Results 1-20 of 31 for destroyed speaker:Maureen O'Sullivan

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (Resumed) (27 Jun 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: This is the only planet we have, but we are destroying it. The destruction is being felt more in developing countries because of what we are doing in the developed world and the decisions we are making. In Ireland there is an overall sense that we are not experiencing the destruction and disasters other countries are facing. At times, we would not even know there was a climate emergency....

Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...for treatments that have no scientific credence. However, even with regard to treatments that have scientific credence, science is not perfect. Hope can be relative and I would not like to destroy anybody's hope by telling people they cannot do this or that. While we need a deterrent for unscrupulous businesses advertising treatments that are taking advantage of cancer sufferers, the...

A Better World: Ireland's Policy for International Development: Statements (11 Apr 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...about doing things differently. I will finish with a quotation that I love. It is from Fr. Joseph Wresinski who founded All Together in Dignity – Fourth World movement. His point is poverty is of man's doing and that man can destroy poverty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Refugee Situation in Syria: Discussion (5 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...as we could see, they are there to stay and they have started the rebuilding. We saw the extent of the destruction and that was very difficult, particularly in Yarmouk. Did all Yarmouk have to be destroyed in the way it was? The officials we met would say they are assured that they will start that rebuilding work and that they can do it. Conflict resolution will be a key element to how...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (4 Oct 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...by land mines. There is torture, rape and arbitrary detention. Requests for safe passage have been denied. Humanitarian assistance is not getting through. Over 200 Christian churches have been destroyed recently. There are many examples of hate speech. It is all coming from a systematic, organised, ultranationalist government that is supported by some 29 political parties. Even when...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The issue of institutions, whether it be mother and baby homes, industrial schools or Magdalen laundries, is harrowing and very sad when we think of the lives lost and destroyed, not to mention the physical conditions and brutality experienced by so many. Few survivors have spoken about the care they received in the institutions. It is very difficult to comprehend how adults in the...

European Council: Statements (25 Oct 2017)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...and heard about the situation on the ground for people there. Some 95% of the Syrian population was transferred or displaced, so there is only 5% left. A city and over 300 villages and farms were destroyed. There are 23,000 Israeli settlers living on these lands, with the remaining Syrian population in only five villages. There are plans for the construction of further settlements...

Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (14 Dec 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...were anything but those safe, supportive places we associate with the word "home". There were mothers and children who did not feel welcome, safe or respected in those places and whose lives were destroyed. For many the trauma still lives today. I appreciate where the Minister is coming from and her empathy and understanding of the situation. Even addressing it today has been a...

Other Questions: Human Rights (23 Nov 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...We have also seen the removal of democratically elected mayors in Kurdish areas, as was pointed out to us by the group. They also showed us pictures of a number of Kurdish villages which had been destroyed by the Turkish military and it was actually like looking at scenes from Aleppo. This is an issue which is not receiving the media coverage and attention it should. The Minister...

National Monuments: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...that a shopping centre will be built right beside Nos. 14-17 Moore Street. I and others believe this is inappropriate. Mistakes were made but let us not make any more because once something is destroyed, it is gone forever. We have lost so many historic buildings already. What is required is a different vision for a historical, cultural quarter that would link the GPO with Moore Street...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...of the building. The reports contain many mistakes. In one conservation report, No. 18's facade was singled out as being pre-1916. In another, this was omitted. Once something is destroyed, it is gone forever. There are examples of this. So far, the taxpayer has paid €9 million: €4 million to buy and €5 million designated for Nos. 14-17. Whose plan are we...

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (14 Jan 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...There is a need for a different vision and time is running out. Who is monitoring what is happening? The builders are going in. They have no historic or conservation experience and more could be destroyed.

1916 Quarter Development Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...-based 20th century battlefield site in all of Europe to survive and that is under threat now. Dr. Wallace said that once one allows the destruction of buildings and their neighbourhood ambience one cannot bring them back. We cannot bring them back if we allow them to be destroyed. It is okay if the Government does not wish to accept the Fianna Fáil Bill but could it come up...

Economic Partnership Agreement: Motion (26 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...to look after themselves and feed their populations? The EPAs do not recognise the realities in vulnerable regions such as west Africa. It has been argued that these agreements could also destroy the tax bases of African countries, leaving them more dependent on foreign aid. It should be noted that in the previous Dáil, the President, former Deputy Michael D. Higgins, was the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (12 Nov 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...gathering thousands of petitions to save the whole area and the whole terrace. The Taoiseach referred to the laneways around there as the laneways of history. They are in danger of also being destroyed under this plan. One has to question the practicality and suitability of the current plan which is for a massive shopping centre which will dominate the area and is totally unsuitable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (30 Jun 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...to the spread of tuberculosis to cattle, if he will initiate a programme of vaccinating badgers, carried out by his Department's staff and-or volunteers, to replace the cruel badger cull which is destroying badger populations, in view of a recent analysis (details supplied) that has proven the vaccination of badgers to be very cost efficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Apr 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...bulldozed temporary shelters for Palestinians in East Jerusalem which were funded by the European Union, particularly in view of the discussions in Brussels recently regarding the trend of Israel destroying hundreds of millions of euro of aid from the European Union to the Palestinian people, if he will make Ireland's position on this serious matter known. [14300/15]

Animal Protection (in relation to Hares) Bill 2015: First Stage (11 Mar 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...monitored and the ground was deemed to be unsuitable. Instead of it being a reprieve for the hares, they were kept in captivity for a further week until the weather improved. This is not about destroying the greyhound industry; it is about using live hares in this cruel way, which has led to injury and death as documented by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. There have been...

Free Trade Agreements between the European Union and Columbia and Peru: Motion (28 Jan 2015)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...reducing poverty within those communities. That has been pointed out by many people. This free trade agreement will further the process of land-grabbing by multinational companies. It will also destroy the environment through pollution. We know that Colombia has one of the world's most biologically diverse ecosystems. I accept that the peace process is very positive, but there should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ..., I want to use the words expressed by communities in Colombia. For example, Putumayo has asked us not to ratify the free trade agreement because it will create more violence, displacement and destroy their communities and national environment. For Colombia an FTA only means more hunger, destruction and death. I ask the Minister to examine the matter again and ask the Dáil not to...