Results 2,361-2,380 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

EU Directives. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: It is precisely because I know how Council negotiations proceed that I have put this question. For those coming to Ireland as agency workers, particularly in the skilled and semi-skilled areas, the type of competition in question is not necessarily across borders from the continent to the island. Ireland is not suffering in attracting labour. Ireland will remain attractive to other workers...

EU Directives. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: We saw what happened in Irish Ferries. The only way to deal with it is through immediate domestic legislation. When will that legislation be introduced?

Live Register. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the continued upward drift in the number of people out of work, as recorded in the monthly live register figures; the action he is taking to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31390/07]

Live Register. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister does not need to persuade me that this Government is capable of spending large sums of money. I am well aware of that.

Live Register. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Getting value for it is another matter. I accept that we have a vibrant economy to which many in our society have contributed, not least the Minister. I would like him to focus, however, on the extra 8,000 people who are unemployed since this time last year. Do we know who they are? Do they feel displaced by the vibrancy of the labour market and the economy? Do they feel they have a...

Live Register. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: They are in a different category. I am talking about the short term.

Live Register. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Deputy Penrose and I would be happy to return to discuss that issue with the Minister. Today, however, I am talking about the 490 workers in Waterford Glass who traditionally had secure and well-paid employment but whose jobs are disappearing, the workers in C&C in Tipperary and the 51 threatened redundancies in Aer Lingus. These people have commitments, such as families, and expectations....

Live Register. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister said it goes in after three months.

Live Register. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: That works when we are notified but when we are not notified, what happens?

Work Permits. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for his reply, which is very similar to the response given on 24 October. Unfortunately, since that time the Minister's colleagues in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform have not been able to provide the breakdown asked for. Is it not time for the Department, or a relevant sub-agency within the Department, to take on the responsibility for proceedings, as...

Work Permits. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: These people will not wake up in the middle of the night thinking they must deal with the issue.

Work Permits. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: When will that come into effect?

Work Permits. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome the Minister's reply but I am conscious of the time. When NERA is brought into effect, can the provision be activated from the first day? Will the Minister undertake to do so?

Telecommunications Services. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: That is because we slipped down very badly.

Telecommunications Services. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: We slipped——

Telecommunications Services. (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: ——because of the crazy privatisation.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: We need debate, not statements.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: The Tánaiste is the man who named it "Angola". He could not get out of the Department of Health and Children quickly enough.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: Hear, hear.

Confidence in Minister for Health and Children: Motion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2007)

Ruairi Quinn: She sacked the Secretary General of the Department.