Results 1-20 of 72 for destroyed speaker:Pearse Doherty

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...amendment deals with section 9 which repeals what would be, with the passage of this legislation, outdated legislation. However, what the Minister of State is bringing forward here is going to destroy the fundraising abilities of many local organisations in my community. The Minister of State is shaking his head but I will give examples of what I mean. The North West Hospice has a...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ...survived this onslaught enduring inhumane conditions that we cannot ever comprehend. Tens of thousands of children have been orphaned. Hospitals, ambulances, schools and homes have been targeted, destroyed, and reduced to rubble. Before the eyes of the world, Israel has unleashed a storm of death and destruction from which no Palestinian man, woman or child can escape. There has not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child and Family Agency (6 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...accusation to be investigated? William and his family were put through a decade of hell because of false accusations and repeatedly not being believed. During this time, William's reputation was destroyed, his business ceased and he lost access to his daughter. He developed significant mental and physical health problems and we can never underestimate the impact this has on somebody and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child and Family Agency (6 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I raise an issue that is very personal to a constituent of mine named William Porter, who was falsely accused of abusing both his son and daughter. These accusations destroyed his life. His family has suffered hugely, with William himself developing significant mental and physical health problems as a result of the stress this has caused. It now seems incredible that these false claims...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Child and Family Agency (6 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: .... We need to ensure the ordeal that William and his family have gone through is not repeated for another family. William asked me to put these issues on the public record. His life has been destroyed as a result of it. It involved a State agency. I understand the seriousness of what I am saying. William only found out by chance, when he put in a freedom of information request, that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...of supporting the principle of solidarity which is at heart of the European Union supporting a country that, through no fault of its own, has found its economy in free fall and its infrastructure destroyed, and for member states across the European Union to support it. Notwithstanding that, obviously, we need to tease out the technical details of the legislation. Sections 17 and 18 and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...Gaelscoil. It is a very tough time for the communities affected but their community spirit has shone through. Just one example of that is Sarsfields GAA club, which, in an effort to protect its community, made the decision to open its floodgates and have seen its pitch destroyed and clubhouse damaged. I know the Taoiseach is due to arrive in Cork around now and I hope he tells the...

Finance (State Guarantees, International Financial Institution Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...assistance initiatives for Ukraine, both for this year and 2022, without the enactment of this legislation. It is on that area that I want to focus my attention because these initiatives have been agreed at European level to support Ukraine and its people and economy following the unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine. We have seen the human toll of this crisis on our television...

A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2023)

Pearse Doherty: .... We need to speak with one voice brought together by all of the victims who have spoken out and given us their experiences of what this road has done to them. They have told us how this road has destroyed their families and caused so much pain, hurt and anger. It is for us in this House, right across the political spectrum, to say "enough is enough" and that we are as committed as the...

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...what the families and the community of Creeslough need now and in the time ahead. First, we need to respect their privacy. Second, we need to recognise that the physical hub of the community is destroyed. It lies in rubble. We need to listen to the community and to provide the infrastructure, both physical and social, that is needed for them to ensure the families affected in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...is now feeding up to 5,000 people and it expects that figure to rise to 15,000 over the next period. Those who never thought they would need such help are now standing in queues waiting to be fed by charities. People are working long hours, and the soaring costs mean that they simply cannot get by. It is soul-destroying. As families keep an eye to every euro they spend, yesterday the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...the hopes of people looking to buy a home when he knows his scheme will only dash these hopes once again? The truth is his scheme will not deliver affordable housing for people. Is this not the truth? The Minister knows it and we know it. Why does he not tell the people straight? It is straight from the old Fianna Fáil playbook that destroyed the housing system at the start when...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...fish - currently, it performs spot checks on 5% of the total catch - or it can be done by a third party. The industry, which developed this machine at great cost to weigh this type of fish without destroying the fish - the fish are taken out of the water quickly, weighed and then put back into water - is willing to give the machine to the SFPA and the SFPA would run it. Given that the...

Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...;il of how many economic operators have been disqualified from a tender process on the grounds of poor past performance. I am sure that there are many who should be struck off as a result. Successive Governments have destroyed public confidence in the ability of the State to deliver capital projects on time and on budget due to a history of overruns. Unfortunately, we are seeing the...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...rental relief. This is €1,600 for married couples over the age of 65. This rent relief would put €1,500 into the pockets of those renting privately. The Minister may try the scaremongering act that this would destroy the economy and so on. This is about a government that we want to be, which would put the interest of renters first-----

Freedom of Information: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...that lead on from the conversation and the debate we had earlier. We have a Government Minister who still has not apologised for deleting Government records and has not said he will stop doing it. He destroyed departmental records that there is a legal obligation to hold on record. He can do whatever he wants with his phone and delete messages and direct messages and so on, but only...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...offering a salaried job, paid by the taxpayer, to a friend. He has been caught using the time and resources of his Department to reverse-engineer that role. He has been caught covering his tracks and destroying records and communications pertaining to official Government business, thereby making a mockery out of the freedom of information legislation. He has been caught misleading the...

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (Covid Restrictions Support Scheme) (Percentage Adjustment) Order 2021: Motion (27 Jan 2021)

Pearse Doherty: ...that it came as a shock to them, when applying for the CRSS, to be told by Revenue that even though up to 90% of their customers could not trade, they did not qualify for the scheme. This was despite their turnover being down by between 80% and 90%. They concluded by saying that to be told that they do not qualify for support under the CRSS is soul-destroying and that they are appealing...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Pearse Doherty: ...by a single individual. One of the fundamental tenets of the credit union movement is that there is one vote for each member. These concerns have been raised with the Department. I have tabled amendments dealing with both these issues and I would appreciate if the Minister could address the concerns raised. Section 14 relates to IFAC. This provision has been brought forward to avoid...