Results 41-57 of 57 for destroyed speaker:Martin Ferris

Estimates for Public Services 2008 (17 Dec 2008)

Martin Ferris: ...export the oil in question has been supplying the plant, where the contamination originated, with oil collected from the electricity transformers. Instead of the oil in question being exported and destroyed as detailed above, it was being used in the processing plant. This, if true, is a serious claim and one that needs to be thoroughly investigated. I presume it is one of the aspects of...

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (6 Nov 2008)

Martin Ferris: ...Justice, Equality and Law Reform leaked to the press details about a named journalist on the basis that he considered it was in the State's interest to do so. However, in so doing, he effectively destroyed the livelihood of the individual in question. We have had cases of people being taken before special courts and sentenced to terms of imprisonment on the word of one person, despite...

Morris Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Martin Ferris: ...itself. Even more extraordinary than the fact that James Sheehan was not charged is that the weapon and the ammunition alleged to have been found, in his car and at his home, were later destroyed during a period when his case against the Garda was still in progress. Finding out exactly what has happened has been a prolonged process, some of it discovered through parliamentary questions...

Morris Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (22 Oct 2008)

Martin Ferris: ...questions provided by the Minister for Defence, Deputy Willie O'Dea, demonstrated that the sale of the barracks in question was not even put to tender until months after the gun and ammunition were destroyed. As in the cases investigated by the Morris tribunal, questions need to be answered in the Sheehan case as clearly something is not right. The State continues to drag its feet....

Fishing Industry: Statements (19 Jun 2008)

Martin Ferris: ...that regard. It is to easy to claim it cannot be renegotiated but it can be, the very same as we will renegotiate the Lisbon treaty. If we do not, what is left of our coastal communities will be destroyed. They were once vibrant communities but now they are in a most depressed state. It took guts and courage for the fishing sector to blockade the ports recently to secure a debate in the...

Written Answers — Disposal of Firearms: Disposal of Firearms (11 Mar 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of firearms which had previously been stored at Clancy Barracks up until 2000-01 that were destroyed; the location of the destruction; the dates that destruction took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10412/08]

Written Answers — Disposal of Firearms: Disposal of Firearms (11 Mar 2008)

Martin Ferris: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the company that was given the tender to destroy weapons (details supplied) that had previously been stored at Clancy Barracks up until 2000-01; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10413/08]

Agrifood Industry: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Martin Ferris: ...— we have not put any demands on those who import meat from Brazil to Ireland — we are guilty of facilitating these crimes. As a Welsh farm leader pointed out recently, if an EU farmer destroys a hedge to make room for cattle he will be heavily fined and could even be jailed. He would certainly lose his entitlements, without having engaged in any of the activities associated with the...

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Martin Ferris: ..., with the closure of small post offices, the privatisation of Greencore and the continuing decline in the rural population, have been very serious. At the stroke of a pen, the Minister destroyed the fishing sector earlier this year. This is what the Government is doing to destroy the fabric of rural Ireland, which has served us so well through the years. It should be ashamed about what...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 Jul 2007)

Martin Ferris: ...of national importance, namely, the totally inadequate compensation being offered to drift net salmon fishermen and the fact that in order to claim this compensation fishermen are being forced to destroy their nets, which could be used for other methods of fishing.

Estimates for Public Services 2007: Motion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2006)

Martin Ferris: ...on the health services. On the issue of biofuels I refer to the loss of the massive potential represented by former sugar factories at Carlow and Mallow. The beet crop and the facilities being destroyed could have been redirected towards this end. Instead Greencore has chosen to go into property development while leaving its formers workers, growers and contractors high and dry. I...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Martin Ferris: ...last minute to reach out and listen to his backbenchers who know that 99% of those in the industry are decent, hardworking people. There may be 1% who are rogues and criminals and are prepared to destroy their livelihood and that of their families for their own greedy intentions. If the Minister can take time out today he should sit down and speak to the fishermen and consider the merits...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Martin Ferris: ...not for the efforts of fishermen, who are best suited to engage in and have an appreciation of conservation. They of all people have most reason to wish to see stocks preserved because if they are destroyed, it is the fishermen who will suffer as their industry is forced out of existence. Fishermen do not accept, however, that they and their communities should bear the major part of the...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (28 Jun 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 623: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the authority by which the weapon discovered in the car of a person (details supplied) was destroyed on 19 July 2000; the make and serial number of the weapon; and if there was any connection made between the said weapon and any others discovered in any other part of Ireland. [22823/05]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (28 Jun 2005)

Martin Ferris: Question 624: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a weapon destroyed on 19 July 2000 may be used in any future case against a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [22824/05]

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2005)

Martin Ferris: ...a Member of this House, I have been trying to get the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to examine the planting of a gun in a man's car, but to no avail. The gun was subsequently destroyed on the orders of the Minister. This speaks volumes about this man who opposed the setting up of this inquiry. He has resisted it from the beginning. As Deputy Gormley said, he is now saying...

Nally Group Report on Omagh Bombing: Statements. (20 Feb 2004)

Martin Ferris: ...Omagh families and to all those affected by the bombing. Sinn Féin said at the time, and will continue to say, that the Omagh bombing was an atrocity carried out by people whose objective was to destroy the peace process and the republican peace strategy. It was the action of a tiny splinter group that set its face against the political path endorsed by genuine republicans throughout...