Results 1-6 of 6 for destroyed speaker:Matt Shanahan

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Dec 2023)

Matt Shanahan: ...on the Israeli kibbutz and concert area was merciless, inhumane and horrific and can never be forgotten. However, the resulting collective punishment of the Palestinian people in an effort to destroy Hamas and its war machine is also inhumane and horrific. The end certainly does not justify the means. For too long, the sands of the Middle East have soaked up the blood of innocents...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Shanahan: ...challenges right across the business and SME sectors, particularly for companies such as food processors which are using large amounts of gas or electricity and whose business model has been completely destroyed. We need to have a clear strategy in terms of what we are trying to do. I accept, as I am sure does every other Member, that we cannot save every business, but we do need to have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (27 Oct 2022)

Matt Shanahan: 272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the veracity that exists to anecdotal claims made statements by members of the public that suggest up to 40% of asylum seekers destroy or refuse to hand over their passports to passport control on arrival in Ireland; the exact protocol for qualifying and identifying genuine refugees and asylum seekers on presentation into...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Matt Shanahan: ...hidden pregnancies, some institutions, religious and otherwise, financially profited from forced adoptions and forced labour. In a final ignominy, records detailing family relationships were destroyed or hidden, heaping further distress on many children, who felt abandoned, and on young mothers who were denigrated as fallen women and left with no opportunity to challenge the State or to...

Mental Health During and Post Covid-19: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Matt Shanahan: ...social media activity is also creating esteem and addiction issues. Consider the recent evidence of post-traumatic stress being suffered by social media moderators. The rise in online gambling is destroying family incomes. Image and body shaming narratives are polluting young and vulnerable minds, leading to a lack of self worth, eating disorders, suicidal ideation and sometimes...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Matt Shanahan: .... They must be able to hold those products in the marketplace for a year. They have potentially lost six to eight months in their supply chains, which means that products they bought for their stock will have to be destroyed, representing a loss on their books. People involved in the large capital equipment business have lost orders after having bought machines on lease purchase schemes...