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Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...waiting list, on top of the 1,235 people that are on that list. Everyone suffers when the Government fails to deliver. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have designed and delivered a housing policy that continues to destroy the lives of many people in Mayo and other areas. The disturbing cost of the psychological damage being done to children, who have nowhere to call home, will impact...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024) See 11 other results from this debate

Jack Chambers: ...the vast majority of the population have been displaced. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs currently cites reports that over 60% of Gaza's housing units have been destroyed or damaged. Only 16 of the 36 hospitals in Gaza remain partially functional. Water availability in Gaza continues to diminish, with municipals' wells operating at a mere one tenth...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (23 Jan 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Senator Erin McGreehan - The need for the Minister for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on the allocation of funding to support the rural communities in north Louth which had their roads destroyed by flooding in October 2023. Senator Martin Conway - The need for the Minister for Health to agree and implement strict protocols between the HSE and Tusla on the provision of...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Malcolm Byrne: ...use of coerced testimony in cases relating to the National Security Law; - the repression of independent media and democratic activists in Hong Kong; - the ongoing efforts of the Chinese Communist Party to destroy the culture of the people of Tibet and the abuse of the rights of Tibetans; - the genocide being perpetuated in Xinjiang against the Uyghur and other groups; - the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ireland's SIDS Strategy, Impact of Climate Change and Update on Development Co-operation: Department of Foreign Affairs (23 Jan 2024)

...challenges at the moment in any programme such as ours relates to how we should carry out the important development work that can yield progress while at the same time responding to crises that are destroying that progress and responding to climate change, which is the overarching existential threat for it all. The operating context is more complex than it was, or at least than it was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Supports (22 Jan 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Erin McGreehan: ...floods have left a trail of destruction. If the Minister of State looks on TV or any of my social media posts she will see the devastation it has caused. Crops and fodder have been absolutely destroyed. Valuable infrastructure such as fields and fences have been damaged and completely changed. This catastrophe has left many farmers not knowing how to rebuild their lives or their...

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...