Results 1-20 of 26 for destroyed speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Grid (10 Jul 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The damaging, dangerous and destructive nature of Storm Éowyn on 24 January 2025 was unprecedented, causing widespread power outages and leaving the electricity grid destroyed in parts due to broken poles, lines and wires. At the peak, 768,000 customers were without electricity supply. This is double the amount of electricity outages experienced during any previous storm. It also had a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rights of Way (29 Apr 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., removes, or damages or defaces a notice erected in accordance with subsection (1) (b) shall be guilty of an offence. (10) A person who obstructs, impedes or otherwise interferes with a public right of way or who destroys or damages a public right of way save as is provided for in law shall be guilty of an offence. (11) It shall be a function of a local authority to protect the right...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (4 Mar 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: On 24 January, Storm Éowyn caused widespread power outages, unprecedented damage, and in parts, left the electricity grid destroyed due to broken poles, lines and wires. The National Emergency Coordination Group (NECG) was convened on Wednesday 22 January in preparation for the storm. This was attended by all Government Departments and agencies. Severe weather plans for the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (18 Feb 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware, on 24 January, Storm Éowyn caused widespread power outages, unprecedented damage, and in parts, left the electricity grid destroyed due to broken poles, lines and wires. The National Emergency Coordination Group (NECG) was convened on Wednesday 22 January in preparation for the storm. This was attended by all Government Departments and agencies. During the meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Weather Events (18 Feb 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: It should be noted that the damaging, dangerous and destructive nature of Storm Éowyn on 24 January was unprecedented. It caused widespread power outages and in parts, left the electricity grid destroyed due to broken poles, lines and wires. At the peak, 768,000 customers were without electricity supply. This is double the amount of electricity outages experienced during any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Weather Events (18 Feb 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: On 24 January, Storm Éowyn caused widespread power outages, unprecedented damage, and in parts, left the electricity grid destroyed due to broken poles, lines and wires. The National Emergency Coordination Group (NECG) was convened on Wednesday 22 January in preparation for the storm. This was attended by all Government Departments and agencies. During the meeting the severity of the...

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (5 Feb 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: ...on our distribution system. Reports from ESB Networks indicate that the worst affected counties were Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Longford, Cavan, Leitrim and Sligo. In parts, the electricity grid has been destroyed, requiring crews to replace more than 3,000 poles and hang 900 km of new conductor cable. At the peak, 768,000 customers were without electricity supply. As mentioned, thanks...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (9 Sep 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Assessor may be directed to do any or all of the following pursuant to Regulation 17(1)(h) of the 2012 Regulations:Inform the BER/DEC client and other affected persons of the error and revocation;Request the BER/DEC client to destroy all printed copies of the revoked BER/DEC certificate and accompanying advisory report;Re-submit a BER/DEC data file with correct values;Re-submit the BER/DEC...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...an absolute disgrace. It was wanton thuggery and violence perpetrated by a very small minority of people. They were not on the streets to legitimately protest anything. They were there to loot, to destroy, to cause harm and to serve their own selfish needs. Let us be very clear: they do not represent Dubliners nor do they represent our city. What we saw with the riots on Thursday...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Restrictions on cutting hedgerows are set out in Section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended. This Act stipulates that it is an offence to destroy vegetation on uncultivated land between the 1 March and the 31 August each year. It is a significant legal protection for our hedgerows and recognises the importance of this habitat for many bird and other species and as wildlife corridors. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Restrictions on cutting hedgerows are set out in Section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended. This Act stipulates that it is an offence to destroy vegetation on uncultivated land between the 1st of March and the 31st of August each year. It is a significant legal protection for our hedgerows and recognises the importance of this habitat for many bird and other species and as wildlife...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (22 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976 creates two prohibitions that apply between 1 March and 31 August annually. - Subsection (1)(a) makes it an offence for a person to cut, grub, burn or otherwise destroy, during that period, any vegetation growing on any land not then cultivated. - Subsection (1)(b) makes it an offence for a person to cut, grub, burn or otherwise destroy, during that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (3 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in respect of such an application may be appealed to An Bord Pleanála. Section 193(1) of the Act contains a special provision for structures substantially replacing structures demolished or destroyed by fire. Compensation may be claimed from a planning authority where there has been a refusal of permission for the erection of a new structure substantially replacing a structure...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: ...The Minister has received correspondence on that and it was raised previously. Have we or UNRWA received any compensation from the Israelis for UNRWA-funded or Irish Aid-funded schools that were destroyed recently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: .... Has the EU Foreign Affairs Council discussed the issue of the destruction of EU funded property by Israeli armed forces? Medical facilities, schools and other EU funded facilities have been destroyed, which is a big issue on which the EU should speak with one voice. I have engaged with departmental officials in recent weeks to try advance further Ireland's position with regard to the...

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., the Bill provides for offences to protect cultural property in the event of armed conflict including the exporting, removing, attacking, stealing, pillaging, appropriating, vandalising or extensively destroying cultural property. Under the Bill, there are penalties for committing offences with harsher penalties for extensively destroying or appropriating cultural property or for...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: ...The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has already spent €30 million on desktop audits for the greater Dublin drainage programme. It will apply to the Minister shortly for a foreshore licence to destroy the east coast with a sewage treatment plant that will be four times the size of Croke Park. Up to €1 billion has been scheduled to be spent on this project. Will...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Apr 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: ...a close relationship with the Minister, that none of this was ever mentioned in conservation between the two of them? The Attorney General has claimed she intervened by stopping the recordings from being destroyed. When did she make this known to the Government? Does she at the Cabinet table and say nothing? There are many unanswered questions on the role of the Attorney General in...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: .... I attended a meeting last night in Rush with our agriculture spokesperson, Deputy Ó Cuív, which was attended by over 50 producers of vegetables and other crops. The Christmas period nearly destroyed this sector. Many of the multiples were selling carrots for €0.09 and broccoli for €0.06 - all below cost. This industry is effectively on its knees. We welcome...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...information, which they spouted before the election. Senior people in NAMA got it into their heads that they had to make a profit and they nearly drove me to suicide on valuations. They were hell bent on destroying the banks on valuations so that they could be shown in a good light later. There were perfectly good loans written down on the banks to keep the NAMA dream alive. I was the...