Results 1-17 of 17 for destroyed speaker:Joe O'Reilly

Seanad: Flooding on Lough Funshinagh: Statements (30 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Reilly: ...been objections to the proposed solution of piping out the water. In fact, the irony, paradox or conundrum here is that the very objective of the objections is not served. The actual flooding has destroyed the wildlife, the fauna, the natural environment and biodiversity of the area. Contrary to achieving some sort of environmentally friendly objective, those seeking to prevent the...

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Reilly: .... It is not implicit in that, however, that the room would be removed. There is something almost slightly barbaric about this. Not to fully compare it to this, but it is like when the hordes came to destroy ancient Greece and Rome. It is wrong to remove things that are aesthetically beautiful and it would be wrong to remove this facility. I have not discussed this with any of the...

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Joe O'Reilly: ...Independent group of Senators for tabling this motion. It is an important discussion. There has clearly been a breakdown of human rights in Xinjiang province. A systematic effort is under way to destroy a culture, a heritage and a way of life. While there is not full extermination under way, through the sterilisation process, abortion, etc., there is, effectively, an effort being made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...and helps us try to do our job. I will read one paragraph from the consortium's written initial presentation, which is very salient. In the first four months of 2021, 316 structures were destroyed, representing a 90 percent increase compared to the same period in 2020. Of particular note, this period witnessed a 108 percent increase in destruction of donor-funded structures compared to...

Seanad: Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (17 May 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...humanity and are to be utterly condemned. Health facilities have been attacked and two prominent Palestinian doctors were killed. Roads leading to the hospitals and ambulances were shelled and destroyed. As referenced by the Minister earlier, the al-Jalaa Tower, housing the international press and Al Jazeera was razed to the ground. The clinic of Médecins sans Frontières was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...followed by the appointment of a regulator and the gambling control Bill. We need play limits, win or lose limits and the end of pernicious allurements such as free bets. Gambling addiction destroys lives and must be tackled head on. I again ask for that debate. As the climate change Bill looms, I call for a debate on solutions to carbon reduction and not just on targets. I propose...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2021)

Joe O'Reilly: ...ar an nGarda a cháineadh go láidir. I have been raising this issue and I assure the Leader I will keep raising it, and I know she has empathy on it too. There is mounting evidence that addiction to gambling is increasing through the lockdown. It is destroying lives, as I have gone through before. When will we have a gambling regulator? When will the gambling control Bill be...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: ...ourselves wrongly to succumb, we should hold our shoulders high and stand tall and proud of what we have done. It is one of the great successes of contemporary times. It had enormous potential to destroy us on so many fronts and still presents huge challenges, obviously. As the Minister stated, the omnibus legislation from last year put in place contingency measures to address issues...

Seanad: Withdrawal Agreement Between the United Kingdom and the European Union: Motion (23 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Reilly: ...that it might influence somebody. There is no reason it should not.The debate is good. The motion is excellent and timely and I support it, but I still believe the UK will not allow its economy to be destroyed. Another corollary is the break-up of the union. It would be a shocking irony or paradox that a Tory Prime Minister would supervise that. One has to pray that some level of...

Seanad: Northern Ireland and 20th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (18 Apr 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: ...to more bad news. The agreement was so important. At the event in Queen's University Bill Clinton said that the agreement is a "jewel” in a world “where there are people who are aggressively trying to destroy the very idea of popular democracy”. The points made by the Tánaiste and by Bill Clinton at Queen's University, that the agreement got rid of something...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Joe O'Reilly: ...from the Leader that we will have constant monitoring of the Brexit debate because the people I represent and the entire economic and social life of my community stand to be dislocated and destroyed by Brexit. I would be negligent if I did not ask the Leader to assure me of the constant monitoring of this issue. When the Taoiseach comes to this House, I ask that it be the number one item...

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: ...Central Bank stands to make 2.5% profit per year. The Exchequer will profit and the effective interest rate will be 1%. The difficulty with the motion and the proposition before the House is that it would destroy our prospects of getting funding from the international markets. It would undo almost three years of backbreaking work and great sacrifices by the Irish people. It would be...

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: ...training should include work that activities that are constructive and have a long-term sustainability, such as constructing new schools, for instance. That would be all the better. However, even if that is not possible and the things they build must be destroyed, there would nevertheless be merit in such a scheme. We cannot have young people denied apprenticeships because of the dearth...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (5 Mar 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: ...to hear it loud and clear. Nothing has come up more often than that issue for the people I met over the past year. People have a sense of annoyance and frustration that those who played a pivotal role in destroying the country received bonuses for doing so. It is a real issue. While that issue resonates with many people, I believe the youth guarantee is more important. Dealing with...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: It merits repeating that there is nothing more soul destroying or as negatively impacting on families as unemployment in terms of their decisions to have children, self development, confidence and so on. It is for that reason that this Government has from the outset treated unemployment as a priority. Everything the Government is doing is predicated on that principle. The Minister, Deputy...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: ...There is an advertising sector particular to film, which would be happy to pay the money to advertise and the result would only be for the good when it is controlled and considered. It would not destroy film, the audience or anything else. This would be positive and a number of advertisers could use this niche channel to reach a target audience. They might not necessarily wish to...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 May 2008)

Joe O'Reilly: ...in the print media and it is correct that this be extended to the broadcast media.The media has extraordinary power which it uses constructively in most cases. However, it also has the power to destroy careers, individuals and families. The right of reply is vital as a disincentive in this area. I will deal later with the fines in this regard. The power of media is great and all...