Results 1-14 of 14 for destroyed speaker:Feargal Quinn

Seanad: Master Plan for the City of Dublin: Motion (24 Jun 2015)

Feargal Quinn: .... The living city initiative is a great project to breathe life into some of our beautiful buildings and wider city life. We are luckier in this country than in some others that had their buildings destroyed during wars or were replaced by huge, ugly communist apartment blocks.

Seanad: Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Sep 2014)

Feargal Quinn: ...raise the issue of the wiping of information from Google searches by employees of State bodies. I note that under the legislation it will be an offence to "wilfully and without lawful excuse" either destroy or alter a record that is the subject of an FOI request. While there are sanctions for bodies that destroy their own records, do we need sanctions or fines if public bodies do not...

Seanad: Food Wastage: Motion (15 Feb 2012)

Feargal Quinn: ...produced by Save the Children, estimates one in four children are already stunted because of malnutrition. The chief executive of Save the Children said: This is a hidden hunger crisis that could destroy the lives of nearly half a billion children unless world leaders act to stop it. Every hour of every day 300 children die from malnutrition-related causes simply because they don't get to...

Seanad: National Housing Development Survey Report: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Feargal Quinn: ...? Knocking them would mean house prices would rise and benefit those contractors involved in the demolition business. Would this stimulate the economy in some way or would it be madness to destroy wealth in the form of assets? We have discussed this question today and on a number of other occasions. We must consider the fact that the ESRI has predicted that the population will increase...

Seanad: Food Harvest 2020 Report: Statements (27 Oct 2010)

Feargal Quinn: ...harvest of 1950 prevailed in 1999 using the same conventional farming methods. If we had continued practising conventional farming, we would have cut down millions of acres of forest, thereby destroying wildlife habitat, in order to increase cropland to produce enough food for an escalating population. We have it in our own hands, but we must recognise that research, technology and...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2009)

Feargal Quinn: ...it was the unions' policy to try to take out the Government. That is not democracy. Arthur Scargill made the same comments 20 years ago and decided to get involved in politics. However, he destroyed the coal industry. In this season of goodwill, I express my appreciation to the Cathaoirleach, the staff of the House, the ushers, the Captain of the Guard and all those who supported us...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (25 Nov 2009)

Feargal Quinn: ...heard and saw the devastation that has occurred. I do not refer to property but to people such as those who had given their lives to their homesteads, families and whose personal effects have been destroyed but whose neighbours came to help them with their tractors, cars, trucks and bicycles. This represents the spirit of what one can do when one is put to the pin of one's collar or when...

Seanad: Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (10 Dec 2008)

Feargal Quinn: ...the past but in restoring our customers' trust in Irish pork products in the future. Our customers comprise ordinary citizens as well as processors and supermarkets. Let us ensure this does not destroy their trust.

Seanad: Lisbon Reform Treaty: Statements (Resumed). (8 Apr 2008)

Feargal Quinn: ...now live, is in Soissons, about 80 km north-east of Paris. It was damaged severely in 1870 when the Germans decided to visit Paris. They stopped there, there was a battle there and the house was destroyed. It was rebuilt a few years later. In 1914, the Germans again decided to visit Paris and again the house was destroyed, and from the war reparations it was rebuilt. In 1940, the...

Seanad: Education and Training: Motion (24 Oct 2007)

Feargal Quinn: ...to attract overseas direct investment. The question of investment in education is for me what the phrase Carthago delenda est was to Cato the Elder who repeated these words until Carthage was destroyed. We need a quantum leap in the level of investment in all parts of the education system. The calibre and skills of our people will depend on how much we invest in education but not nearly...

Seanad: Investment Funds, Companies and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2006: Second Stage. (5 Jul 2006)

Feargal Quinn: ...same level of cost savings to customers, it will lead to some worthwhile savings. It will also offer added convenience to share owners because it will make it impossible for them to lose, damage or destroy paper certificates by mistake. I imagine that many such certificates are lost in fires, for example. There was a fire in one of my offices 20 years ago. The damage was minimised, luckily...

Seanad: Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (30 Jun 2004)

Feargal Quinn: ..., given that the Bill is largely driven by the decentralisation proposals I question that it is the wisest way to proceed. My greatest fear is that with the best will in the world we may end up destroying some of the most valuable aspects of our public administration. I have seen this happen in business, in commercial terms and in other organisations. We must consider the collective wisdom...

Seanad: Garda Síochána Bill 2004: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2004)

Feargal Quinn: ...unacceptable behaviour, it has a negative effect on the rest of the force and it grows in seriousness as time goes on. Not least of the serious implications is that unpunished bad behaviour swiftly destroys public confidence and trust not only in individual gardaí, but in the force as a whole. Before long, the Garda Síochána and the country suffer as a result of the wrongdoing of a...

Seanad: An Bord Bia (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (28 Jan 2004)

Feargal Quinn: ...it will have seats on the board. However, I express a word of caution. I fear that An Bord Glas will not be able to maintain that focus. The main reason some mergers are not successful is that they destroy the essential energy in an organisation. The promised benefits and the expected financial savings do not always result either. We must tread carefully in order to retain the energy,...