Results 121-140 of 394 for speaker:James Heffernan

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: If we are trying our best and spending a great deal of taxpayers' money trying to reintroduce endangered species to our skies and countryside, there must be a deterrent for any fool who would harm a fantastic species in this way.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: Could we ascertain if people can be sentenced for this? I would be prepared - the Government should consider doing this - to offer a substantial reward for any information leading to the capture of the perpetrators of this stupid and mindless act.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: I agree with Senator Moloney, it is great to see a bit of passion in the House. I welcome it. I learned with regret this morning of the passing of Christine Buckley. She was a courageous and tireless campaigner on behalf of the victims of institutional abuse. She was inspired by a fight to get justice for the people wronged in these places. In July 2012 when we debated the Residential...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: Rape and torture and abuse of innocent children-----

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: Is Senator Mooney crazy?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: They were raped, tortured and abused. They were innocent children.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: The Senator is a disgrace to defend them.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: What about the ones who were buried there?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: They were murdered there too.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Residential Institutions Issues (26 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I have spoken before about the importance of providing some kind of memorial or monument to the victims and survivors of abuse in industrial schools. Many of these schools opened in the late 1800s at a time when Ireland was coming out of the traumatic event of the Famine. They operated for almost one hundred years until the 1960s, 1970s and...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Residential Institutions Issues (26 Mar 2014)

James Heffernan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is good that the proposal is still being pursued. The city centre location should be prominent. I urge the Minister of State to consider using other buildings under the control of the Department of Education and Skills, for example, that at Letterfrack. I am sure there are others across the country. A former school in my neck of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

James Heffernan: I join Senator Naughton in calling for debate on the horrific discovery in Tuam. These children were not afforded the slightest bit of dignity or common decency and, even in death, they were still regarded as unclean. Their 800 bodies were discarded in unmarked graves. They were innocent infants, their only crime being that they were born of unmarried mothers, in most cases after a crisis...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

James Heffernan: -----of survivors, families and on our national psyche as a whole-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

James Heffernan: The only crime of these people was to be born of unmarried mothers and taken away. I have a question. Some months ago the House extended a kind invitation to Pope Francis to come and address us. If he is going to come I will welcome him with open arms. I am certainly not anti-clerical or anti-church but I am anti-cover-up.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

James Heffernan: I am anti-deception. If he is going to come I would stress to him to come and certainly bring his cheque book with him such that we can, with the Office of Public Works and the Department of Education and Skills-----

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (4 Jun 2014)

James Heffernan: The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs should take this into account. A decent proper memorial should be given finally to the survivors of institutional abuse.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

James Heffernan: I propose to comment on the banking inquiry as it is turning into a fiasco. The Government has treated the Seanad and democratic institutions of the State in a reprehensible manner. A decision was made and the Government decided to change the rules and move the goalposts because it did not like it. If we are to be treated in this fashion, we have no place being here. It is a disgrace and...

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

James Heffernan: No, I wanted to make a comment. The Senators on the other side may call themselves democrats but they are à la cartedemocrats. This proposal is a complete joke.

Seanad: Order Of Business (12 Jun 2014)

James Heffernan: This is a joke.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

James Heffernan: I concur with Senator Denis Landy and call for the immediate publication of the report on the greyhound industry. I differ slightly with Senator Martin Conway on the banking inquiry. I wish Senator Marc MacSharry and Senator Sean D. Barrett, a man of the highest integrity, the best of luck. Following the shenanigans in the Chamber last week, it is time for Senator Michael D'Arcy to go to...