Results 17,821-17,840 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: It could be enforced.
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: It can be enforced.
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister is dodging the question.
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: It is like draining the Shannon.
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: There is a competitive market out there.
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Does the Minister's party and its partners in Government believe in the sanctity of markets? If markets work, if there are half a dozen different forecourt oil suppliers, and if the Government announces it will reduce the price of a litre of petrol by as much as 15 cent, does the Minister seriously believe the oil companies will collude and not pass that saving on to the consumer?
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Is the Minister stating the companies will not do this? It was done with interest rates in 1993.
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: How many Guinness breweries are there?
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: As well as low inflation.
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: What is wrong with reducing the tax take?
- Oil Prices. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: The Government could do both.
- EU Programmes. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: In the context of joined-up Government and Cabinet responsibility, the deal under the agricultural compensation package was maximised on the conditions that Greencore's Mallow plant be shut down in its entirety and its sugar processing refinery capacity be eliminated. If any capacity remains the compensation package is reduced. Whose responsibility is it in Government to suggest to Greencore...
- EU Programmes. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: It is for sale.
- EU Programmes. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Nobody is responsible.
- Health and Safety Regulations. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: I will be brief but I will return to this issue on another occasion. I compliment the Minister of State on all of the initiatives he suggested and all the activities he outlined in a comprehensive reply. However, why did he choose, with his colleagues, not to accept one of the main recommendations of the Law Reform Commission, namely, to legislate for the crime of corporate manslaughter?...
- Health and Safety Regulations. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister of State is kicking to touch. It is a matter for his Department.
- Competition Authority. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice in many market sectors of exclusive distribution contracts for specific products or product lines; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that such contracts often divide the European Single Market into sections by country or group of countries; his views on...
- Competition Authority. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for his reply and kind remarks. Ten or 15 years ago, it was normal practice for a particular company as a wholesale distributor in any member state to get the exclusive right to purchase the product from the manufacturer and be the sole sales agent into the retail trade across the territory of, for example, the Republic of Ireland. Consequently, all retailers were buying...
- Competition Authority. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for his reply and I will happily give him the individual details. They may be of interest to his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, because the company is based in a town in County Clare. The practice is widespread and has been for decades. This was the way business was traditionally done. The arrival of big multiples in this sector, such as those I...
- Public Holidays. (17 May 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has fewer public holidays than the majority of EU member states; if he intends to introduce two additional public holidays to bring Ireland up to at least the EU average; if he intends to follow through on the undertaking to introduce an additional public holiday in...