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Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...of taxis in our cities and that the number of taxis in rural areas and small towns was insufficient. Come hell or high water, nothing could convince the then Minister to change things. I recall badgering the former Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, and pleading and fighting with him to introduce change. I did not realise quite how bad things were until I arrived in Dublin in 2007...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Mar 2013)

Catherine Byrne: ...mortar. It is what happens inside those walls that matters. This is a very stressful time for many young people and many people who have lost their jobs. We should not use it in this Chamber to badger each other. We should use it to solve the problems out there. Perhaps the Minister might take the following matter into consideration. All of the banks have a responsibility to...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...to speak to amendment No. 14. We would have liked to have been able to draw attention to the cruelty of the digging-out aspect of wild animals going to ground involving the use of ferrets to the culling of badgers and the use of horrific which leaves them waiting to be shot and their young to starve. We discussed this issue on Committee Stage and I understand the Minister is looking at...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...to animals, particularly the hare but also the greyhound. I accept what the Minister said about the eradication of TB. Is there independent peer-reviewed scientific evidence on the efficiency of badger culling as opposed to pursuing a vaccination programme? Is it true that €70 million of our money went on the TB eradication programme in 2011, which involved the culling of...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Coveney: .... There is a series of conflicting views on what constitutes the right balance where activities such as hare coursing are concerned, and I will address this in some detail in a moment. The badger culling programme, which is part of the TB eradication programme, has been hugely successful over the past ten years in terms of the number of reactors in Ireland which has more than halved...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...including any unnecessary suffering whether caused by direct physical abuse, recklessness or negligence. I welcome that. I now refer to where the legislation falls down. My first point deals with badgers. I accept that we are not fully free of bovine TB and that control measures are necessary but such measures could be carried out in a humane way, not through the most barbaric, gruesome...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (19 Sep 2012)

Martin Ferris: ...measures specifically designed to combat the most blatant and horrific examples of animal abuse, namely, the breeding and keeping of dogs for fighting or in pursuit of barbaric practises such as badger baiting. Previous to this we had legislation dealing specifically with the keeping and care of dogs and a separate Bill relating to greyhounds which recognised the unique aspects of the...

Animal Diseases (14 Jun 2012)

Shane McEntee: ...- TB has been the scourge of every farmer. Given the lowest levels on record were achieved in 2011, we need to put every effort into the eradication of TB. We were delighted to receive telephone calls two months ago about the new regulations that were being introduced. There is no way we can be seen to be soft on it. We have a chance of a lifetime to eradicate it. Every effort has to...

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Catherine Murphy: ...may well be one of the recommendations coming from that panel and I hope that is the case because it would fundamentally change things. Currently a person with access to a set of tools can validly call himself or herself a contractor. Developers need only have access to funds to call themselves developers. They do not need one day's experience in constructing anything to call themselves...

Order of Business (14 Oct 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: ...to ask the Taoiseach about the animal health and welfare Bill which is listed in section C of promised legislation, the heads of Bills yet to be approved by Government. I ask about some of the so-called concessions agreed between Fianna Fáil and the Green Party last week with regard to animal welfare. These are included in what is termed the programme for Government but I would refer to...

Seanad: Care of the Elderly (11 Feb 2009)

John Paul Phelan: ...two situations seem to be remarkably similar. In fact, they are almost identical. The HSE is discussing closing St. Brigid's ward before new beds have been provided. This is unacceptable. To be badgering, hounding and harassing elderly people in the twilight years of their lives in such a fashion is disgraceful to be perfectly honest. The HSE has become a monster. It does not seem to...

Seanad: Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (8 Apr 2008)

Dick Roche: ...share my view. The impact of this change will be largely what we, parliamentarians, make it. The enhancement of the European Parliament's co-decision-making powers, the introduction of the so-called "yellow card" for national parliaments and the citizens' initiative makes the Union more effective, open and democratically accountable. As stated by Mr. Pöttering this morning, when he...

Special Areas of Conservation. (2 Apr 2008)

Pádraic McCormack: ...west coast fishermen because they see European directives wiping out their livelihood and way of life. Let us protect the grouse and other birds and wildlife by taking measures to control foxes, badgers and mink which are now major threats to bird life on the hills. Grouse feed on fresh young heather shoots and, therefore, they need the heather to be grazed. If the hills are destocked it...

Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2008)

Simon Coveney: ...and provocative and of asking questions that were quite unacceptable. He referred to unfair procedures that were unacceptable in civilised society, appalling treatment and accused the tribunal of badgering the Taoiseach. The Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey, was almost embarrassed by some of the comments of his colleagues. I have some admiration for him for having the courage...