Results 1-19 of 19 for destroyed speaker:Simon Harris

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ...meticulous conduct of the inquest. The terrible reality is we will never know for certain how many lives were ended by this tragedy. Beyond the 48 whose names we know, there are countless others whose lives were turned to ash on that terrible night. Their hopes and dreams were destroyed twice over - first by the fire, and then by successive failures of this State to do what was right....

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
Vote 44 - Data Protection Commission (Revised) (14 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...approach to addiction. I am pleased at some changes that were made there in recent years. However, we also have to get extraordinarily tough on the gangs, the drug dealers, pushers and people coming in and destroying communities and families. That is for the Garda and it is doing a lot of good work on it. I want to see more on that and more resources directed to it. I have had good...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Waste Disposal (13 May 2020)

Simon Harris: ...him to take such steps as are prescribed in the notice within a time specified therein or enter upon the land and take such steps as are necessary and reasonably practicable for the purpose of destroying the rats and mice on the land or of preventing the land from becoming infested with rats and mice, and may recover any reasonable expenses so incurred from the occupier of the land...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Simon Harris: ...this country. We must face up to drug addiction. That does not mean we should legalise drugs. Educating our children about the serious dangers of taking drugs is key. They are dangerous and can destroy one's life but responding to a person who has become an addict with more than simply a blue siren is important. I am passionate about the issue of vaccinations. Later today, we will...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2018)

Simon Harris: ...times during the referendum campaign, as I am sure many Deputies were, whether the foetus has any rights. Of course, the reality is that it does. Outside the terms of this Bill, it is still illegal to destroy the foetus. I know words in this area are emotive but I am using the word "foetus" because it is the medically appropriate word. It will still be an offence to end the life of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (26 Sep 2018)

Simon Harris: ...relation to laboratories and procurement, and the Government has committed to implementing these in full. They include a recommendation that "Winning proposals should be appended to the relevant contract and not destroyed until at least one year following the termination of the contract (and any extension thereof)" and this will be implemented.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: HSE Funding (8 Feb 2018)

Simon Harris: I know Deputy O'Reilly gets upset when I agree with her. I would not want to destroy her street credibility by doing so.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (23 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: ...or constitutes gross mismanagement; or h) Information tending to show any matter falling within any of the preceding paragraphs (a) to (g) has been, is being, or is likely to be concealed or destroyed. A worker must make a disclosure in the manner set out in the Act to be entitled to the protections of the Act. Different standards apply depending on the person or body to whom the worker...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Protected Disclosures (16 Jan 2018)

Simon Harris: ...or grossly negligent or constitutes gross mismanagement; or h. information tending to show any matter falling within any of the preceding paragraphs (a) to (g) has been, is being, or is likely to be concealed or destroyed. A worker must make a disclosure in the manner set out in the Act to be entitled to the protections of the Act. Different standards apply depending on the person or body...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: ...'s view on this than others. I do not want too much collegiality and consensus breaking out here. I do not see the difficulty. I do not buy into the idea that the tourist experience would be destroyed by a premises that is advertising having to put in some factual warnings about alcohol. Quite a good bit of domestic tourism goes on. People might want to take their families out for the...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Simon Harris: ...advertisement putting Guinness's stamp all over it. It is pathetic and stupid. It is the most ridiculous argument I have ever heard. He is correct. How many families have their Christmas destroyed every year, and many other days, due to alcohol problems in this country? I assure Senator Kelleher that I will hold my nerve. I will leave the Seanad shortly, I hope, on the conclusion of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Newborn Screening Cards (26 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: ...the cards) without consent, which constituted a breach of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003. The complaint was upheld by the Commissioner, who ruled that the Newborn Screening Card archive be destroyed. A policy was developed to address both the legal and ethical requirements of the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme (the programme). The policy required changes to the...

Seanad: Report of British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly on Cross-Border Police Co-operation and Illicit Trade: Statements (10 Mar 2015)

Simon Harris: .... It is anything but that. Victims range from the people who have been mentioned in this debate, who innocently go about their business and put fuel in their cars only to find their cars destroyed because of this illegal activity, to the loss of Exchequer revenue.

Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles Bill 2014: From the Seanad (19 Feb 2015)

Simon Harris: ..., will be able to take summary proceedings should these offences occur. Section 876 of the Companies Act concerns the offence of providing false information. Section 877 concerns the offence of destroying documents, while section 878 concerns the fraudulent parting with documents. These sections are cross-applied from the Companies Act 2014 to the Irish Collective Asset-management...

Seanad: Flood Management: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Simon Harris: ...authorities have a part to play. They need to step up to the plate. I have stood in a house that should never have been built. It is in a state of devastation. The family's lives have been destroyed. They have been moved out. That house should not have been built and, as Senator Byrne said, often local authorities are aware of the information. A lot of this is not rocket science and...

Seanad: Budget 2015: Statements (14 Oct 2014)

Simon Harris: ...the economy to go and how we want to use economic growth to create the society in which we wish to live. We are very conscious not to return to the errors of the past which wrecked the economy, destroyed jobs and mired the lives of millions of people. We have heard from Senators on all sides about some of the impact of this destruction on the lives of people today. We now know how to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Simon Harris: That is perfect. My understanding of the EPA's involvement or knowledge is exactly as Ms Burke said, that it hold a registers that indicates that this permit has been issued. Therefore, if it was destroyed, removed or disappeared, it would still be lodged in her offices. The Ballybeg issue concerns me, but the broader point is that these are serious issues and allegations and everybody...

Social Welfare Code (1 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: ...a comment from another parent: "I am at my wits end trying to put together enough paperwork to prove what is clearly obvious to anyone who spends time with my children. I cannot tell you how soul destroying this process is." The parents of children with autism have to constantly fight a bureaucratic war with paperwork to prove a need they and their doctors know exist and they do not have...

Guthrie Cards (7 Jun 2011)

Simon Harris: ...Children's University Hospital on Guthrie cards. While the hospital currently has samples for every child born since 1984, the Data Protection Commissioner has proposed that these samples be destroyed and that the only samples kept are those for which the donor has given express permission. The genetic material stored on these cards is highly sensitive and it is imperative that safeguards...