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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

Paul Connaughton: ...we can do in this legislation next week, perhaps by an amendment, to require An Bord Pleanála to make a decision on the date it says it will make a decision? It is one thing for one's house or land to be destroyed by flooding but when we start attacking people's hope of there ever being a solution, we are going down a bad road. There are people in south Galway tonight who are losing...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Paul Connaughton: ...days. The animal may have a high reading and the lumps are there. My experience of this a number of years ago was the vet said there was a problem and within a couple of days somebody came to destroy the animal. The story we got in some of these cases was this procedure was not followed and there was a heavy-handed approach with lads piling in on top of cattle and farms within hours. I...

Challenges Facing the European Union: Statements (Resumed) (7 May 2015)

Paul Connaughton: ...reason this is happening is because of their involvement. There is no point in coming back here in five or ten years' time when the crisis blows up again and some other dictator has taken over and is destroying half of Africa. We can ask ourselves what we did to solve the problem in the first place. It is one thing to solve the problem in the next few weeks but if we are serious as a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Severe Weather Events Response (1 Apr 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 260. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assistance available to old age pensioners who had their fuel sheds destroyed in a recent storm; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14788/14]

Recent Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Paul Connaughton: ...who discussed the recent flooding have been parochial and I will do likewise. Part of the constituency I represent is in south Galway which suffers terribly from flooding. In 1995 the area was destroyed and when I got elected as a councillor in 2009 the same flooding occurred. A number of weeks ago the area was flooded again. People in the area are concerned because in 2009 in...

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Paul Connaughton: ...made on sovereign bonds issued in February and which calls on the Government to lobby the European Central Bank for an exemption of the rules of market finance in order that sovereign bonds can be destroyed. However, it is worthwhile to have the debate. I believe the approach being taken by the Government to the undoubted crisis in which Ireland finds itself is on the correct course and...

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Paul Connaughton: ...cannabis because of the alcohol situation but we cannot have it both ways. Alcohol is as much a drug as cannabis. There are more families the length and breadth of this country which have been destroyed by the misuse and abuse of alcohol than by illegal drugs. Again, I am not saying we should legalise cannabis for that reason but we cannot be so hypocritical as to suggest that they are...

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Oct 2013)

Paul Connaughton: ...greatly reduce the extremely stressful time that families of missing people endure while waiting to find out if the deceased person is their missing loved one. While samples taken for the database will be destroyed within six months, each profile will be retained on the database. I welcome the fact that suspects who are not convicted can have their DNA profiles removed from the database...

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: .... When subcontractors remained unpaid, they could not take action against the assets of the developer. The difficulties caused stretch far beyond financial implications. Many families have been destroyed by the considerable emotional and psychological problems caused by these massive unpaid bills. The problem of subcontractors remaining unpaid is prevalent. In recent months, I have...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2011)

Paul Connaughton: .... I urge the Department to work with local authorities on devising a better system that would be more reactive to local events. I have been inundated with calls from people whose roads have been destroyed, even though their neighbours' roads were repaired. It is a dangerous situation for drivers, walkers and cyclists and if we start thinking outside the box, we might be able to come up...

Suicide Prevention: Statements (Resumed) (3 May 2011)

Paul Connaughton: ...effort to solve this problem. In recent years, I have noted that the number of suicides here is often compared to the number of lives lost on the roads. Both are tragic occurrences, both destroy families and communities, and yet the way we react to each is very different. If someone is killed in a road accident, the story will almost certainly be carried that evening on the news, the...