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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...all sports, which I have said bluntly in the Seanad. I hope the Minister for Finance looks at that. He alluded to having a tax fund for sport in his budget speech. The gambling industry has destroyed people's lives, in particular the lives of players and supporters. It should pay a damn sight more back to this country. Deputy Griffin mentioned the issue of the shirt sponsor. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2023)

Shane Cassells: ...who flagrantly breach the law with fines, which are the only things the industry will understand. Last week on RTÉ, I heard Johnny McGurk, all-Ireland medal winner with Derry, speak about how gambling totally destroyed his life. He said there were no protections in place for him or many others like him, such as Oisín McConville and many ordinary people. All we get from the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2022)

Shane Cassells: .... Who will fund the sector? As a proud member of the National Union of Journalists, I do not want to see us going down the road of having something like Fox News, trashy papers or a generation led by social media news content. It would destroy the very fabric of this country and political discourse. We have seen enough hate and we must ensure we can get a properly funded media sector in...

Seanad: Local Government (Surveillance Powers in Relation to Certain Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Jan 2022)

Shane Cassells: ...to that, we must now arm the environmental departments in our local authorities with the full powers of the law to ensure they have the teeth required to pursue those who want to flout the law and destroy our rural and urban areas. Senator Malcolm Byrne mentioned his research and the amount of money illegal dumping ends up costing the local authorities and, by extension, the public through...

Seanad: Local Government (Use of CCTV in Prosecution of Offences) Bill 2021: Second Stage (5 Mar 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...debate on the use of CCTV to ensure convictions. That is the starting point in any discussion where the question of privacy laws is raised. Unfortunately, there are those who actively seek to destroy the civic and public good that we all enjoy. Thanks to the Department of Justice, my town is lucky to have high-definition CCTV on every street. When I spoke to a local garda on a Saturday...

Seanad: Councillors' Pay: Motion (22 Feb 2021)

Shane Cassells: ...to that and become involved in our local democratic institutions? How will we attract the next generation? Again, it is all right for people to scoff at this but as we saw in America, there is a fine line and it can be destroyed. To those who scoff at this and at those who put themselves out there at a local level, I make the point that our local councillors are promoting and...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Shane Cassells: ...of the area who know it best. I accept that it is not just motivated by ecological reasons but commercial tourism reasons as well. If the jewel in the crown of Ireland's national parks is allowed to be destroyed because of a power struggle, tourists will never return to Kerry, pandemic or no pandemic. I urge the Minister of State to address the issue in her closing remarks. I support...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2019)

Shane Cassells: ...easy access to the city. There used to be an advertisement on radio which boasted that Navan was an hour from Dublin. One would be lucky to get from Navan to Dunshaughlin in that time now. That is soul destroying for the people and families involved. I am talking about a county that is home to 200,000 people who need to access the city for jobs. The Fianna Fáil development plan...

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

Shane Cassells: To cut to the chase, it is an accepted truth that gambling is a disease for many and that it has infiltrated and destroyed many lives in this country. No attempt is being made tonight to ban gambling but an attempt is being made to try, in some small way, to halt the terrible damage being done to the lives of people who are addicted to this scourge and to end the relentless march that...

Order of Business (23 Jan 2018)

Shane Cassells: ...said that they would get it put underground. This morning, EirGrid welcomed what it called the clearing of all obstacles and it says it is free to plough on. Is EirGrid free to plough on and destroy the counties of Meath, Cavan and Monaghan and the proprietary rights of the people in those counties or does the Government's promise to respect local communities mean anything to it? I...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...by the former Minister, Phil Hogan, did nothing but undermine the local government system. We set the clock back even further. We moved democracy even further away from the people we represent, destroyed town councils and spread electoral areas into constituencies that resemble Dáil constituencies in size. That is not democracy. I do not like to hear people defend those electoral...

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: ...is the potential for power blackouts, as the Minister stated two weeks ago, and threats to security of supply, but at what cost to the lives of the people of those counties? Their lives will be destroyed by the project. The appeals to have the project changed by placing the cables underground fell on deaf ears in the previous Government. The former Minister, Pat Rabbitte, went so far as...