Results 401-420 of 3,241 for speaker:Brian Ó Domhnaill

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Invasive Plant Species (5 Apr 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I am raising this issue on behalf of Councillor Gerard Flynn who is a member of Clare County Council. It relates to the burdensome problem of wild ivy attaching itself to trees, a problem that arises not just in County Clare but also throughout the country. The ivy which is sometimes referred to as...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Invasive Plant Species (5 Apr 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I accept the Minister of State's response. The Department would certainly have the best data available. One interesting point made in the Minister of State's response is that he agrees with my position on trees on the roadside and the danger of their being blown down. There is one option that could be considered and which might provide value for money. Perhaps the Department, in...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I want to raise again the issue of the greyhound industry. On Sunday evening I attended a meeting in Tipperary that was attended by 750 greyhound owners or breeders who outlined their concerns about the way the industry is run. The sector will receive €16 million in subsidies this year under the greyhound fund. Despite the subsidy the industry and stakeholders are hugely concerned....

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will touch on a number of the grouped amendments. I thank the Minister for facilitating the helpful consultation period in the AV room with Waterways Ireland staff. However, I was deeply disappointed by their level of interaction. There was none, and we felt as if our views did not matter. I can relate to the experiences of residents and others along the Barrow line, given that...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am referring to subsection (2)(a)(ii) on the advertising of proposed by-laws. Senator Norris and I have submitted an amendment to the effect that there should be a wider publication of the by-law. According to subsection (2)(a), the by-law shall be published on Waterways Ireland's website and in newspapers circulating in the vicinity, but Waterways Ireland is not required to notify all...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I am told that it is amendment No. 1ag to subsection (2)(a) between lines 30 and 35.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: It is in the current grouping.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is it.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The proposal here is to reduce the fines issue to a fixed penalty notice system. The class D fines, at the moment, are in the financial bracket from €501 up to €1,000. I am not sure if Senator Humphreys's amendment meant a class E fine instead of class B, because class E is below €500. Perhaps that was what was meant or maybe it is a misprint. On the fines, this is a...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I was just speaking to my colleague, Senator Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, who highlighted an important issue related to this section also. Fixed penalty notices are the way to go. They make sense. The justice system and the courts are clogged up enough without having to deal with minor offences such as these. The comparator would be fixed penalty notices for driving offences such as...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 1ak:In page 7, line 20, to delete “21 days” and substitute “30 days”.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Yes.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 1ay:In page 8, line 37, to delete “certificate” and substitute "evidence".

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I have listened to a great deal of the debate on the section, which is one of the most contentious sections of the Bill. I agree with a great deal of the sentiment expressed around the fact that the section is not relevant to the Bill. Certainly, it is not relevant to the work of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. It is more akin to the remit of the...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: They make up 3% of all farmers.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Excellent.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology Funding (28 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I raise the issue of third level funding in general, with particular reference to the Castlebar campus of GMIT which, like many institutes of technology, faces significant financial challenges, notwithstanding the fact that student numbers are growing at third and fourth level across the State. However, most of the buoyancy is within the universities sector and, unfortunately, the institutes...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology Funding (28 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I thank the Minister. Is a copy of the Minister’s script available as generally is the case?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Institutes of Technology Funding (28 Mar 2017)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That would be fine. I understand the challenges that IOTs, including GMIT, are facing. It is important to recognise that rationalisation of services into the central pillar of GMIT would be at the expense of the Castlebar campus. I appreciate that the HEA has responsibility, but overall responsibility rests with the Minister. Would he be willing to meet the delegation from Mayo County...