Results 1-6 of 6 for destroyed speaker:John Whelan
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2015)
John Whelan: ...proportions by EirGrid in the roll-out of the national grid. Senators Denis Landy and John Kelly and many others across the floor have said we do not need to double the capacity of the grid or destroy the country through the erection of thousands of new pylons. Now all of a sudden Thomas Edison has come back into the EirGrid boardroom to tell it that it can undertake expansion and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)
John Whelan: I will tell the House why. This EirGrid expansion is being built for the benefit of big wind-farm developers who want to destroy the countryside with industrial wind farms within 500 m of people's homes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)
John Whelan: It will destroy the country, the landscape and people's homes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)
John Whelan: We need to step back from walking this country into another NAMA for wind farm developers. The policy, as currently devised, is unsustainable economically and it will destroy the country environmentally for generations. This is a serious matter, which we will raise repeatedly.
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
John Whelan: ...preserve an important item of heritage. More urgently, we must ensure the Minister does not sign into law the new regulations and rules concerning canals. Canals throughout the county are being destroyed because the last few remaining barges and boats are being driven out by a tenfold increase in fees and fines. If the new regulations come into force, there will be no boat or barge left...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2013)
John Whelan: We are pursuing a flawed policy. It is unacceptable that we will destroy the landscape, the countryside, tourism and our amenities.