Results 1-20 of 66 for destroyed speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way it is possible that a company could destroy a gun and ammunition on 19 July 2000 in spite of the fact that it only won the tender to destroy firearms and ammunition in Clancy Barracks after the 29 January 2002. [42137/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am glad Colonel Gaddafi is gone, but that country has been destroyed because of the abuse by NATO powers of a UN Security Council resolution. Every objective observer in the world agree with that assessment. Libya has been destroyed by that approach. There is no intervention in Syria because of the ridiculous behaviour of international powers.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Flood Damage (8 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...to relay to the Minister the request I have made in support of the issue I have raised. There is frustration because the unprecedented levels of water that accompanied this remarkable act of God destroyed the amenities I have mentioned. On that basis, we are asking the Government to intervene. This should not be treated as a regular application for funding. The extraordinary events of...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...two months ago. The Cockhill Celtic Football Club, which is a very senior football and community organisation in my part of the world, was devastated by the floods. Two of its pitches were destroyed along with all kinds of amenities and the damage to the tune of hundreds of thousands of euro was done. Even though the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Chief Whip were on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tendering of the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme: Discussion (28 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...involved directly elected people from the community and a bottom-up approach. The model across Ireland is something we have been very proud of and it was held up as a template but it is now being destroyed using the very people who held it up as a template. It is the words of the witnesses, who are on the front line, that the work they have done could potentially be destroyed. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...done to people's lives. I live in Buncrana. I look to my right-hand side outside my house and I see the quarry that was predominantly responsible for all the homes. People's lives have been utterly destroyed. People of my generation were good, honest people who built their own homes. We did what we were supposed to do, which is work hard, pay our taxes and build our homes. Their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the specific date in July 2000 on which the company which specialised in the field of destruction started destroying firearms and ammunition which was stored at Clancy Barracks. [42132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 451. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question of 4 July 2013, if the serial number of the gun confirmed as destroyed by the Minister had appeared in Garda records before 17 of August 1989. [42133/13]

Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Deputy should cop himself on. This is the people's Parliament, not just a place of work. This is the people's Parliament. The Deputy should cop himself on. His Government has destroyed people's lives.

Seanad: EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (3 Jul 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister will know, the Amazon rainforest represents half of the world's remaining rainforest. Last month, an area of 739 km2 was destroyed which equates to two football pitches every minutes. She is doing commerce with one of the most right-wing political leaders in the world, President Bolsonaro.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 730. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an assurance that the Government will ensure that the Orange hall in Newtowncunningham in County Donegal, which was destroyed in an arson attack in 2014, will be rebuilt, and that the necessary financial assistance will be provided. [28430/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (4 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...No. 2006/1177P, on behalf of the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, the then Minister for Justice and the Attorney General, that on 19 July 2000 a gun and ammunition, central to the case, were destroyed, is correct. [32655/13]

Seanad: Agricultural Issues: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We need a fair price for farmers. We need to confront the big business market interests that are destroying family farms. We need honesty on these issues and to make sure the CAP will look to reverse the horrendous trend of driving young and small farmers from the land and moving towards corporations. We have talked about the issue for years. We action and delivery.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Flood Damage (8 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...in the community, where families and the elderly go walking and where partnerships with schools, environmental groups and Tidy Towns groups are developed based on this amenity, has been utterly destroyed? Just up the road there are major sporting amenities which have been utterly destroyed, including the destruction of a number of pitches at Cockhill Celtic. It is two months since the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...was badly affected by floods in August, particularly two important community amenities, Swan Park, Buncrana, and Glenevin Waterfall, Clonmany. In Swan Park, the old bridge in the middle of the park was destroyed, as well as all of the green and walking areas. Donegal County Council estimates the repair bill will be between €1 million and €2 million. This is an amenity used...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Relating to Quarries and Deleterious Materials: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...that when this is done it would be independently and urgently examined, including getting access to that quarry to do that? That is the least the thousands of people affected deserve. Lives have been destroyed here in one of the biggest scandals in the history of the State. Surely that assurance can be given? If it has not been done already, can Mr. Ó Coigligh give assurance it...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...days, the Irish Examinercarried a feature on some of the most enjoyable walks in Ireland. Second on their list was Swan Park, Buncrana, County Donegal. Eight months ago, that riverside park was destroyed by the floods in the Inishowen Peninsula. I have raised this repeatedly in this room. This is a major tourism amenity in the second largest town in Donegal. I do not know anywhere in...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the most important community and tourism amenities in the Inishowen Peninsula, Swan Park, was destroyed by the floods last August. The riverside park has been closed for six months. I have raised the issue time and again in this Chamber. I have written and spoken to Ministers, but as of today, there is no sign of Government funding. I do not accept that the closure of a park which...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have raised the issue of one of the major community and tourism amenities in the Inishowen Peninsula, Swan Park, which was destroyed six months ago in last August's floods. I cannot imagine where else in the State a major amenity such as a riverside park would be permitted to remain closed for six months without a sign of Government funding. What adds to my anger is that a meeting was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...now, in which 181 Palestinians have been killed, with 1,200 injuries and 34,000 people displaced. Forty schools operated by the UN are now being used as shelters, and 18 high-rise towers have been destroyed, along with 350 buildings. When is the Government going to return to the leadership that we showed in the 1980s? When are our people going to have a Government that will do what...