Results 1-20 of 23 for destroyed speaker:David Stanton

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

David Stanton: ...more than 80 landowners, costing more than €50 million and counting. The cost to the people, businesses and homes is much more, emotionally as well. When that happens, your home or business is destroyed and everything you have is gone. Some people could not get insurance. Some were underinsured, which I ask the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to look at. They were insured to a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (29 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: ...the economic and social issues. Obviously, people have to make a living. They have to go to work, school or go about their business. If the road is in rag order and their car gets damaged or destroyed beyond use, then that causes its own problems. Bridges are another issue. There are some private bridges there that are damaged very badly but also public bridges, and they are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (29 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: ...that this year, the council might at least be able to make some impression on the work that needs to be done on the roads. One can imagine driving along a road in your car and the road is just not there any more. It is destroyed. Storm Babet, some people said, was a once in 1,000 years event. Recently, more people have said it was a once in 100 years event. There is a fear that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: ...of under-insurance. As the Minister said, this was exceptional, devastating and unexpected. The Minister and I have been in business premises where water came up 3 ft or 4 ft and all stock was destroyed. Some of these premises had a lot of Christmas stock. The loss was huge in a small number. Insurance cover was not enough because what happened was so unexpected. Would it be possible...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: ...events, the insurance cover they had would have sufficed but because this was so out of the ordinary, they were caught out badly. Some had a lot of Christmas stock in place at the time. This was destroyed. I ask the Minister to consider that. It was not a case that they could not get insurance. They were insured up to the limit that would normally be sufficient. However, this was so...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: ...country, in particular. As the Minister knows, that flooding was devastating. He visited the place. The water was three feet high on the walls of businesses and homes. Everything was ruined, destroyed and had to be thrown out onto skips. The work of lifetimes was destroyed. I thank the Minister for helping those people. I also acknowledge the fact that this week, I think, he looked...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

David Stanton: ..., and Midleton in particular. The images from the town on the television screen were really frightening. There was water 3 ft or 4 ft high in houses, homes and businesses and cars and roads were destroyed. I acknowledge the Minister of State visited and saw for himself the damage that was done. For many years now, we have been promised a flood relief scheme not only for Midleton, but...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (14 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...and homes were badly damaged. Floods, the like of which were never seen before in the region, caused devastation. This evening in particular I want to focus on the roads and bridges that were destroyed. Some of them are still not open. I am sure the Minister of State will appreciate the difficulty that is causing residents, businesses, farmers and so on. I have been raising the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: ...or child before Christmas. That would be great. As the Minister has acknowledged, this situation is urgent. It is a number of weeks since the flooding happened and the childcare facilities were destroyed. I acknowledge the endeavours being made by other childcare providers in the area to identify premises and expand their services to look after the parents and children impacted by...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (6 Dec 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for being here. I appreciate it. We all recall the terrible events of Storm Babet in Midleton on 18 October. Businesses, houses and roads were destroyed and millions of euro worth of damage was done. An issue that has come up is the damage to crèches. At least two I know of have closed. One may not open at all; the other will not open until April or May....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ...Government have been very helpful and impactful. It is impossible to calculate the emotional hit that people get when their houses and everything they have worked for all their lives have been destroyed. This morning, Deputy James O'Connor and I spoke in the Dáil about crèches that were ruined as well. This has a knock-on impact on businesses because if people cannot get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Budget 2024, Official Development Assistance, COP28 and Ongoing Humanitarian Situations: Dóchas (21 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ...ignored by the West? We do not see it mentioned in any newspapers, except, perhaps, for a little comment here or there. This is one of the biggest states in Africa collapsing completely, being destroyed and sinking into complete anarchy. From what I have read, the brutality, torture and rape going on there is beyond description. Why is this situation not getting any traction in the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2023)

David Stanton: ..., and we have all seen the pictures from the town. We are extraordinarily lucky that nobody died. Some people were washed away during that storm. Many people had their livelihoods and homes destroyed. It will take a long time to pick up the pieces. There is a concern that this might happen again. One of the issues that local people who have lived in the area all their lives have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: I again thank the Minister for her response and acknowledge the Cabinet decision today and all of the work that has been done, but there is more to be done. Hundreds of cars were destroyed beyond use on streets and in garages. One man told me that he could have lost €800,000 worth of stock. We need to start thinking about that. Midleton needs to be underwritten because, as my...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

David Stanton: Midleton town and other parts of east Cork have experienced utter devastation over the past while. I have never seen the likes of it. Hundreds of homes, businesses and roads were destroyed. The bridge in Water-rock and Moore’s bridge need to be replaced. Walls have been knocked down. In Gleann Fia, Mogeely, 30 houses were ruined. Killeagh, Youghal, Castlemartyr, Rathcormack and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Courts Service (17 May 2022)

David Stanton: ...who simply cannot get away for that long without her partner being suspicious, the woman who has no childcare but whose children are old enough to understand what they might hear, the woman who is destroyed with bruises and is ashamed that other people might see, the woman who cannot go home because her partner is there busting up the place, the woman who works Monday to Friday and so on?...

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

David Stanton: .... "Property" is defined in the broadest terms as meaning "property of a tangible nature, whether real or personal, that is capable of being stolen". The term "to damage" is also broadly defined as meaning "to destroy, deface, dismantle or, whether temporarily or otherwise, render inoperable or unfit for use or prevent or impair the operation of" the property concerned. Section 2 of the...

Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

David Stanton: ...points out. We have got to be careful about that ourselves. At the same time, we have to ensure that our own people are safe. We cannot take it for granted. The evil we are up against wants to destroy us and our way of life. Just flying a neutral flag is not going to protect us here. Another awful thing is that the terrorists make the development strategies impossible. The people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

David Stanton: Of course. Are the guns surrendered to the Garda Síochána disposed of or destroyed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

David Stanton: Are guns still being taken in and destroyed by the Garda Síochána?