Results 1-16 of 16 for destroyed speaker:John Browne

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

John Browne: ...weeks ago was of major significance to the people living on the banks of the River Slaney. Householders on the Island Road, many of them aged, had to be evacuated while watching their houses being destroyed once again. Business people on Templeshannon Quay, the Island Road and the Promenade suffered severe losses and damage to their properties in the recent flood. This is not just an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (25 Nov 2015)

John Browne: 133. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Ash tree disease; the total number of Ash trees destroyed; the action he is taking to eliminate the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42025/15]

Beef Industry: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2014)

John Browne: ...tax, water charges, universal social charge and health insurance. The beef crisis is jeopardising the livelihoods of 100,000 farmers. A cocktail of retailers, processors and Government inaction is undermining prices and destroying the Food Harvest 2020 strategy targets. Under the strategy, the suckler herd is to double, yet the farming community predicts it will be halved over the...

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)

John Browne: ...tendering for the schemes. The powers that be and Brussels, as the previous speaker said, regard this country's model, which was established by former Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, and others and is being destroyed by the Minister, Deputy Hogan, as the way forward. We are abandoning a scheme that is recognised Europe-wide as the model for other countries. We are putting it under...

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)

John Browne: ...'s plans to subsume the programme into local authorities and contract it out will jeopardise the independence of companies involved. Instead of reforming local government, this measure will destroy a successful model of communities being empowered to help themselves. The Government should re-examine this matter immediately before the link between the companies and communities is...

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2013)

John Browne: ...been raised at the public meetings including the impact in terms of reducing land valuations, the severe impact on tourism, environmental damage to the countryside and concern that scenic views will be destroyed. The biggest worry of all is the effect the pylons will have on people's health. Despite politicians turning up to meetings and trying to explain the situation, people are very...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

John Browne: The Minister, Deputy Reilly is destroying it.

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (8 Oct 2013)

John Browne: ...Ireland. The big mills are all intact, the small mills, many of which are located near to where I live, are competing and are working to full production, as are Coillte's factories. The collapse of the construction industry potentially could have destroyed the indigenous forestry industry, which sold directly into it. However, the successful retention of the timber mills was the direct...

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2012)

John Browne: ...should not be over-regulated. It is important the Bill is fit for purpose for credit unions because people have very little faith in the banking system. We do not want to have over-regulation or to destroy the ethos and concept of credit unions and their manner of operation. It is also important to recognise the social aspect of the credit unions and their services so that credit unions...

Private Members' Business. Motorist Emergency Relief Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2012)

John Browne: ...the other side of the Border. It is a slow process and one that is causing a major loss of revenue to the State. It needs to be dealt with quickly. Criminals, facilitated by the Government, are destroying the industry and the Government is standing idly by. The Government promotes and supports exports and has talked about a major increase in exports over the past number of years. At...

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

John Browne: .... It seems in some counties the county development plan and the reports of the county manager and the consultants were constantly ignored. As a result we now have cities and towns which have been destroyed. People live in ghettos and ghost estates. We have huge housing estates with thousands of houses built in an area with no shops, schools or sports facilities. We also have...

Fisheries Protection (21 Mar 2012)

John Browne: .... However, there are serious concerns among those in the north west that the unsustainable fishing practices being engaged in by fishing vessels from Iceland and the Faroe Islands will eventually destroy the industry here. In a joint statement issued on 16 February last, Commissioner Damanaki and the Norwegian Minister for Fisheries, Ms Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, said "In spite of five rounds...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

John Browne: ...premium appears to have gone, although the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation might dispute this. We have heard contributors to this debate claim that payments to Sunday workers are destroying the economy. That is not the case. The hotel sector, of its own accord, changed the employment regulation order, ERO, governing the sector to reduce the standard work premium from time...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

John Browne: ...about the scheme is that local builders rather than contractors from other areas or outside the country usually secure the contracts to carry out the relevant works. Red tape and regulations are destroying the potential for job creation. The National Employment Rights Authority, NERA, is a quango to which the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, has referred on previous occasions. NERA is...

Animal Diseases. (2 Mar 2005)

John Browne: ..., however, no evidence that the virus can be transmitted from poultry to humans other than by direct contact with infected birds. The risk from poultry meat to humans is negligible as the virus is destroyed during meat maturation, by cooking and by stomach acids. The conclusion of a three-day conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, which was jointly organised by the Food and Agricultural...

Seanad: Common Foreign and Security Policy. (12 May 2004)

John Browne: ...of seriously intimidating a population or unduly compelling a Government or an international organisation to perform or abstain from performing any act. They are aimed at seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a country or an international organisation. The Council is satisfied that there is sufficient basis to...