Results 1-17 of 17 for destroyed speaker:Seán Canney

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Seán Canney: ...who can work, we hope. We would be able to test the market to see what kind of asset we have in these people. We have always been seen as a country of 1,000 welcomes, but our tourism industry is being destroyed in places at the moment because hotels are being taken over in places where they were available to tourists previously. A lot of issues are going on and it seems to be...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: ...attacks. I condemn such acts outright. No one who has respect for this country, law and order, gardaí, the people coming to our country and his or her community, in which those in question are destroying vital infrastructure, supports them. All of these acts are unnecessary. I listened to the earlier contributions from my office. It was mentioned that 100,000 people had come...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: ...used in the turbines. The European Commission plans to ban that substance. It is so lethal that if it goes on fire, no fire brigade can go near it. If it spills out onto the ground, it will destroy the ground for thousands of years. It is a very small amount but all we need is one of the turbines to go on fire at any particular time. The EU recognises that this is a serious problem....

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: ...information. As a Galway man, I want to condemn outright what happened at Ross Lake House Hotel in Oughterard. Nobody can condone the type of activity whereby a fine building is burned and destroyed. I worked to build that hotel in a former existence. To think it was burned to the ground is a sad day for Ireland and Galway. We must ask why people are reacting in such a way and...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: ...young people. We have huge problems with this, and the Government needs to grasp it. The only solution is to put these floating wind turbines out in the ocean and get on with that rather than trying to destroy our country. In places where these are being proposed, I can guarantee the Minister of State that the local authority would not give planning permission for a house because of all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: ...debate in my office and in the committee room. What is baffling to me is the number of farmers from different organisations who have contacted me saying they are going to lose and that they are destroyed. I heard Mr. Coughlan say that most farmers will not be affected financially. However, farmers will be affected financially. How are they are going to be compensated for this loss?...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: ...later and people going off and doing whatever they like. The campus at St. Brendan's is a model of how services can be run. The staff are brilliant. Everybody loves the place. Then somebody comes along and decides to destroy it. I just cannot understand how we could do this. We do not know who made the decision. The problem is that we do not have accountability. We will work with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: ...and Sport if he is aware of proposals to instal sections of the proposed Greenway from Athlone to Galway in active, functional farmland which will cause lands to be severed and in one instance destroy 25 acres of existing farmland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28076/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Situations of Risk and Humanitarian Emergencies: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Seán Canney: ...in a war-torn country. Some of the descriptions stated in the presentations are eye-opening in terms of a country where the infrastructure for water, sewage, heat and electricity has been destroyed and people with disabilities in congregated settings are on their own so the situation is horrendous. WALK has brought in four families and has the experience of putting two of the families...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Feb 2021)

Seán Canney: ...country. It has been well documented that there is a problem with referrals to CE schemes in recent years. If this cohort is allowed to exit the CE schemes, they would be depleted and it would destroy the level of service being provided throughout the country and in communities. We are not only talking about community projects. The disability sector will be affected, including the...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: .... I look forward to the new Minister of State bringing forward policy relating to afforestation. I visited County Leitrim last year to see first hand how over-intensification of forestry has nearly destroyed a county. As a Deputy stated earlier, we need to have balance. Life is a balancing act. The Minister will be charged with the objective of ensuring we have a balanced forestry...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: ...accommodation where a few people make life very difficult for a large number of people. antisocial behaviour and all that goes with it, and the fireworks which are part of all of that, can destroy communities and housing estates, with very few involved in it. It can also downgrade the value of the homes of people who borrowed money to take out a mortgage only to find they may have the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (29 May 2019)

Seán Canney: ...along with us. There is a great responsibility on all of us. It starts with the Government and the action plan. With regard to rural areas, we cannot simply use a big mallet to crack a nut, destroy much of rural Ireland and create something we would not like. We must create the sustainable jobs, provide rural transport and public transport and ensure that when people are told that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Seán Canney: ...die. I am very much against positioning supermarkets and big shops on the edge of towns. That creates a doughnut effect. That must be nipped in the bud. We have had enough of it as it really is destroying the centres of towns. It has had this effect in England. We must have no more of it, and we must make sure we are actually creating shopping areas within the towns, not on their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Discussion (29 Nov 2017)

Seán Canney: ...do to clean channels and rivers, and there are certain things we cannot do to keep water flowing. What happens is that we create floods that empty septic tanks. Tanks, including oil tanks, burst and destroy the environment. Lough Funshinagh in Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice's constituency looks like a nuclear bomb landed on it. All nature has been stripped out of it; there is no wildlife...

Topical Issue Debate: Forest Fires (10 May 2017)

Seán Canney: ...the scene that is taking place at Cloosh Valley in Galway, a place I know well as I am from Galway myself. Responding to these fires and to public safety is key at this time. Forest fires can destroy habitats, wildlife, farm land and farm structures and can threaten homes and lives. They bear a huge cost not just to physical property, but also the cost of disruption to normal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Canney: The internal stairs of the O’Connell Tower in Glasnevin Cemetery were completely destroyed by a bomb in 1971. Glasnevin Trust is currently undertaking a project to reinstate stair access to the top of the tower based on the original designs. I understand that the works are expected to be completed by Q3, 2017 with the Glasnevin Trust then opening the facility thereafter for public...