Results 1-11 of 11 for destroyed speaker:Maire Devine

Seanad: HSE Capital Plan 2019: Statements (23 Oct 2019)

Maire Devine: ...more budget friendly and more prudent in the spending. With the children's hospital it seems to have gone off the Richter scale. There is also the big cost associated with the homes that are being destroyed by the children's hospital construction. I know that people have had to go back to the courts. The houses have had three years of back wall cracking, which cracks are widening...

Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)

Maire Devine: ...We need the experts, fishermen, farmers and everyone working on our seas and lakes involved. They know best how to plan for and protect our historical heritage, which we will hand on if it is not destroyed. We must look after our planet's well-being because our planet looks after us. We are surrounded by seas but, as Senator Kelleher mentioned, they have become toxic. The images we saw...

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Maire Devine: ...history. We should have it in our archives and the National Library for our children and theirs to remember. It is important that we do not ever forget. As Senator Boyhan has said, records were destroyed. There also exist records that were sidelined. Numerous papers were never filed or archived. There are documents lying haphazardly in various heaps in rooms - files containing the...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (5 Apr 2017)

Maire Devine: ...of dual diagnosis and give people hope. I have one reservation about the legislation and it follows from a discussion I had with a worker in my local area. As the Minister of State knows, the area of Rialto has been destroyed in parts by generational drug addiction. It is coming around now but workers on the ground have questions in regard to trust and how gardaí will engage with...

Seanad: Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Maire Devine: ...her legs in the air, being taken to a different room and not knowing what was happening to her. She saw a "silver thing", colloquially referred to as "the chainsaw", which was inserted in and destroyed her body. Annie lives with the agony of the procedure which persists to this day. In her report, Ms Justice Harding Clark stated that 142 of the 183 women who were awarded higher payments...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Maire Devine: ...Féin is supportive of the intentions behind the Bill, as the current system is archaic. The current procedure is too loose, with no fallback when the will is misplaced, lost or, in some cases, destroyed. At least with a register in place it would be known that a will had been made at some stage. Without a register and without knowing whether a will has been made, there are long...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)

Maire Devine: ...of this Bill at length and we know that passing it will dramatically improve the health of our nation. At the briefing, two harrowing personal accounts were provided by families that have been destroyed as result of alcohol.Yesterday morning, we again received a glossy production from the Responsible Retailers of Alcohol in Ireland on the envisaged structural changes that will be required...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2016)

Maire Devine: ..., across all areas. It is simply unforgivable that the Government is investing taxpayers' money, through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, in harmful fossil fuel industries which we know are destroying our world. Like the plastic bag tax and the smoking ban, this is an area in which we can lead by example and protect our homes and our planet. Ireland is known as the emerald isle,...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Maire Devine: ...áil Members when they realised the way the political wind was blowing. The areas of Belgium will come under considerable pressure until they concede to big businesses that undermine democracy and destroy basic rights. CETA is the back door to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, the horrific US deal which has generated so much anger and opposition across Europe...

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Maire Devine: ..., certainly those in the group Ms Boylan is in, have bought fiercely against it. They have been in the vanguard. Most Senators are aware of TTIP and I hope the majority are against it. It will destroy our society, our workers, trade unions and any idea of standing up and fighting to hold on to what we have, never mind progressing to what we need. It amounts to privatising profits and...

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2016)

Maire Devine: ...addicts to be dealt with in a way that gives them a better chance. We request that Garda resources currently used to criminalise addicts be redirected to fighting the major drug barons and criminals who are destroying communities and families throughout the State. We reaffirm our request that from here on in drug addiction be addressed as a public health issue rather than a criminal one....