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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Róisín Garvey: ...all-Ireland debating medals as Gaeilge. The art of debate is fading and people like Senator Norris inspired me to go on with that element of debate because the United States has been completely destroyed thanks to this polarisation. I fear that similar things might happen here when I see political points scoring. The Senator is the antithesis of that and is exactly what we need in Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (18 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...protection process. Border Management Unit (BMU) and the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) have an ongoing intelligence-led programme of operations at airplanes to detect passengers who destroyed documents inflight and to identify the point of embarkation of undocumented passengers.

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jan 2024)

Michael Collins: ...a second car - who wants to build a house has not been allowed to do so. On a wet day there might be nobody on that roadway. It is insane that genuine people's dreams, livelihoods and hopes are being destroyed by planners who have built it into county development plans that are now anti-county development plans. There is no development in a lot of county development plans. We have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

...issues. We are here today to discuss the threat posed by the spruce bark beetle to the health of Ireland’s spruce forests. This has been a huge issue. Millions of hectares of spruce forests have been destroyed across Europe by the spruce bark beetle. What was grown over generations was destroyed in just a few short years by the spruce bark beetle. Spruce bark beetles are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS (17 Jan 2024)

Martin Conway: ...work they do with how bad and how difficult it is and how people in the mid-west feel they are completely isolated and completely left behind? I engaged a lot with various parents and it is soul destroying to see how long people are waiting for any kind of intervention in Clare. For these young people it is the formative years of their lives. We try to achieve something in politics and I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Non-court-based Conflict Resolution Mechanisms for Media-related Complaints: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

...most difficulty. If there is a spicy story or one we know could be quite combative, we take the responsibility for that. None of my reporters recklessly goes after people or recklessly looks to destroy anybody's reputation. However, if we feel there is a legitimate reason for pursuing a story, we will do so.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Food Waste (17 Jan 2024)

James Lawless: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether there are plans to implement a scheme that bans the destroying of food, which is still fit for consumption, in order to tackle unnecessary food wastage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1899/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Medals (17 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Defence receives requests from time to time for the replacement of lost, stolen or destroyed medals awarded to Veterans of these conflicts. In relation to such requests, it has been the policy that replacement medals were issued on a once-off only basis on receipt of a bona-fidé request from the Veteran to whom the original medals were awarded. This policy was adopted...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (14 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...and homes were badly damaged. Floods, the like of which were never seen before in the region, caused devastation. This evening in particular I want to focus on the roads and bridges that were destroyed. Some of them are still not open. I am sure the Minister of State will appreciate the difficulty that is causing residents, businesses, farmers and so on. I have been raising the...

Gender Recognition (Amendment) (Prisons) Bill 2023: First Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: ...their gender. Gender affirmation can put young people on the pathway to chemicals, puberty-blockers and irreversible surgery. Those co-morbidities that are causing the problems never get treated at all. They can destroy a person's fertility, cause serious health damage and in many cases lead to people to de-transition after that damage has been done. Ireland remains wedded to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

Michael Collins: ...by up to 44%, costing these mainly suckler farmers tens of thousands of euro by undervaluing their bulls. Farmers who were doing everything by the ICBF book for ten years were met with an overnight change that destroyed their farm practices and their income. Also in the past two weeks, many farmers have been told that their farm payments under ACRES will not be paid to them, as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Irish Aid (14 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Barry Ward: ...has escalated beyond any recognition. The destruction that has been wreaked on Gaza City in the northern end of the Gaza Strip and spreading increasingly farther south has meant that projects funded by Irish Aid have been destroyed. In education, for example, one of the things Irish Aid has done is build schools and invest in physical infrastructure in the Gaza Strip to support...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

...means "home" in Gammon. We have to accept that the programme is a smokescreen and has not delivered any Traveller-specific accommodation. What it has done to my people is assimilation and it has destroyed a lot of the Traveller community. It is my role here today to bring about long-term solutions and short-term solutions as there is a huge crisis in trailer loans and rentals. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2023)

..., never mind move ahead. We have talked today about rail and roads. Regarding digital infrastructure and climate and energy resilience, in south Down last month I saw Downpatrick and Newry destroyed with flooding. It is clear we need significant investment around mitigation when it comes to climate change, digital infrastructure, be it broadband and even connecting to the grid in some...

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...at the Capuchin centre in this city. Three thousand people on a cold night like last night and all that bothers the people in here and the Government is how to silence the good Christian people of this country and destroy their religion, culture, heritage and dúchas. They will not. I have that message. There are silent people out there who want to practise as Christians and to...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Canney: ...young people. We have huge problems with this, and the Government needs to grasp it. The only solution is to put these floating wind turbines out in the ocean and get on with that rather than trying to destroy our country. In places where these are being proposed, I can guarantee the Minister of State that the local authority would not give planning permission for a house because of all...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Joan Collins: ...climate breakdown has so far involved more fossil fuel executives than common sense. We are facing an existential crisis while world leaders shake hands with the people who have made billions from destroying our planet. The Minister of State made the point that Ireland has given €25 million to the loss and damage fund but that contribution was taken from moneys already allocated to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (13 Dec 2023)

Martin Kenny: ...one of those cars. Had it been facing the other way, she would certainly have been killed. It was a very dangerous situation. The tornado cut a track of about 30 or 40 metres through the village and destroyed practically everything in its path. It also tracked along the river into the harbour area. Boats were upturned along the jetties. The tornado caused devastation everywhere it...