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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

James Heffernan: ...oxymorons in the lexicon of Government agencies because it does not protect the environment, high up or low down. The director general of the EPA has said that she does not see her role as being one of a watch dog or of prosecuting polluters. We in this Chamber have called time and again for immunity to prosecution to be removed from the EPA. If the EPA is doing its job correctly, there...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)

James Heffernan: ...have heard today that, contrary to what Sinn Féin has been telling us, the IRA has not left the stage and that it is still directing the production. We need to know who is the tail and who is the dog and who is in control of what. We need an urgent debate following on from the statement today by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, about the state of play...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

James Heffernan: ...? Many people are opposed to paying water charges on ideological grounds. This legislation has been put before the House in an underhanded way in that these sections have been added to apply to dog breeding and so on. It is wrong to expect people to agree to be strong-armed into registering with Irish Water and paying for that utility when there is still a whiff from the Siteserv...

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...