Results 321-340 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

James Reilly: I thank the Senators for their contribution. I accept Senator Humphreys's bona fides on this. The second part of the amendment relates to "a person who has been permitted access to pursue the profession of planner pursuant to Article 5 of S.I. No. 139/2008 - Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Directive 2005/36/EC) Regulations, 2008." That includes very specifically the Royal Town...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

James Reilly: I deliberately waited until the Minister of State had responded because I wanted to hear what he had to say. I found very little fault with what Senator Boyhan has said. We need more local democracy and we must reinforce and re-empower our councillors. Many of them have told me that far too much power has gone from their hands to the executive. I believe that we need to strike a balance....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order: Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (13 Feb 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the Minister and his team and congratulate them on good legislation. It is important that persons who are genuinely self-employed have some protections. We are taking a range of steps to address the issue. A self-employed individual may also be a small employer, but he or she has no protection once the business goes to the wall, having paid tax and made PRSI contributions for his...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

James Reilly: In 2012, the House passed a law, which I, as the then Minister for Health, brought through the House and which was heavily sponsored by Senator Bacik. I refer to the law on female genital mutilation. This is the first time the Seanad has met since the broadcast last Thursday night of an interview on "Prime Time" in which Dr. Ali Selim made the outrageous statement that female circumcision,...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

James Reilly: If the Senator has something specific to say, he should say it.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

James Reilly: On Senator Conway's suggestion, Young Fine Gael ran a campaign for reusable plastic cups for coffee etc. It advocated a 25 cent charge to raise awareness of the damage plastic does to our environment. We have all seen the television programmes showing thousands of tonnes of plastic in the sea, as well as whales and other sea mammals opened up with plastic inside them. This morning, The...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State to the House again. He is always more than willing to come here. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which I welcome for many reasons as the Minister of State has outlined, particularly due to the provisions for electronic planning, which will make things much easier for people.I also welcome the provisions on taking into consideration, when...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy English, to the House. I thank him for his address which outlines clearly a major amount of progress and welcome the fact that there is a full acknowledgement that there is a long way to go to correct a situation that evolved over the past number of decades stemming mainly from the financial crisis and our inability to fund housing in the way that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: Some of the questions I wanted to ask have been asked so I will not repeat them. First, welcome to you all and thank you for your presentations. I am sorry I missed the beginning of Mr. O' Regan's presentation but I have his document here. Banking is critical to our economy, critical to SMEs and critical to many of us in many walks of life. However there are concerns about the cost of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: Does that equal rejection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: According to a different section of the report that was given to me, the share of SMEs in Ireland reporting they did not apply for bank loans because of sufficient internal funding was 50.4%, which is about the same as in the rest of Europe. That means that more than 48% do not have sufficient internal funding and have other reasons. I find it difficult to believe that cost is a reason in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: I want clarity on this. In the main, the overdraft rate is approximately 8% but is Mr. Lauhoff stating no overdraft rates of 15% are being charged?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: Regardless of credit history.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: If it does not apply to business, where does it apply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: We did not afford Ms Moroney the opportunity to answer the questions I put to her.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: I have no doubt but that the able Ms Brennan will have them all written down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: What is it for persons?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: There are no rates of 15%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: The last question I asked, and the most intriguing from my point of view, is how the post office arrangement works.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

James Reilly: Cheques?