Results 9,221-9,240 of 15,682 for speaker:Dara Calleary
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Retention (28 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: 78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21059/15]
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: Well done.
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: Knock was the big loser.
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: And we will all live happily ever after.
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: -----but he should go and visit it-----
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: -----and see an airport that caters for 700,000 passengers-----
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: -----and employs 130 people. They would love to have the Minister visit and hear from him on his plans for the airport. If the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, does not want to bring the Minister there, I will.
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: Let us face the fact that this proceeding is not a debate, but rather statements. We will arrive in here at approximately this time tomorrow and the Government will use its majority. If it were a debate, we would have a chance to tease through some of the issues that have been raised. The Minister, Deputy Howlin, cited his expert group giving one price while Pádraig Ó...
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: They will rob them even more now. The staff who took that interest and are now pensioners have been forgotten about completely in this deal. Aer Lingus pensioners are not going to see anything from this deal. They will receive no comfort or recognition or reward from the deal. There is an irony in one of the commitments in the deal. I feel genuinely sorry for Deputies Michael McNamara...
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: It is rather like that rhyme we learned in school, "The Grand Old Duke of York" who led his troops up and down the hill. In this case, the Duchess of Cabra led her Labour Party troops up the Aer Lingus mountain and is leading them back down again. She is not even leading them as she has not appeared in the Chamber since yesterday to speak about the matter. You are in the vanguard and you...
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: I am not denying that. We did. I am putting that out there.
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: I apologise. I will. We sold it because-----
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: They are very complimentary. I am giving her a promotion.
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: We are not hiding the fact that we sold it, but we kept 25% because we did not want this day to happen where it would be gone and all of the commitments given in that deal would become worthless. Deputy Martin spoke this morning about the papers that are there for the Taoiseach to see if he took an interest in the agreements. While we sold it, Labour in particular made commitments around...
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: The Government does not listen to us anyway.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: I have raised the credit guarantee (amendment) Bill on a number of occasions. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, and the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, have committed that it will include a provision for businesses whose banks are exiting the market. There are literally hundreds of jobs waiting on the enactment of this Bill. Will we see it before the end of this session, before the summer recess?
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: Will it be enacted by then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts Act 2013: Chairman Designate of Panel of Adjudicators (26 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: I thank Professor Bunni for his presentation. He brings immense experience to this role. I was the Minister of State who accepted Senator Quinn's Bill on 8 March 2011. I commend Senator Quinn and also Seán Gallagher, who were instrumental in getting the Bill to this stage. Professor Bunni's role in disputology might be handier in this institution at times and I hope we will not need...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: What is the earliest time one can leave Belfast for Dublin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)
Dara Calleary: When does one arrive in Dublin?