Results 1-15 of 15 for destroyed speaker:Kieran O'Donnell

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 May 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...or animals is at risk. Section 44 of the Act sets out that where an animal health and welfare notice has not been complied with, the animal or animals subject to the notice may be seized, detained, sold, disposed of or destroyed. Therefore, this provision allows for the seizure and re-homing of equines following a breach of an animal health and welfare notice issued under section 42....

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...not natural in origin; (c) any wreck; (d) any ritual or ceremonial site That issue is very much defined and is included in the definitions in the Bill. The Deputy also made reference to the power to destroy monuments and that, in effect, there is no law relating to that. That is not correct. The Minister will be required to consult the Heritage Council. Furthermore, an EIA would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: There is a perception that cars destroy the environment. If they switched to electric, it would be a positive. When will the new climate action plan be published?

Seanad: Life Saving Equipment Bill 2017: Second Stage (23 Jan 2018)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...aid to the curriculum to make young people aware of and develop respect for the benefits of defibrillators, lifebuoys and other safety related terms. Education is needed to inform people that destroying a defibrillator or throwing away a lifebuoy could cost lives. People need to realise the consequences of such actions, including potentially for their brothers, sisters, fathers or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...state it is all about risk. The bottom line is people who have been flooded, such as those in Mountmellick today, will claim on their insurance because their beds, furniture and carpets have been destroyed. Perhaps these are people in their 50s or 60s or perhaps they are young couples. They are desolate. What can we do to get them reinsured?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...type of person the commissioner is or whatever view he or she takes. Let us say the trader runs a small shop in a village, and suddenly it is decided to hold the hearing in public. It would destroy that business, for the sake of something relatively small. Mr. O'Leary is saying there is roughly €1 billion uncollected because it is tied up in appeal hearings. Mr. Smyth made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Draft Heads of Finance (Tax Appeals Commission) Bill: Discussion (27 Jan 2015)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...shopkeeper or the small businessman will not have the resources to do this. However, he could find himself in a public hearing with his customers in attendance and it being reported, and it could destroy his business. What can be done to curb the abuse of the system and to speed up the collection of taxes but at the same time to strike a balance which avoids a public hearing with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (26 Jun 2014)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...rental sector a bad name which is completely unjustified and unwarranted. While being fair, what type of procedures is the Department bringing in to ensure that it does not have this tiny cohort destroying it for everybody else?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Kieran O'Donnell: Taking up Deputy McNamara's point, could it be taken that section 22(4) could prove to be inconsistent with section 22(1), which states it shall be an offence to intentionally destroy unborn human life? For the avoidance of doubt or any conflicts or inconsistencies, should section 22(4) be deleted? Does it cause more confusion than clarity when the primary section is section 22(1)?

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...person does not suffer financial consequences. I commend the Taoiseach on the decision to examine the pensions for such officeholders under the constitutional convention. These individuals have destroyed the reputation of this country and of the body politic. Something good must result from this investigation by the tribunal and it may be good for Ireland's reputation in that we are...

Cross-Border Differentials (3 Dec 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister expect that Ireland will qualify for funding on foot of the scale of the crisis? This has been Ireland's tsunami and people's homes have been destroyed throughout the country. I also refer to the funding that will be made available to local authorities. They have carried out considerable work at considerable cost in recent weeks and funding to them should not be reduced.

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (3 Nov 2009)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...the people to buy back their homes if they are in a position to do so, but at least allow them to have the security that they will not risk being thrown out of their homes, which would be soul destroying for people. Our amendment in this context to the NAMA Bill was ruled out of order because it posed a charge on the Exchequer. Significantly, the charge it would pose would come nowhere...

Gangland Crime: Motion: (Resumed) (19 Nov 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: ...Limerick Prison. I put the issue of the blocking of mobile phones in and out of Limerick Prison to the Minister last week and we must also look at the licensing of prepaid mobile phones. We must destroy the network of drug barons nationally. People in Limerick and elsewhere who are using recreational drugs must realise they are creating the demand for these drugs. Without the demand,...

Crime Levels. (11 Nov 2008)

Kieran O'Donnell: ..., but such measures are needed in difficult times. I am approaching it from the premise that we can never allow anything like this to happen again. A small minority of individuals in Limerick are destroying life for everyone else. There have been four gangland murders already this year in Limerick. I am proposing that the Government establish an Anvil-style operation, as was done after...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2007)

Kieran O'Donnell: ..., enter into negotiations that will create a bureaucratic nightmare and make the HSE worse than it already is? The delivery of service on the ground will be a disaster and pharmacies will be destroyed. Many young pharmacists have set up or bought into pharmacies, and have borrowed to the hilt to do so. There are many family-run pharmacies which provide a fantastic services for...