Results 1-20 of 30 for destroyed speaker:Michael Healy-Rae

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Food Waste (27 Apr 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any moves being made to stop good food being destroyed at a time when there are thousands of people who cannot afford food (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19947/23]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...that there have been many cases over the years of inspectors deciding, on looking at planning files, to grant planning permission for various developments only for the applications to be dashed and destroyed by a group of people – it might comprise only three – at ad hoc, informal meetings up in Dublin. Reasons for refusal might emerge only over the following months or...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...houses in Kerry. I want it to build single rural cottages and to repair the 171 houses that are idle. I want it to do everything it can. However, we must have a rental market. It is being destroyed by Deputies shouting and mouthing all the time and vilifying people who own properties.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Culls (25 Jan 2022)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...farmers are putting up are very expensive. The Minister of State knows how difficult it is to string and put tension on wire surrounding grounds. When deer jump they hit, break, get caught in and destroy fences.

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (30 Nov 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...its operational objectives. This is wrong. The greyhound industry in Ireland has the capacity to be great. It was great, it can be great and it will be great, but the current operating model is destroying the sector and protecting the elites. It is time for the Minister to intervene and to continue to give funding but also to ensure the same levels of transparency and openness are to...

Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...What we are saying to farmers as well is that we are trying to restrict and reduce the herd here at a time when we cannot make money out of what we are doing and at the same time in South America they can knock down and destroy the Amazon forest, plant grass and feed their animals so they can send them up here in the same way as the bales of briquettes are coming from Germany today while,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...heath. The nucleus of the national park is 4,300 ha. Unfortunately, a fire started there last Friday and lasted for three days. Between 2,500 and 3,000 ha are believed to have been damaged or destroyed in the fire, including an active hen harrier habitat and the hunting grounds of three or more of the extremely rare birds which live in the park. That is devastating for the ecosystem....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...will not be tolerated in the future. I know I can speak on behalf of every politician who is present, as politicians will not put up with or allow officialdom to choke and hold up our farmers, destroy our haulage industry and make us the laughing stock of Europe. Our mills have spent millions of euro on developing major production capabilities and have excellent sawmills and staff, and...

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: He was a respectable person but the Labour Party tarnished his reputation. The Labour Party and the Workers Party destroyed themselves when they hurt every worker and every person who was trying to do something in Ireland and good-----

Children's Rights: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2019)

Michael Healy-Rae: The parents of young people who wanted to go to school were on their knees and struggling. The Labour Party destroyed itself completely and then has the bloody cheek to come to the House and lecture us.

Prevention of Single-Use Plastic Waste: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2018)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...action is very effective. Plastic pollution is a visible sign that we are living in an unsustainable fashion. The iconic scientist and cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, predicted that we will destroy our environment in years to come and that it will be impossible for human life to continue on earth. We are talking about the future generations, our children and our grandchildren and...

Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...package to be put in place for fishermen. I have been contacted by many fishermen from around the coast who have been affected adversely in recent weeks. The tools of their trade have been destroyed. Quite simply, they do not have the money to replace them. They were not expecting this to happen. They are not covered by insurance and are in really dire financial circumstances. I hope...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...busy. That is what we are seeking. We want footfall to go through. This is a common-sense approach. We do not have the begging bowl out. We are not saying the Government must help us or we will be destroyed. That is not the case. We want the Government to proactively engage in helping. A Private Members' motion was brought before this House and was unanimously supported. If the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (2 May 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if DNA swabs for roadside drug testing which return negative are destroyed; if a record is kept of negative results; if the destruction of samples is supervised; if the destruction of samples will be transparent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19609/17]

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...They are definitely causing deaths because people are swerving off the roads and losing their lives. The deer vanish and afterwards people ask why the car left the road. It is very clear and evident to me. Many have had their cars destroyed. If this occurs, young people cannot claim off their insurance. The killing thing about it is that the OPW and such bodies say that if one is out...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Waste (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Healy-Rae: 474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a new law that would make it illegal for supermarkets to destroy edible food, in an effort to cut waste and encourage increased charitable donations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22054/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seal Culls (30 Apr 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: 414. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on seal culls as the amount of fish stock that is being destroyed every day by the over population of seals is outrageous. [19668/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Severe Weather Events Response (30 Apr 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: 661. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme whereby forestry owners who have had their forests destroyed by wind damage will receive compensation to replant and to harvest the timber that was damaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19319/14]

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: What about the report of Mr. Connolly saying, "Shatter will destroy you"?

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Michael Healy-Rae: .... Unfortunately, the Minister of State gave false hope to people I refer to the case of Patie O'Sullivan, his partner Noreen and their young family. They built a new beautiful home, which was destroyed after Christmas by the storms. They had to leave the house and they are living with relatives now. They cannot claim on the house insurance because if they do so and repair the house,...