Results 1-8 of 8 for destroyed speaker:Ciarán Cannon

Seanad: Conflict in Yemen: Motion (19 Dec 2018)

Ciarán Cannon: ...of a humanitarian disaster that is man-made and is taking its toll on the most vulnerable. Yemen has long suffered from underdevelopment and the conflict has exacerbated that situation, all but destroying the economy and severely impacting on the delivery of basic public services. It has long been clear that there can be no military resolution to the conflict. We are relieved by the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Tree Remediation (10 Jul 2014)

Ciarán Cannon: ...owners in grants. The Department also continues its efforts to increase awareness of ash dieback and the serious threat posed by this disease. Early detection can allow for these plantations to be destroyed as soon as possible, thereafter preventing further infection from occurring. To this end a total of 22 Chalara information meetings, organised by the Department and Teagasc, were held...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...per vehicle scrapped between 2005 and 2012, and the matter of refunding the amount concerned did not arise. The exception to this was one bus that was fully funded by the Department which was prematurely destroyed by fire in 2008 when still under warranty. In this case the value of the bus, being €165,975, was fully credited back to the Department by Bus Eireann.

Residential Institutions Redress (Amendment) Bill, 2011: Second Stage (14 Jul 2011)

Ciarán Cannon: ...practicable of the proceedings of the commission. This House has noted the desirability that, in so far as possible, all documentation received by the commission be preserved for posterity and not destroyed. Both the redress board and the commission are maintaining all their documentation. My colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, is anxious to retain...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (6 May 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: The American author, Ralph Ellison, once remarked, "If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy." There was much discussion on this issue on Committee Stage, yet after a long and tortuous debate on both Second and Committee Stages, the Minister of State will still use the word "detained" in the legislation, even though it has...

Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: ...that is causing unemployment and must acknowledge that unemployment is the root cause of our problems. If the Government persists in prioritising cuts which will depress the economy further and destroy more jobs then this time next year the public finances will still be in tatters and unemployment will have hit 500,000. We cannot allow this to happen.

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (25 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Cannon: .... They are returning to their homes. Last night, a woman who was distraught by the sight of what she would need to cope with rang me. Three or four weeks ahead of Christmas, her home had been destroyed. Christmas will be a bleak time for these people. The Minister of State referred to business people who were unable to secure flood insurance because the areas in which they operate...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Nov 2009)

Ciarán Cannon: ...because the area in which he operates is constantly flooded and is now facing into Christmas with the possibility of no income for the next few weeks. The stock he had in for Christmas has been destroyed by the floods. He told me he finds it difficult to look across the breakfast table at his children because he is afraid they will see the fear and despair in his eyes. He does not know...