Results 1-20 of 20 for destroyed speaker:Michelle Mulherin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: ...OPW and the consultants it has engaged. I was very impressed by the breadth of science and technology brought to bear and the plans produced. My home town of Ballina was flooded and homes were destroyed. I was very impressed by the programme's futuristic approach and its future proofing. None of us knows the future but certain parameters have been put forward, with planning for 20, 50...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: ...angry and frantic because there almost was a flooding event two weeks ago. I acknowledged the minor works schemes put in place and the efforts of locals but some of the businesses that were destroyed in the town centre do not have flood insurance. They will be finished if they get flooded again. Mr. Buckley is speaking about two more winters before the work commences. If the project...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: ...is a clear issue where properties were being flooded, but because of the presence of the freshwater pearl mussel the OPW would not dredge the area. People's homes, lives and businesses are being destroyed. I cannot relate to any of the experiences spoken about because we are constrained by designation all the time.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 May 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: ...a flood relief scheme for Ballina and Westport. I have intimate knowledge of the devastation that flooding in early 2014 brought to people along the banks of the River Moy in Ballina. Homes were destroyed, including those of a lot of older people living in Bachelors Walk, Arbuckle Row and Clare Street. Every time there is heavy rain and a high tide, they are in fear of being flooded...

Seanad: Flood Prevention Measures: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Michelle Mulherin: ...building a flood defence wall. However, an older part of the town was flooded again. Can we have some action and some investment for this? People live in constant fear that another big surge will come and destroy their homes which, at this point, no longer have insurance. I can well understand their concerns. This falls on the Minister of State's shoulders and I hope he can give us...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: ...tax issue that was brought to my attention concerns a vehicle that has been put off the road. There was a big problem with petrol stretching in my constituency of County Mayo and many vehicles were destroyed. The owners could not get a refund of motor tax, even if their vehicles were off the road, unless there were at least three months left to run on the motor tax. This hits people who...

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings Bill) 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Oct 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: ...are unemployed because most of the individuals carrying out burglaries have never done a day's work in their lives. They are very inventive and creative when it comes to breaking into people's homes and destroying lives. That is why we have to be very severe with them. More prison places need to be provided because if a person is given time, they should be serving time. Many criminals...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: (Resumed) Consumers Association of Ireland and Insurance Ireland (21 Jan 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: ...will be generated from a levy on insurance policies? I would like to think that consumers should be able to buy petrol at a forecourt, without discovering months later that their engine has been destroyed. There is no evidence that the petrol has been tampered with because of the time-lag in the discovery of the damage to the engine. Clearly the problem is that there is no evidence....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...action should be taken as soon as a problem is identified with contaminated petrol. Mr. Moran is concerned with the Revenue side but we must also be concerned for people whose vehicles are being destroyed in this process. There should not be a time lag.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fuel Fraud: Revenue Commissioners (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...Revenue had to go through the process of taking a sample, sending it to a laboratory and how many weeks elapsed before it got a certificate of analysis? I ask Mr. Moran and Mr. Butler how many vehicles will have been destroyed in the meantime? That is too long to wait. Those people's operations should be shut down. I ask the delegates that a quality control system be introduced where...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (3 Dec 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...Commissioners have established the source and chain of supply of contaminated petrol complained of by hundreds of persons in County Mayo and elsewhere since last summer whose vehicles have been destroyed or seriously damaged; the action that is being taken in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46411/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Assessments (25 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...and financial constraints which obtain. Taking this type of action would be less costly to the State than being obliged to provide financial relief to people when their homes or properties have been destroyed. It is worth bearing in mind - this adds weight to the case I am making - that in many cases the owners of houses which have already been flooded can no longer obtain insurance for...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2014: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...violent nature of some of the protests, which was condoned by some Deputies. Where people desire socialist ideals, they should realise that they must be pursued through democratic means, because if one destroys our democracy in the course of trying to achieve something, what is one left with? That is not socialism. We can try to implement socialist ideals, some of which are worthwhile...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Remit: Financial Services Ombudsman (12 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...not to indemnify on the death of a spouse? Motor insurance is a topical issue, unfortunately, in my county of Mayo and the same applies elsewhere in the country. Hundreds of cars have been destroyed in Mayo due to petrol stretching and contaminated petrol and I understand that third party, fire and theft insurance does not cover such damage. However, a number of affected people with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (14 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...stretching in the County Mayo area in the past couple of months of 18 September 2014, if he will confirm that he has taken up the issue of financial redress for victims whose car engines have been destroyed on account of contaminated fuel with the motor insurance industry with a view to setting up a compensation fund and also to ensure insurance companies are not slow in honouring their...

Topical Issue Debate: Motor Fuels Issues (18 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: .... More than half of them stood up and said they had problems with their vehicles stretching back to July. It is shocking that people can go into the forecourt, get a fill of petrol and find the engine is destroyed. Our local garages are full of these vehicles. I have spoken to several assessors in garages and they listed the various scenarios that arise. They are dealing with...

Recent Flooding: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...whose houses were flooded ruined. That is a very depressing prospect for any of us to think about. I visited areas in my own county, Mayo, where houses and land were flooded and land was destroyed along the coast. I speak for the people who were affected and have contacted me about their plight. There is limited funding for dealing with such events. We are witnessing unprecedented...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (11 Feb 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 310. To ask the Minister for Social Protection how emergency payments for flooding victims are calculated; the valuations used for items destroyed such as fixtures, fittings and furniture, structural components, flooring and carpets, and consumable goods such as food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6490/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: ...fruit. I cannot foresee a local authority becoming involved in the community to the same extent. Deputy Áine Collins used the word "nurturing". I am gravely concerned that something will be destroyed in the proposed amalgamation process. The current programmes deliver great benefits to people in rural areas. I enjoyed serving on a local authority for a while and I commend the...

Suicide Prevention: Statements (Resumed) (3 May 2011)

Michelle Mulherin: ...from professional views of suicide, there is always personal loss. It takes many deaths before we become aware of what death really means. Someone said that while it ends a life, it does not destroy the relationship we had with that life - a father remains a father and a brother remains a brother, and the same applies to a sister, a friend, a lover and so on. They take something of us...