Results 1-9 of 9 for destroyed speaker:Katherine Zappone

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

Katherine Zappone: .... As a member of the Government and as Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, I have apologised unreservedly to Maurice and Lorraine McCabe and their family for the failures which could have destroyed their lives. There are no words to express this adequately. The grace under pressure shown by Maurice McCabe throughout the experience is an example to us all. As Minister with...

Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ..., there are potentially serious issues regarding the correction of birth records and inheritance. We may well be called on to address further issues as they emerge. Neither Tusla nor the AAI is out to destroy, upset or split families. Their job is to provide information and support. The 126 cases have already been allocated to experienced information and tracing social workers. They...

Seanad: Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (30 May 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ..., there are also potentially serious issues relating to the correction of birth records and inheritance. As Minister responsible for both Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland, let me be clear that we are not out to destroy, split or upset families. We are here to provide information and support. I stand over my assessment that, as Minister, I had a responsibility, once there was...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Support Bill 2017: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Katherine Zappone: ...kept. For example, it might come to the attention of an authorised officer that there is a case of suspected fraud and that there is a possibility that the person in possession of the records might seek to destroy them. That is the reason I am not proposing to accept the amendment. I do not anticipate that would happen very often, if at all, but at the same time if we took the amendment...

Seanad: Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016: Second Stage (17 May 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...for information under Part 5, or where the person is specified in an application under Part 5. The agency shall publish guidelines regarding the provision of support and guidance. Section 46 provides for offences, such as concealing, destroying, mutilation or falsifying a relevant record and failing to comply with a direction of the authority under section 8. Section 47 provides for an...

Seanad: Clarification on Statements made by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...they had received through the freedom of information process from Tusla was worse than anything else that had already happened to them. I was deeply conscious then and since then that it is the State which has almost destroyed this family. I was absolutely determined that in every action I took I would try to ensure that I, as a Government Minister, did not inadvertently cause them any...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (14 Feb 2017)

Katherine Zappone: ...the freedom of information process from Tusla, was worse than anything else that had already happened to them. I was deeply conscious then and since then that it is the State that has almost destroyed this family. I was absolutely determined that, in every action I took, I would try to ensure that I, as a Minister, would not inadvertently cause them any additional hurt. They have now...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Katherine Zappone: ..., to include the provision in the Bill. In conclusion, I have another prime concern about the Bill. Others have spoken of section 22(1) which states: "It shall be an offence to intentionally destroy unborn human life." In effect, those women who engage in termination in the Republic of Ireland are criminalised. Why is a termination when the mother's life is at risk not equated with...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2013)

Katherine Zappone: ...this is the definition section. The first note in the section is that the Government intends to abolish the Seanad, to provide for its abolition. What is the definition of "abolition"? It is to destroy, to do away with completely, to make null and void and to put an end to. If that is not enough, if we go to Roget's Thesaurus it indicates it is to nullify, to destroy, to abrogate, to...