Results 1-11 of 11 for destroyed speaker:Noel Grealish

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illegal Dumping (7 Mar 2024)

Noel Grealish: ...offenders in the courts. It has taken a long time but, finally, councils are to be legally permitted to use this and similar technologies in their efforts to clamp down on this scourge, which is destroying the countryside and towns. Unless councils are given extra resources to use and monitor these technologies, however, it will have been a toothless exercise. Will the Minister commit...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Noel Grealish: ...on Sunday night and Monday morning, 12 and 13 November, with the storm doing extensive damage to a number of businesses in Galway and, in particular, in Clarinbridge. Shops and businesses were destroyed when a 4 ft high storm surge swept in in ten minutes and out in 15, destroying everything in its path. While these businesses have welcomed the emergency fund relief scheme of up to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Noel Grealish: ...has not been brought forward to deal with it yet. One of the biggest problems is that CCTV footage cannot be used in court to bring the culprits to justice. This ongoing illegal dumping is destroying our countryside, our towns, our villages and most importantly our environment. When will legislation be brought before the Dáil to enable the local authorities and An Garda...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (24 Feb 2022)

Noel Grealish: .... The level of illegal dumping along a 1 km stretch of road on the outskirts of the Galway city is appalling. This has been going on for the past five years. This has to be dealt with it. It is destroying the rural countryside.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2020)

Noel Grealish: ...of Galway city. It is appalling what is happening and it is not just about Galway because it is happening around the country. If we do not stop this illegal dumping, our countryside is going to be destroyed, including our environment. I ask that the Taoiseach would strengthen the legislation and hit them where it hurts. The vehicle should seized and we should give the local authorities...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2020)

Noel Grealish: ...because they are getting away with it and they know that they will not be caught because gardaí and the local authorities do not have the resources to catch them. This illegal dumping is destroying our countryside, towns and villages and most importantly, our environment. I have seen rubbish, including empty paint cans and dead animals, in streams and rivers that feed into the...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Noel Grealish: ...the damage that false claims can do to businesses and to schools. When speaking on the Bill, Pádraig Ó Céidigh quite rightly pointed out that perjury is not a victimless crime and this is a point worth repeating. Good names have been destroyed due to lies told in court. Businesses have closed because of escalating insurance costs as a result of false and exaggerated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Syria: Discussion (1 Dec 2016)

Noel Grealish: ...to bring peace to the Middle East. Dr. Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun is correct that sanctions do not work because they adversely affect ordinary people. I have read that 49% of Syria's hospitals have been destroyed, while 23% of hospitals are inaccessible, as are medical supplies that are desperately needed. I plead for these sanctions to be lifted in order to provide much-needed supplies in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Records (2 Dec 2014)

Noel Grealish: ...ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time signing slips are kept by her Department for persons working part time and claiming a social welfare payment; if these slips are routinely destroyed at any point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45978/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (3 Jul 2014)

Noel Grealish: ...further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 17 June 2014, if any records of visas or stamps in temporary passports are retained or recorded by his Department before the temporary passports are destroyed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28751/14]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Noel Grealish: ...women who had abortions are six times more likely to commit suicide compared with women who had their babies. Unfortunately, this Bill proposes to legalise a situation whereby the life of an unborn child can be destroyed in an attempt to address the suicidal ideation of the mother. Taking the life of a child is not the answer and will not stop suicidal ideation. The experts in this...