Results 1-18 of 18 for destroyed speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (30 Nov 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...Like the Tánaiste, I condemn terrorism. I have no time for it at all. So far, more than 10,000 innocent women, children and older people have been killed and 60,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed. I believe the Tánaiste, the Government and the Department of Foreign Affairs have done a fantastic job over recent weeks. That is important. Look at the release of...

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...home and afford a home while some are emigrating for good. Choices made by successive Governments have resulted in the aspirations and dreams of an entire generation being either diminished or destroyed. Regardless of what happens in an uncertain world outside, the thinking goes that if you own your home, at least you have some security. You have your most basic human right. In this...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...and SME sectors, particularly for companies such as leisure centres, call centres and food processors, which use large amounts of gas or electricity and whose business model has been completely destroyed. For example, Ireland Active, the representative body for leisure centres, gyms, swimming pools and commercial sports facilities, has stated that the cost of heating pools is resulting...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (23 Jun 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ..., over the last number of years there has been a turf war involving two drug groups. The devastation and destruction that this has caused in the town cannot be overstated. Families have been destroyed, lives have been ruined and lost, communities have been divided and young people have been scarred for life. These drug groups have no fear of anything or anyone. Life has no value for...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: .... They are left to pick up the pieces on many occasions. In my constituency, Louth, we have been plagued by a drug feud involving two rival factions in Drogheda. Unfortunately, lives have been lost and destroyed, and families have been torn apart. Many families in Drogheda now live in fear as a direct result of the feud. The feud has been played out not only in the local media but...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...As the Minister knows, the people of this country have been in lockdown for the best part of a year. Their only hope of getting back to life as they once knew it is with the vaccine. It is soul-destroying for them to see on the daily news the continued failure of the Government and the HSE in respect of the vaccine roll-out. Will the Minister confirm to the House what plans are in place...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...see alcohol products misused. I support the overall objective of the Bill but I have a difficulty with a small number of provisions, including that relating to the cancer warning. This label will destroy the reputation of Irish products which compete globally. Consumer warnings should be accurate. A general warning against excessive consumption of alcohol makes more sense than...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 May 2018)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...about the process of money laundering and terrorist financing and the activities involved, which are important for people to know about. It is also important to know about the lives that have been destroyed, about the businesses affected and those who are used to do this. I will also talk about the money created and the money lost to the Exchequer. It is very important for people to...

Topical Issue Debate: Disposal of Hazardous Waste (27 Jun 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...plant has had on the region over the past 40 years to realise that. This proposed development is only 120 m from one the most naturally beautiful areas in the region and has the potential to destroy the thriving tourism industry that has been built up in the Carlingford and Omeath region. Assurances are needed from the Northern authorities that they will engage with residents and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...this discussion and look at the objectives. I find this statement to be deeply flawed. We cannot take the emotion out of this. I have visited many homes in my constituency where people's lives have been destroyed by drink driving. Loved ones have been killed or badly injured as a result of a driver under the influence of drink. How can we take the emotion out of this? I urge the...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2016)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...showed that only 8% of them had indicated water as their main issue. People have told me that under no circumstances must we ever go back to the boom and bust policies of Fianna Fáil that destroyed this country. The populist position to take is to reject charging for water and wastewater services. We have seen in the past week how those who pursue populist policies run from their...

Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (2 Jun 2016)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...in employment than was the case in the disastrous period of the last Fianna Fáil Government. We must never forget the mess in which that Fianna Fáil Government left the country. The country was financially destroyed and was losing its young people to emigration. We had to rely on financial assistance from others just to pay our bills. In other words, Ireland was a basket...

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Apr 2015)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ..., too late, and the people will see that for themselves. It is nothing but a panicked policy scramble after its total lack of policies has been exposed. During its time in government, Fianna Fáil destroyed the economy by supporting its friends in big business and the construction industry and neglecting the small business person and the self-employed. My party, Fine Gael, is the...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...that were causing genuine concern to my constituents have been likewise dealt with by the Minister. Irish Water will no longer require householders' PPS numbers and documentation already submitted with that information will be destroyed. I welcome, too, the decision that bonuses will not be paid to Irish Water staff. I urge colleagues on the other side of the House to stop...

Order of Business (7 May 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: When will the gambling control Bill, the purpose of which is to update and consolidate the law on betting and gambling, be introduced? Many families have been destroyed as a result of gambling and I am seeking clarity in respect of when the legislation will be forthcoming.

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...and superintendents perverting the course of justice on a massive scale; at least seven road fatalities resulting from the termination of fixed charge notices; hundreds of official Garda PULSE records altered and destroyed; and an allegation that the Garda had no discretionary power whatsoever to cancel notices.There is to be an independent review of An Garda Síochána under the...

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Oct 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...of a DNA sample. In regard to the retention of data, the Bill sets out retention periods for both DNA samples and profiles. Where certain circumstances arise, a sample must, if not previously destroyed, be destroyed before the expiry of three months from the date on which the specified circumstances first applied. In certain circumstances, the Commissioner of the Garda...

Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Peter Fitzpatrick: ...the waste management end of life vehicles regulations 2006. Under the new system owners are more likely to go to legitimate waste operators when scrapping their cars as they will have evidence that the car has been destroyed.