Results 1-20 of 20 for destroyed speaker:Denis Landy

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2016)

Denis Landy: ...the level and depth of the problem. I have seen young people in my town. One in particular – I will not go into the details – is an outstanding sportsman who represented his country and he was destroyed by drugs. Thanks be to God he got his life back together and he is back in society. He is cured for the moment but nobody knows whether the cure will be long term....

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2016)

Denis Landy: ...problem which has been encountered in Europe since the 1800s. It is an issue the Cathaoirleach raised in the House last year. The plant grows at a rate of 8 in. per day. Across Britain it has destroyed houses, causing 200,000 people to move out of their homes and making their houses worthless. In this country, in Kenmare Community Hospital, it cost €100,000 to have it...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Denis Landy: ...them that story the next time they meet, because that is absolutely disgraceful. This woman was left with nothing. Most of her family have gone from the town, there is no insurance and her house was destroyed. I have some practical suggestions. We can never fill enough sandbags. They are not going to decay or go away. They can be ready in the depots. Every place needed more sandbags....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Invasive Plant Species (17 Nov 2015)

Denis Landy: ...Most of the statistics we have on knotweed relate to Britain. Knotweed in Britain currently prevents people from getting mortgages to buy houses. It prevents properties from being sold. It has destroyed development property where it has blown in from adjoining wasteland. The same thing is happening in this country and we need to wake up to what is going on here. I recognise that what...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Denis Landy: ...that Japanese knotweed is on the road and not to touch it. It is that serious and it needs to be addressed. I welcome and support the call for an urgent debate in this House because the weed will destroy lands across the country.

Seanad: State Claims Agency: Motion (7 Oct 2015)

Denis Landy: ...until the child is a teenager to get on with their lives. It should be dealt with immediately, in good time and properly. Negligence is accepted in most of these cases, yet lives are practically ruined and destroyed for ever. As legislators we need to start the process of reform of the State Claims Agency. We need to bring in the people who are working with it as well as...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Denis Landy: ...are held, including Clare, Limerick, Waterford and Kilkenny, to name but a few. Gangs of unscrupulous characters are coming onto lands where open coursing meetings are being arranged, stealing and destroying hares and leaving the land and property utterly destroyed. This matter was brought to my attention by a long-standing coursing enthusiast, Councillor Andy Moloney, from Cahir. He...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Denis Landy: ...4.45 p.m., at a briefing which I noted was not attended by any of our colleagues who tabled the motion, I was informed by Irish Water that by the end of February all the PPS numbers in written format would be destroyed by the regulator. All voice messages received will be dealt with in the subsequent month. The method of payment, which was a major concern for the people, was addressed in...

Seanad: Flood Management: Statements (27 Nov 2014)

Denis Landy: ...most successful flood mitigation projects in the country. The second most successful project is about to be completed in Clonmel, which also lies on the River Suir. Carrick-on-Suir and Clonmel were both destroyed in the 1990s as a result of flooding. I related a story during a previous debate about receiving a call from a cousin at 6 a.m. to attend the house of another cousin, since...

Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)

Denis Landy: If you are going to deny me because of this gentleman here destroying this debate-----

Seanad: Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Oct 2014)

Denis Landy: -----because it is not profitable and it will destroy much of the amenity, such as the scenery, that is the Golden Vale. Where do we marry the incentive for the profit line for land that is not currently afforested and how do we provide a greater incentive for farmers and landowners to get into planting? No doubt more jobs will grow from extra planting. In our constituency, Medite, which...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Tree Remediation (10 Jul 2014)

Denis Landy: ...has a great interest in hurling and the fate of our native ash tree. In 2012, ash dieback arrived in Ireland and by April 2014 some 120 cases had been identified and 1,300 acres of forest had been destroyed. The industry supports 400 jobs and ash wood is used for many purposes, one of which is the making of hurleys. Some 350,000 hurleys are produced every year in Ireland but the cost of...

Seanad: Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Denis Landy: ...issue that has arisen in Galway has been brought to my attention. The Silverstrand area is awaiting rock support armoury, which is in the system, but if it is not done soon the new park will be destroyed and all of the money spent on it will be wasted. Councillors in Galway raised this issue with me and have also written to the Minister of State. Local authorities are being offered 90%...

Seanad: Wind Energy Guidelines: Statements (15 May 2013)

Denis Landy: ...ago in south Tipperary, in a small place called Ahenny on the fringes of Carrick-on-Suir and on the border of Tipperary and Kilkenny, a wind energy development company came visiting. It tried to destroy that area with a wind farm. I and other people in the area fought it on the basis of the destruction of the community and of the scenic and historical value of the Ahenny high crosses...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Dec 2012)

Denis Landy: I acknowledge some Senators in the House are genuinely concerned about this budget. However, I take issue with members of Fianna Fáil on the other side who destroyed this country. These same people cut the Christmas bonus and cut carer's allowance by ¤16.80 and are now telling us they are concerned about these people, only because they are on the Opposition benches. If they had any...

Seanad: Flooding and Flood Prevention Measures: Statements (20 Sep 2012)

Denis Landy: ..., the town's current mayor, Councillor Cionnaith Ó Súilleabháin, the next day. The town was devastated in the middle of the summer. Although no rain had fallen on the previous day, a deluge destroyed the town, the second time it had happened this year. Within hours houses and shops can be flooded without warning. In November 1996 I was awoken at 6 a.m. by a cousin who asked whether I...

Seanad: Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (27 Jun 2012)

Denis Landy: ...where an industry has affected communities. There was a programme on TG4 on ore mining in north Tipperary, around Nenagh, and the lakes of leachate and other materials left behind which have since destroyed the environment of the area. The community did not gain from that project. I am also thinking about the mining of coal in the Slieveardagh area, specifically around Ballingarry and...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: That Mr. Cowen, who destroyed this country, could be given a standing ovation by all and sundry last Saturday shows that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Denis Landy: -----the Fianna Fáil side of the House still has its head in the sand. Fianna Fáil Members have not recognised that they destroyed the country.

Seanad: Investment in Education: Motion (8 Feb 2012)

Denis Landy: ...aimed at securing normal human dignity for our children. Therefore, I do not need to be lectured about what we are doing with this country's education system. When Fianna Fáil had the money, it destroyed the country. It did not develop this education system when it had an opportunity to do so. My former Labour Party colleague, Senator Ó Clochartaigh-----