Results 7,201-7,220 of 12,596 for speaker:Willie O'Dea
- Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated loss of revenue to the Exchequer from the halving of the lower rate of PRSI and the estimated job creation resulting from same. [25994/11]
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she has taken to deepen engagement with those on the live register. [25995/11]
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of the 5,000 places on the national internship scheme that have been taken up to date; and the amount in total that she has spent on this scheme. [25997/11]
- Written Answers — Regeneration Programmes: Regeneration Programmes (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 353: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received proposals from Limerick City Council concerning alterations to the regeneration master plan; when he expects to be in a position to revert to the council on this matter; and if he is treating this as urgent. [26163/11]
- Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding his announcement on a common visa agreement with the UK to allow visitors to the UK to use the same visa to travel here; and if this measure indicates any change in the his position on the Schengen convention visa arrangements. [25993/11]
- Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 588: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that the tourism marketing fund has financed to attract further international tourists into Ireland; the amount that the fund has spent to date and its total budget. [25991/11]
- Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 589: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options for restoring air services that were discussed with the airline operators as part of the proposed agreement to abolish the â¬3 air travel tax; and the specific proposals that they put forward. [25992/11]
- Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: I thank the movers of the motion and welcome the opportunity to say a few words on the matter. I could not help being struck by the last speaker's contribution in which he said he did not want to take us back to the era of Mr. Charlie McCreevy and Mr. Bertie Ahern. Perhaps he would like to take us back to the era of Garret FitzGerald, which was such a resounding success.
- Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: This year, more than 3.1 billion will be at work in the world at large. This is a greater number than ever before, yet there is a pervading sense of crisis over jobs. This is because there are now 205 million people officially unemployed in the world. A high percentage of these are under the age of 25. It is often overlooked that the quality of the jobs available seems to be in decline,...
- Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: The devastating human, social and economic consequences of long-term unemployment need no elaboration. It is very difficult for an individual who has been unemployed for more than 12 months to get back into the workforce. It is very difficult and costly for the agencies of the State to get that person back into mainstream employment. There have been a number of studies on this, all of...
- Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (27 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: The Government is creating minus jobs.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agency: Departmental Agency (22 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in relation to the establishment of SOLAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25235/11]
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (21 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by the Industrial Development Agency, Shannon Development, Enterprise Ireland and the community enterprise board in the mid-western region 2010; the cost to create each one of those jobs; and the corresponding job losses in enterprises supported by the various agencies. [25246/11]
- Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (21 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the establishment of a money advice and budgeting service for small businesses. [25247/11]
- Written Answers — Air Accident Investigations: Air Accident Investigations (21 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an investigation into an aircraft accident during a military training exercise on 12 October 2009 at Crumlin East, Cornamona, County Galway, resulting in two deaths is not complete and the report still not published; his views on the fact that investigations of this nature are usually completed within 12 months and...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Do Irish people not want to work?
- Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: I can send the Taoiseach a list.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Yes, the country is minus 30,000 jobs.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: Is there anyone who does not want that?
- Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2011)
Willie O'Dea: A waste of time.