Results 1-7 of 7 for destroyed speaker:Sharon Keogan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Sharon Keogan: ...embodiment of this Administration’s commitment to symbolic virtue signalling. Mount Street and Dublin city centre looked fine. No one visiting would have any idea that this was a city that had just destroyed the only homes that people who have come to this country availing of the IPAS system had, and who were greeted with inhumane and unlivable conditions. For those who witnessed...

Seanad: Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Statements (22 Feb 2023)

Sharon Keogan: ...more accommodation or ensure there are fewer international protection applicants via tougher screening, expedited and stricter processing for applicants from safer countries, automatic rejection for those who destroy identification in-flight and the enforcement of deportation orders. The Government has put itself in a very sticky situation but, although it can and will say much more, it...

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...started on 23 August 2013 and it went on for two and a half years. The gardaí tried their best to try to get the person who was making the calls to me. I got up to 92 calls one day. It really destroys your life. No matter where I went, this individual knew exactly where I was. He knew what I was wearing. He knew whose company I was in. He would ring friends to see if I was with...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...given by both councillors and stakeholders. These meetings were publicly held online by videoconferencing and there exists 80 hours of audio and video, which the council is proposing to destroy. Bizarrely, none of this has been made available to local councillors, with members of the executive refusing to grant access unless under supervision by them. No minutes of these meetings were...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...hugely to the economy and the local communities but also ensure that our Irish heritage is preserved and not over-run instead by large international brands taking money out of Ireland and ultimately destroying the economy and the uniqueness of Ireland in the long-term. The all-important summer trading period serves as a lifeline to sustain the other months of the year in normal times. If...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...vaccines they have in Israel and less than a third of the number in Northern Ireland. It is unacceptable. They say Nero fiddled while Rome burned. While this Government fiddles, lives and livelihoods are being destroyed and the nation is trapped in a lockdown that is seemingly without end.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...of survivors is quite frankly appalling, insensitive and potentially illegal. I have been personally contacted by survivors and witnesses to say they were not informed that the commission would destroy the recordings of their testimony. Siobhán, a mother who spent time in two different mother and baby homes, has told me that this raises huge questions about the lawfulness and...