Results 2,121-2,140 of 2,176 for speaker:Joe Flaherty
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I remind Sinn Féin of the impact that kidnapping has had on this country, in the main perpetrated by-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: -----Senator Ryan's party. Tiede Herrema was not given the opportunity to record a video before he was kidnapped. Jean McConville was not given-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: -----an opportunity to record a video before she was kidnapped.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Ben Dunne was not given an opportunity. Don Tidey was not given an opportunity. Paddy Kelly, an Army private-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: -----and Gary Sheehan, the Garda probationer, who were on duty that day in Ballinamore were not given an opportunity to record a video before they were shot dead by the IRA.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Thomas Niedermayer was not given an opportunity-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: -----to record a video either.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I have absolute solidarity for Senator Andrews but it is not kidnapping.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Tell Sinn Féin’s press office it is not kidnapping.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: And detained, not kidnapped.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: They are detained.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2025)
Joe Flaherty: They are detained.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses for being here. I commend them on taking on a very difficult challenge. Much of what we say here today does not reflect on the witnesses but what went before them. I ask them to help me to get some sense around some of the figures. We have a briefing document and the opening statement. This says that the trust's services are supporting 714 adults, etc. When I total...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Joe Flaherty: Would it be maxed out at about 2,500?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Joe Flaherty: For the purpose of this, if I go with what was on the opening statement, it is 2,707 people and a budget of €60 million. It is costing €22,000 per person to run the service. To give a comparable example of a local authority, I would say that what the trust has to do is comparable with County Longford. It has a population of 40,000 and, between revenue and capital a budget of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Peter McVerry Trust: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)
Joe Flaherty: So there 1,000 such properties.