Results 1-20 of 57 for destroyed speaker:Martin Ferris

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (28 Jun 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a weapon destroyed on 19 July 2000 may be used in any future case against a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [22824/05]

Written Answers — Disposal of Firearms: Disposal of Firearms (11 Mar 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the company that was given the tender to destroy weapons (details supplied) that had previously been stored at Clancy Barracks up until 2000-01; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10413/08]

Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: The SFPA is destroying the livelihoods of decent and honest people.

Written Answers — Disposal of Firearms: Disposal of Firearms (11 Mar 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of firearms which had previously been stored at Clancy Barracks up until 2000-01 that were destroyed; the location of the destruction; the dates that destruction took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10412/08]

Order of Business (26 Nov 2009)

Martin Ferris: ...in regard to mobilising the Civil Defence, in particular to areas in need which have been drastically affected over the past number of weeks? Given the fact that many peoples' homes haves been destroyed, farmers have lost-----

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 Jul 2007)

Martin Ferris: ...of national importance, namely, the totally inadequate compensation being offered to drift net salmon fishermen and the fact that in order to claim this compensation fishermen are being forced to destroy their nets, which could be used for other methods of fishing.

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (28 Jun 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the authority by which the weapon discovered in the car of a person (details supplied) was destroyed on 19 July 2000; the make and serial number of the weapon; and if there was any connection made between the said weapon and any others discovered in any other part of Ireland. [22823/05]

Morris Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Martin Ferris: ...itself. Even more extraordinary than the fact that James Sheehan was not charged is that the weapon and the ammunition alleged to have been found, in his car and at his home, were later destroyed during a period when his case against the Garda was still in progress. Finding out exactly what has happened has been a prolonged process, some of it discovered through parliamentary questions...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Martin Ferris: I cannot imagine this scenario in any other country, that a battlefield site of its fight for independence would be destroyed with the encouragement of the government of the day on the centenary of such a momentous event as our 1916 Rising. I cannot imagine any other nation engaging in this erasure of its proud history. The truth is that this Government and the kind of people who support...

Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2010)

Martin Ferris: ...decent people who contribute substantially to the rural economy. It is probably one of the most successful aspects of the rural economy at the moment. The fear is that the Minister is trying to destroy it.

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Martin Ferris: ..., with the closure of small post offices, the privatisation of Greencore and the continuing decline in the rural population, have been very serious. At the stroke of a pen, the Minister destroyed the fishing sector earlier this year. This is what the Government is doing to destroy the fabric of rural Ireland, which has served us so well through the years. It should be ashamed about what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Oct 2013)

Martin Ferris: ...them to overcome additional costs incurred? If inspections allow for replacement animals or slaughter, will the compensation payments be based on the full market value? If crops and plants are destroyed during the course of an inspection, for example, will compensation be paid? The delegates said the Government had argued for flexibility. Can I take it that such flexibility relates to...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Martin Ferris: ...last minute to reach out and listen to his backbenchers who know that 99% of those in the industry are decent, hardworking people. There may be 1% who are rogues and criminals and are prepared to destroy their livelihood and that of their families for their own greedy intentions. If the Minister can take time out today he should sit down and speak to the fishermen and consider the merits...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harrier Special Protection Areas (16 Dec 2014)

Martin Ferris: ...present with Sean Kelly, MEP, in his area and it was striking that a particular area which has been designated has forestry on either side. An entire valley has been sterilised as a consequence. It has destroyed the area. The hen harrier area is on one side of a ditch in a particular townland but the area on the other side of the ditch is not a special protection area. It makes no...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Martin Ferris: ...take on the multiples and the beef barons. They cannot be allowed to get away with it. They have manipulated the farming organisations. They have sucked everybody into what they are doing. They are destroying rural Ireland and all our constituents and they are allowed to get away with it. We must all take a stand and say loud and clear that the Larry Goodmans and people like him, the...

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (6 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: ...Justice, Equality and Law Reform leaked to the press details about a named journalist on the basis that he considered it was in the State's interest to do so. However, in so doing, he effectively destroyed the livelihood of the individual in question. We have had cases of people being taken before special courts and sentenced to terms of imprisonment on the word of one person, despite...

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Martin Ferris: ...their faces because they got wet while, at the same time, people throughout the country were dealing with homes overwhelmed by flood waters and all their electric appliances such as ovens and fridges being destroyed. At least the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and the Minister of State, Deputy Harris, were actually doing something in the areas they visited. Their efforts were appreciated. ...

State Asset Privatisation (13 Jan 2011)

Martin Ferris: ...the effective control of the IMF, such a sell-off would be a disaster. An example of such a disaster is evident in what occurred after the sugar industry was privatised. Hundreds of jobs were destroyed to facilitate property speculation by the new owner, Greencore. If the same occurs in respect of An Post, Bord Gáis, Coillte or the ESB, we can multiply that devastation many times over....

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2018 : An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Apr 2019)

Martin Ferris: ...and others, in the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and about Syria and Libya. Some 2 million people are dead as a consequence of the actions of these countries. The whole area has been destabilised and destroyed by these actions to effect the change they wanted for their imperial needs. In 2017, the country signed up to PESCO. By joining PESCO the Government has committed to...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Martin Ferris: .... The homes of people in Limerick, where the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, lives, Cork and elsewhere have been flooded in recent weeks. Water can do significant damage in a house; it destroys carpets, floorboards and everything else and nothing can undo the emotional and psychological damage it can cause. Even people who have escaped from having their homes flooded have been...