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Beef Sector: Motion (27 Mar 2019)

Declan Breathnach: .... No farmers here want a handout; they want a hand up. The crisis in our beef industry has been severely compounded by stock numbers and the uncertainty of Brexit. In 2018 we had the highest kill in 15 years, with 1.8 million cattle killed, 80,000 more than in 2017. Over a five-year period, the increases ranged from 40,000 to 120,000. Obviously those increased numbers have had an...

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Declan Breathnach: ...village, town and city in our country. Unfortunately, smuggling has become a massive illegal criminal activity, causing huge losses in revenue to the State and retailers. In 2009, for example, €50 million worth of contraband cigarettes were confiscated at Greenore Port. That 120 million illegal cigarette haul was the largest ever seized anywhere in Europe. Currently, there is...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Declan Breathnach: ...are more than 24 countries where child sex tourism is prevalent. As others have said, the worst affected locations include South America and south-east Asia. My colleague commented on UNICEF's figure of 2 million children being exploited globally each year. Coupled with Deputy Broughan's figures for the people in jail in this country, as well as sex offenders not in jail, it seems we...

Plastic and Packaging Pollution: Statements (19 Apr 2018)

Declan Breathnach: A sperm whale washed up off the coast of Spain in February this year. Biologists who recently carried out an autopsy discovered plastic bags, a jerrycan, several pieces of rope and net, and even a 5 litre drum. The volume of human trash in the whale weighed 30 kg or 66 lb. The experts confirmed that the plastic killed the whale. It could not digest it and died due to a blockage. The case...

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Declan Breathnach: ...of the problem and that it must be known by the Tánaiste, particularly in respect of the breathalyser cases. A child in sixth class in school would tell us that the population of this country is 5 million. With the number of breathalyser kits that appear to have been used, every adult in the country would have been breathalysed. It just does not bear thinking how farcical this...