Results 321-340 of 394 for speaker:James Heffernan
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
James Heffernan: Nobody said that.
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)
James Heffernan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)
James Heffernan: I will follow on from Senator Mullins's comments about respite care grants which I agree should be restored. As with all universal payments, those who can afford to do without, should do without and those who need it most, should get the payment. The same applies in the case of the children's allowance. I do not agree with those universal payments. Senator Mooney spoke about child care...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)
James Heffernan: I want to bring it to the attention of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government because this will become a huge issue. The council will have to renege on the contract signed with this company and it will be in serious financial difficulty as a result. I do not see how the project can proceed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)
James Heffernan: Did you not go dancing with him?
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
James Heffernan: I want to support this important amendment. This situation has gone on for far too long. I do not think there is any State agency other than the EPA that enjoys such protection with regard to its immunity from prosecution. I have stated on a number of occasions in this House that the EPA need not be in fear of anything if it is doing the job correctly, and that job is to protect the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: It is not 5 p.m. The next item of business is not until 5 p.m. Surely we can get in before 5 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: I appeal to the Leader of the House to extend the Order of Business because what we have to say today is relevant today. It is not relevant tomorrow. Could I propose to the Leader that the Order of Business be extended? It is the first day back. In all fairness, give us a chance.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: Those are gravestones. Those are headstones.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: Well, 39 people have died.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: There are 39 people dead; that is the truth.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: I thank Senator Michael Mullins for sharing time with me. I did not intend to speak on this matter, but I decided to come and talk about it because it is an issue I have been raising for a number of years in this House. The recent murders in Belfast, whoever committed them, be they members of the Provisional IRA or State actors, as alleged by Sinn Féin leaders, came at a terrible...
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: Mr. Martin McGuinness has alleged that it was actors of the state who had their hands-----
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: This is what Sinn Féin does. It is expert at deflecting and it has been deflecting for a long time. The reality is that there are 45 people of whom I am aware who have met violent deaths since the IRA called its ceasefire. If you ask me, it is not much of a ceasefire when 45 people are dead and buried. That means that there are 45 families who are without a loved one. Sinn Féin...
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: The Senator should listen to what I am saying first.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: I have a lot of time for the Senator and believe he has been excellent.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: It is a political fact.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: Some 45 people are dead; the Provisional IRA killed them. That is a fact.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: It is a fact.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
James Heffernan: There are ridiculous denials by good people like Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh.