the farm waste management scheme, referred to later in the Bill. This side of the House has called on the Government to consider providing a system of tax credits for farmers who will be exposed under...

Seanad: Farm Waste Management (25 Feb 2009)

Paudie Coffey: In recent weeks I have met many farmers who were approved for grant aid under the farm waste management scheme. These farmers understood they had a clear contract with the State and that the specified grant moneys would be paid. I was horrified to discover that many of the farmers are seriously exposed as a consequence of the large loans they took out in good faith on the understanding that...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2008)

Paudie Coffey: ..., including the economic crisis, the housing crisis, the employment crisis and the food crisis. We also have another crisis, the impact of which the Government is not fully aware, namely, the waste management crisis. We have made great progress in respect of recycling initiatives and the introduction of facilities to deal with our waste, but due to the crisis in this area, we hear that...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2008)

Paudie Coffey: ...It is an area in which Senators should have an interest and I ask the Deputy Leader to provide time soon for a debate on all this. I have raised on a number of occasions the issue of the national waste management strategy, and I am aware the Deputy Leader, Senator Boyle, has an interest in this area. I see in today's newspapers that Indaver Ireland is again proposing more incinerators for...

Seanad: Development of Green Technology: Motion (5 Nov 2008)

Paudie Coffey: ...rates. Where there are dark clouds, there also should be opportunities. Green technology is one economic area in which the Fine Gael Party believes there are opportunities for Ireland. If we manage the research and development aspect to it in an appropriate and well-resourced manner, we could take full advantage of this growing sector. To the general populace, renewables technology is...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2008)

Paudie Coffey: ...our philosophy regarding how to save the economy. I raised a matter on the Adjournment last week which has since been taken up nationally. I refer to the crisis that is looming in respect of the waste management. As a result of the global economic downturn, international demand for the recycled material produced here has disappeared. This has serious implications for the national waste...

Seanad: Waste Disposal (29 Oct 2008)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Minister of State for his response. There is confirmation tonight that waste management in this country is a serious matter. I am glad the Minister and his Department are giving the matter the attention it deserves. We do not want a national waste management crisis at this time. I do not think that stockpiling of the waste produced by facilities such as the one in Dungarvan...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Oct 2008)

Paudie Coffey: ...to deal with the huge deficits in our public finances. Even so, it will not deal with the deficits coming down the line. I have often heard lectures in this House on how well the economy has been managed by the Government. I remind the House that the wastage of public finances over the years has led to the suffering of the children and elderly. Some €52 million was wasted on...

Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Paudie Coffey: I have listened with interest to some of the contributors and heard them refer to a "well-managed economy". When I hear this, I wonder whether we are living in the real world. The economy has enjoyed great growth over recent years and I acknowledge international factors, such as the price of oil, will affect it, but I would not go so far as to say it was well managed. In this regard, the...

Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)

Paudie Coffey: ...making submissions. Previous speakers referred to the resources of local authorities and the planning matters relating to such authorities. In respect of the latter, I wish to refer to estate management and the taking in charge of estates. Local authorities have limited resources with which to work in the context of enforcing proper building standards and regulations in respect of...