Results 1-18 of 18 for destroyed speaker:Michael Colreavy

Credit Union Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Nov 2015)

Michael Colreavy: ...stage, they will become mini commercial banks without the credit limits and many of the other services that the commercial banks have. It was not the credit unions that crashed and burned, almost destroying the State in the process, and left householders - fathers, mothers and families - wondering what happened their assets. It was the big banks that were responsible. They were being...

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

Michael Colreavy: ...to the Exchequer in closing the Garda stations. We have seen small savings for the Exchequer and an increase in opportunities for criminal activity, which in turn has increased fear and uncertainty while destroying the sense of comfort that vulnerable people had, particularly in rural areas. It was too high a cost to pay for a small Exchequer saving. As always under austerity, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing: Environmental Protection Agency (10 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: ..., but I am a person who is passionate about the beautiful unspoilt landscape of north Leitrim and County Fermanagh. One could not have picked a more beautiful part of the country to set out to destroy and it hurts me that members are obliged to sit here and discuss mechanisms that might tell them it will be all right to destroy this landscape and to destroy the livelihoods, health and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (12 Mar 2015)

Michael Colreavy: ...and the like can legally threaten an elected government that is legislating on behalf of the population, TTIP is a bad agreement. It might improve investment and industrial processing, but it will destroy democracy.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (11 Feb 2015)

Michael Colreavy: ...525 TWh annually. Annual electricity usage is 26 TWh. This is the scale of what is possible in wave energy. Would the people of this land prefer ocean energy or would they prefer to see beautiful landscape destroyed and water possibly poisoned by hydraulic fracturing? I think the answer is clear. Biomass and anaerobic digestion boiler technologies are improving all the time. We...

Oil and Gas Fiscal System Review: Statements (3 Jul 2014)

Michael Colreavy: ...should not be considered by the EPA, the Government or anyone else. I challenge anyone to look at the beautiful unspoilt scenery of counties Leitrim and Fermanagh and argue that the few years of shale gas supply which may be available can be extracted without destroying our landscape. I challenge anyone to say that tourists would continue to visit the deserted industrial wasteland that...

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

Michael Colreavy: ...land who were apparently swept out to sea as they viewed the majesty and power of a raging ocean. All of us who saw the pictures of people being taken from their homes in boats, businesses being destroyed by rivers of water and green farmlands being formed into lakes can only feel the deepest of sympathy for those involved. It is hard to envisage a more heart-breaking scenario, but,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Michael Colreavy: ...there is increasing concern in the United States that three times as many rigs have to be drilled to extract the anticipated amount of gas. People living in the areas beside those rigs say it has destroyed their way of living. I will extend an offer to the witnesses to come with me to see the area of north Leitrim and Fermanagh where fracking is proposed. Even though they are...

Down's Syndrome (Equality of Access) Bill 2013: Second Stage (7 Feb 2014)

Michael Colreavy: ...living and learning potential of vulnerable children but by how much we can cut services to remain within budget and still hope to win the next election. The so-called Celtic tiger appears to have destroyed more than the economy; it has also destroyed decency and compassion. This is not the Ireland dreamed of by Pearse, Connolly and MacDiarmada and the founding fathers. Deputy Finian...

Youth Employment: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2013)

Michael Colreavy: ...would support the creation of jobs, yet we are penalising the people who had nothing to do with the banking system that caused the wreckage. Young people in this country had no hand, act or part in destroying the economy. It was the fault of politicians, regulators and greedy, unscrupulous investors and bankers but the young people are having to pay. Four months ago I received a...

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Report Stage (9 Oct 2013)

Michael Colreavy: ...bullied into allowing fracking in the region in return for any gas pipeline. Our right to access gas stands as a right. We will not allow that to be used as a trade-off and for the region to be destroyed by allowing hydraulic fracturing. That will not happen under my watch.

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2013)

Michael Colreavy: ...more money from the pockets of the very people who sustain our local economies before this Government listens and understands? We cannot contribute to fixing the EU economy and banking system by destroying our national economy. Politics is about choices, and leadership means bringing about the changes necessary to reach the chosen destinations. Sinn Féin has pointed out that there...

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Michael Colreavy: ...He is recovering from drink and drug addiction. He has been drug, cigarette and alcohol free for over ten years. He will not even take prescribed medication now as he feels the antipsychotic drugs he had been taking nearly destroyed him. He does not visit a general practitioner but obtains great relief and support from Tai Chi and acupuncture. In fairness to the HSE, it supports him in...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (18 Jul 2012)

Michael Colreavy: ...plan for the purposes of restoring the Irish red grouse population on the beautiful Boleybrack Mountain. I hope it will continue to be beautiful and that we will not allow the frackers in to destroy it. The plan is entering year five of implementation and its success would not have been possible without the support of the commonage owners and the local community of Glenfarne. All work...

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2012)

Michael Colreavy: ...were designed and commissioned by the previous Government - some of the members of which are now part of the Opposition - they are insidious and wrong. What they are doing is damaging, if not destroying, democracy in this country. Let us engage in a real debate about local, regional and national reform and also on our relationship with our European neighbours and the wider world. Let us...

Private Members' Business. National Monuments: Motion (resumed) (23 May 2012)

Michael Colreavy: ...the Western world. Ireland's deep and rich history is one of the reasons so many tourists are attracted to come here every year. Shopping centres come and go but if these historic buildings are destroyed they will be gone forever. We should remember with pride the men and women of 1916. I think of Leitrim's Seán Mac Diarmada, who fought and died so that we could sit in this Chamber...

State Assets: Motion (28 Feb 2012)

Michael Colreavy: ...fracturing, or fracking, of late and I have raised the issue on several occasions in this House. Will this Government readily supply fracking companies with Coillte land and allow them to destroy not only the forests, but also the health and well-being of those living nearby? If we consider gas a State asset, and it is, how can one Minister make a decision to sell off that asset,...

Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)

Michael Colreavy: ...wisely also. Humble councillors, including those of us on Leitrim County Council at the time, nodded when we read about the principle. We envisaged polluters as people who were setting out to destroy our environment. I refer to companies and factories that were careless with their emissions, thus destroying the atmosphere. I refer also to businesses that were fly-tipping, or dumping...