Results 1-7 of 7 for destroyed speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: ...and independent NPWS. In that vein, we hope the NPWS will continue to evolve and grow to reflect the challenge and the staggering pace and scale at which Ireland's interconnected ecosystem is being destroyed. We hope it will continue to play its part in halting that decline. We welcome that the strategic action plan sets out a clear pathway to a more resilient and effective...

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: ...are in the midst of a global biodiversity crisis. Our life support system, the interconnected ecosystem that is the beating heart of our societies and economies, is being degraded, homogenised and destroyed. The figures are stark and they cannot be denied. In 2019, a biodiversity emergency was declared in Ireland. It is an invisible tragedy on land and water that is getting worse every...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: ...Glasgow and highlighted the irony of the CEO of Amazon speaking at a major climate change conference when, just weeks earlier, a few miles up the road from Glasgow, the company he heads was found to be destroying millions of items of unsold stock every year, including smart televisions, laptops, drones and hairdryers, simply to ensure the excess did not impact on its profits. It was a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (15 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: ...Lynskey in 1971 at Porterstown Lane outside Ratoath in County Meath in my constituency. It was the first and oldest case covered in the recent RTÉ "Crimes and Confessions" programme. The case destroyed a number of families. Ms Lynskey was 19 years old when she was murdered. The case remains unresolved. The Garda investigation into the murder of Ms Lynskey did not deliver justice;...

National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: ..., the same man took a vanity trip to space a few weeks before. He did not mention that or the fact that a few miles up the road from Glasgow in Dunfermline, Amazon was found to be in the practice of destroying millions of items in unsold stock every year, including smart TVs, laptops, drones and hairdryers. Let us not talk about product obsolescence. I welcome the moves the Government...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Select Committee
Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: ...may, if he or she thinks it proper to do so, of his or her own volition conduct an oral hearing. (11) Schedule 3 shall have effect for the purposes of an oral hearing referred to in subsection (10). (12) Subject to subsection (9), a person who— (a) withholds, destroys, conceals or refuses to provide any information or statements, records or other documents required for the...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2020)

Darren O'Rourke: ...It will allow SIPO to investigate and sanction breaches of that requirement. It will also give SIPO the power to investigate and sanction persons or bodies that avoid their obligations under the Act, such as by destroying records, emails or text messages. One must question why anyone would object to these provisions. SIPO has called for legislative changes since 2016 to increase its...