Results 261-280 of 394 for speaker:James Heffernan
- 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 (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: 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: 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: 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: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
James Heffernan: One of these fantastic white-tailed eagles, a fledgling, was brutally shot down by senseless idiots.
- 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 (6 Mar 2014)
James Heffernan: There is a famous ballad from my county entitled, Shanagolden. The Cathaoirleach may know it. I will not sing it -----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2014)
James Heffernan: I will give the Senator a bar of the song later: The cold wind from the mountains comes calling soft to me, The smell of scented heather brings better memories, The wild and lonely eagle all in the summer sky, Flies high o'er Shanagolden where my young Willie lies. The song is a romantic ballad about a lad who died for Irish freedom and is buried in Shanagolden. The eagle in the sky...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2014)
James Heffernan: I join with others in saying "Fair play" to Senator Mulcahy for his statement yesterday to the committee regarding domestic abuse. It was not easy for him and took a lot of guts. It was good to see, as we need a bit more of that. I also join with others regarding the threat to rural post offices. I was brought up beside a post office. My grandmother had the post office and my father is...
- Seanad: Greyhound Racing Industry: Statements (19 Feb 2014)
James Heffernan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes. I take issue with Senator Landy on the home of dog racing. The area I come from is steeped in the dog industry. My uncle kept dogs for many years.
- Seanad: Greyhound Racing Industry: Statements (19 Feb 2014)
James Heffernan: Neighbours and friends have a stake in the dog. Indeed the dog syndicate that my sister is involved with had a good win lately. I take this opportunity to congratulate the O'Brien family of Cush and Kilfinane who had a tremendous success in the race at Clonmel with their dog, Vale View Flyer. I am assured by all that the craic was a terror both on the way down and back. I spent many a...