Results 1-20 of 34 for destroyed speaker:Bernard Durkan

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Bernard Durkan: ...that traffic go back and forth on that avenue and emerge onto Main Street in Celbridge in the present day is just rubbish. It just does not add up. It would be strongly objected to. It would destroy the town and embitter the people against what is being done to them. They have a right to live in the town and enjoy Castletown House, just as much as people from all over the country do....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Bernard Durkan: ...opportunity to ask the Minister to use his influence to strike from the judicial conversation and script any reference to the phrase "parental alienation", on the basis it has done nothing except destroy public trust, and the trust of women in particular, in the system, who have become victims of horrendous hardship as a result of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Before that, I will give an idea of where I am coming from. There is nothing as soul-destroying as when one is dealing with families where there is a drug problem that grows and grows and eventually tears the family apart. The Minister of State spoke of stigma. The stigma is as a result of continued reliance on particular drugs. We need to address that. The whole concept of methadone is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jul 2021)

Bernard Durkan: ...Health the extent to which research has been undertaken or can be undertaken expeditiously with a view to availing of high standard air purification equipment which has the ability to remove and destroy viruses in hotel, hospital, nursing home, schools and workplaces in order to facilitate a safer post-virus situation; if this will include the fitting of such equipment in aircraft thereby...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (15 Oct 2019)

Bernard Durkan: I am seeking to ascertain the extent to which various tree species can assist in carbon sequestration, thereby contributing in a positive way to efforts to deal with climate change without destroying the incomes of people in rural Ireland, particularly members of the farming community.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (29 May 2019)

Bernard Durkan: .... This is key to what we must deal with in future both from an economic, environmental and competition perspective. We have a role to play and we expect to be able to play it. We do not have to destroy our economy to do this. We must welcome enlargement as we are Europeans and others wishing to come on board the Union are Europeans as well. There is a commitment to the acquis...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Jun 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...and it will not happen. If it happens the other way, it follows on that the UK goes. However, the British cannot dislodge the fundamentals of the European Union on their way out. They cannot destroy the European Union on their way out. They cannot reform it in such a way as to make it unworkable. They cannot create an option for others to follow that will entitle them to envisage an...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...to a well-run business. Be that business large or small, the two sides depend upon each other. The employer depends on the reliability of the employee and vice versa. There is nothing more soul destroying to the employee than to find at the end of the week that his or her wages are not what was expected. There is not much sense going into the supermarket afterwards and saying, "My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with MEPs (14 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...either. They have shown no indication that they knew anything or had any alternative in mind. They had not and that is sad. It is easy to knock down something in place. It is easy to wreck and destroy. It is not so easy to come up with the alternatives. It is always easy to throw away something but to put it together again and restructure it is not so easy. We need to reiterate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with European Ombudsman (14 Feb 2018)

Bernard Durkan: ...dollar international investment house. I do not know what the association is between the two, it is somewhere in the back of my mind that they appeared to complement each other in their goal of destroying what is seen as being an advantage to Ireland. Incidentally, I am in favour of equality of taxation, I have no difficulty whatever with that, where I do have difficulty is if it comes...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (29 Nov 2016)

Bernard Durkan: 364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community might negotiate compensation for Palestinian settlements destroyed by the Israelis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37053/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (25 Oct 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...structure to address the issue of euroscepticism with particular reference to the urgent need to address the sometimes exaggerated claims which if allowed to go unanswered will undermine and destroy the Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32087/16]

Topical Issue Matters (27 Sep 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...Michael Fitzmaurice - the crisis affecting cereal farmers specifically pertaining to east Galway, in particular the financial and mental and hardship issues currently being caused to farmers who are failing to reap their crop and the inclement weather conditions in west that have destroyed grain crops and the loss to farmers; (8) Deputy Sean Fleming - the need for the Minister for Housing,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (5 Jul 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...structure to address the issue of euroscepticism with particular reference to the urgent need to address the sometimes exaggerated claims which if allowed to go unanswered will undermine and destroy the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19767/16]

Climate Change: Statements (4 May 2016)

Bernard Durkan: ...in order to meet the carbon reduction guidelines and, as a result, make our contribution to what is obviously an issue that needs to be dealt with. I also disagree with Deputy on the need to destroy the cattle herd in order to comply, because that is a major part of our economy and it is entirely possible to meet the carbon reduction guidelines and, at the same time, expand our agrifood...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (1 Dec 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 350. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which drug trafficking continues; if specific provisions can be made to make a serious impact on this life-destroying activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42917/15]

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Bernard Durkan: That was when Fianna Fáil was destroying the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade between Ireland and ASEAN Countries (Resumed): Enterprise Ireland (27 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: ...the ASEAN countries and Ireland and the possibility of further inroads in developing trade with this market of more than 600 million people. I remind members and those in the gallery to switch off, destroy or otherwise deal with their mobile phones, as they cause interruptions to the broadcasting system. I remind members of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Security Situation in Kenya: Ambassador of Federal Republic of Kenya (22 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: ...they will continue to do what they have done to an even greater extent, simply because they have access to unlimited funds, unlimited arms and organisational ability, which, sadly, will be used to destroy innocent lives and wreak havoc on the economies of the countries they target. Unfortunately, damage can be done internationally to the reputation of countries that become the victims of...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2015)

Bernard Durkan: ...to extort in terms of any equity that remains therein. It is appallingly callous in the times in which we live that we should be subjected to this type of attitude. That some of these agencies aggressively encroached on the market and having destroyed it walked away is totally unacceptable. I ask that the Minister and the Central Bank bear this in mind when dealing with these issues. ...