Results 81-92 of 92 for destroyed speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Rural Areas: Motion (Resumed) (14 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...that a large number of the clubs that reach county and provincial finals and even go on to win the national championship are from communities without any significant urban settlement. Will we destroy this on the altar of some dogma put forward by town planners or will we run this country in the interests of ordinary people who want to preserve the communities to which they have always...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...of reference of the previous commission and what is states is amazing. It states that it should endeavour to maintain continuity. The Government will give these terms of reference again but it is destroying continuity by virtue of trying to change things in a minor way, namely, trying to change the number of Deputies just for the optics. The terms of reference also state the commission...

Corporation Tax: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...even by a half a percentage point, would send a detrimental message to the inward investment community. Above all, what any investor craves is certainty. Any movement whatsoever on the rate would destroy this certainty. From an investor perspective once the rate moves once, even if only marginally, there is nothing to stop it moving again. The resulting uncertainty and lack of...

Social Welfare Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Dec 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...ann. As I stated in Irish, if we followed the policies of Sinn Féin, the simple reality is that the €20.6 billion required would not be available to spend on social protection. Sinn Féin would destroy the country in two ways: it would destroy the economic base of the country, which is the international sales we make to earn enough income for the country to function, and it would...

Tourism Support Services. (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...in this area is having a significant effect in two ways. First, walking tourism has become a good news items as we move away from the confrontation and negative newspaper headlines which were destroying the industry. The second aspect is the physical development to which the Deputy referred. One of the conditions of the walkway scheme, whereby farmers are paid to maintain specific...

Community Development. (29 Jan 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ..., €10,000 or €15,000 per year. There is no livelihood to be had from such an enterprise. To oppose any consolidation in this age of the car, mobile telephone and other modern technology is to destroy the viability of the remaining post offices. There must be a balanced approach in this. We cannot defend services whose day has gone. I would much rather seek out those services whose...

Charities Legislation. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree with the Deputy. We urgently need this Bill because there is always a risk of destroying the confidence people have in giving to charities by exposing a major wrongdoing. Thankfully, we have a good record of acting with probity, as do the charities. The risk is there and that is what the Charities Bill 2007 is all about. This Bill had been lying around for years and when I came...

Seanad: Rural Development: Statements (14 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...We spoke about the number of young people attending third and fourth level education, which is an accrued intellectual resource. The planning debate has been very confrontational. I do not want to destroy the visible beauty of rural Ireland and we can avoid doing so by engaging in a rational debate with those concerned. We should be able to have houses and communities without destroying...

Drainage Schemes. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree with Deputy Ring's basic premise. I can never understand roads being tarred without pipes being put in first. Double-axled trucks can destroy hand-dug drains in five minutes. People who want to return to shovels and spades do not understand the ability of modern trucks to sweep aside all before them. The answer is gully traps and pipes which is allowed under the present scheme....

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...of my Department in 2002 is €534.82. The largest single amount paid was €242. This figure includes a sum of €86.94 in respect of a briefcase which was purchased to replace a briefcase destroyed when the ministerial car was involved in an accident and went on fire. The original briefcase was purchased during the previous Administration long before the establishment of this Department....

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages. (8 Dec 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ..., and neither is it the type of issue that would fade away. The Government and I are committed to probity and good practice with the fund. If not, we will only create an exocet missile that would destroy us. The board and ADM have, within the resources available to them, done as good a job as possible. However, it is not the proper way to disperse the moneys. I have an aversion to the open...

Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Powers and Functions) Bill 2003: Committee and Remaining Stages. (10 Dec 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...far enough as the population is so small. I always thought it a ridiculous reason, particularly in the case of a stop-end road, that if the road was built inwards, one is driving over the road and destroying the work that has been done. If one works outwards, there is the advantage of working towards the sources of stone and chips. The third reason was that it sends a signal to people that...