Results 1-6 of 6 for destroyed speaker:Áine Collins

Free Travel Pass: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: ...it can pay for badly needed social services like free travel. When will Fianna Fáil disclose that, in its successful efforts to buy its way into power in three successive general elections, it destroyed the lives of thousands of people, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to emigrate and nearly reducing our economy to the status of a banana republic? As we move forward, having...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Time to Go Report: Discussion with NYCI (1 Oct 2013)

Áine Collins: ...leaving rural Ireland, as somebody who lives in rural Ireland I see it every day. It is frightening. It is a major issue and I do not know how we can address it because the communities are being destroyed and there is a great business opportunity there. That is something on which we must continue to work but the report is very welcome.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Áine Collins: ...diagnose a woman's termination where there is a threat of suicide as opposed to a risk and without further medical diagnosis. This legislation will make it a criminal offence for a person to intentionally destroy an unborn human life which can result in a prison sentence of up to 14 years. This legislation ensures there is a transparent process and, most important, the patient - in this...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Áine Collins: ..., it must create a process that will satisfy the unquestionable will of the people. They want to have the issues that seriously affect their daily lives examined. The Irish people want to see the people who destroyed the banking system and caused the loss of our economic independence through their mistakes and incompetence brought to account. We will suffer from this for many years....

Mortgage Arrears: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2013)

Áine Collins: ...and encouraged the ordinary citizen to borrow huge sums of money that could not and will not ever be paid back. The banks ruined the future of a generation, wiped out their shareholders and destroyed the economy. I accept that in these circumstances many people are sceptical and in fear about their ability to solve this problem in a reasonable way. We can be sure of one thing, namely,...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Áine Collins: ...of this Government is to repair the broken economy we inherited after Fianna Fáil. Our people were lying in the gutter, demoralised and without hope and our European and wider global reputation was destroyed. Government Ministers and particularly the Taoiseach have worked tirelessly to repair our reputation. This was a starting point for the outcome we received last week. This...