Results 1-13 of 13 for destroyed speaker:Colm Burke

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Coverage (25 Oct 2023)

Colm Burke: ...on Monday and his wife is 79. They have been living in their house for 40 years and never had flood damage in their lives. The house was never previously affected by floods. Everything has been destroyed. There was 2 ft of water in the house. I was with them at 5 p.m. on Saturday and it was devastating to see the damage caused to the beds and all the furniture. One problem with a...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Colm Burke: ...It is in breach and in contravention of international humanitarian law. In ten days of the recent bombardment of Gaza, 184 residential towers, 34 media centres, and 1,335 housing units have been destroyed, some 13,000 housing units were partially damaged, 230 people are dead, 65 of whom are children, and more than 1,700 people are wounded. Innocent bystanders such as a man who was...

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (Resumed) (20 Jan 2021)

Colm Burke: ...that they have never told anyone (including husband and other children) of the child or children to whom they gave birth and who live in fear of being found out and feeling their lives could be destroyed. We must, however, balance their rights with the rights of those who want to establish their identity. The children who were born in mother and baby homes have rights. They received no...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2017)

Colm Burke: .... The sooner the public tribunal is set up and the issues are fully aired, the better. If information comes through that people were involved deliberately in trying to muddy a person's name and destroy that person's family, those who were party to that type of business must be prosecuted and the appropriate penalty imposed on them for ruining someone's life. This is an extremely serious...

Seanad: Flood Management: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Colm Burke: ...just completed refurbishing at a cost of around €24 million or €25 million. The courthouse was the last place anyone expected to be flooded. Computer equipment has been placed in the basement, but it was destroyed by the water which poured in. Substantial flood damage was also caused to many business premises which had not been flooded previously and it was all due to a...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: General Practitioner Services (19 Nov 2014)

Colm Burke: ...Service to become blood donors. Patients who are not eligible to become blood donors would continue to attend the treating GP. I understand that the blood taken from the patients attending CUH is destroyed. It does not even go to the blood bank. It is being proposed that this service should be provided as part of a joint approach between CUH, the GPs, UCC, which will do the research,...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (15 Jul 2013)

Colm Burke: ...for such a termination to take place.The Bill also repeals sections 58 and 59 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 and puts in place new provisions which provide that it shall be an offence to intentionally destroy unborn human life. There is a view that if the 1861 Act were challenged, it would be held to be unconstitutional as it fails to recognise the implied rights of Article...

Seanad: Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Mar 2013)

Colm Burke: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome the announcement by the Minister for Health that the proposal to destroy the Guthrie heel prick test cards is being scrapped. It is important we realise where we are coming from when looking at the current criteria. A single person is entitled to a medical card while earning up to a maximum of ¤700 per week or ¤36,400 per annum,...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Colm Burke: ...has been no compromise from the Department. The destruction of these cards will be very significant. We will not be able to get this information back again in 12 months' time if these cards are destroyed. The minimum I am asking for is a meeting within the next seven days between the key players in this area - the Department and HSE and the medical consultants who are very upset that...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Newborn Screening Cards (7 Feb 2013)

Colm Burke: ...posted the information on Facebook and found that a number of people were not aware that this is going to happen. They wanted to know who they should contact to stop their children's cards being destroyed.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Newborn Screening Cards (7 Feb 2013)

Colm Burke: ...blood spot screening programme was rolled out to identify six rare diseases; the screening cards are also known as Guthrie cards. Unfortunately the cards retained between 1966 and 1984 were destroyed as a result of water contamination. The Data Protection Commissioner has ruled that the cards for the period 1984 to 2002 must be destroyed. Many people in the medical profession believe...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

Colm Burke: ...a significant contribution there. I would like to raise the issue of the ruling by the data protection agency requiring the cards containing the results of blood tests on newborn children to be destroyed. All of these cards, known as Guthrie cards, are stored at Temple Street hospital, but now all of them, from 1984 to 2002, are to be destroyed. Many medical people, including Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2012)

Colm Burke: ...brand new complex on the banks of the river. Within 12 months of opening it the basement level, where all the computer equipment was located, was flooded and some €25 million worth of goods were destroyed. Likewise, the Courts Service located its computer system in the basement of the courthouse in Cork which was destroyed when the building was flooded. I wonder about long-term...