Results 2,881-2,900 of 4,491 for speaker:John Perry
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: The Government is working well and effectively in this regard. It did a great deal of work in 2011.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: The vast majority of the Competition Authority's recommendations have been accepted and implemented, while others have been accepted in principle but not yet implemented. Others have been rejected or overtaken by policy developments. Requiring a Department of State to notify the authority of its response to recommendations made by the Competition Authority would give considerable power to an...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: The Legal Services Regulation Bill represents a major response on the part of the Government to 14 recommendations made by the Competition Authority, an agency of the State which is statutorily empowered to advise the Government on issues relating to proposals for legislation and the implications for competition. The amendment would remove that function, which would not be acceptable....
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: The Ombudsman can be called before Oireachtas committees to report on particular matters. In addition, the Ombudsman is obliged to appear before the relevant committee to comment on her annual report. It is not the position, therefore, that reports are being left to gather dust. The commitment relates to progressing cases. However, the 39 staff of the Competition Authority are operating...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: There is also the question of value for money. Ensuring value for money is an extremely important matter for every Department. The Comptroller and Auditor General has illustrated the extraordinary value for money which can be achieved on foot of the allocations made.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: I did not say that. In the business world people use the maxim "no problem, no business". There is always a certain number of problems in every area. Deputy Peadar TóibÃn's amendment relates to a statutory body and the position is as I have stated.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: I move amendment No. 5: In page 6, to delete lines 33 and 34 and substitute the following: 6.â(1) Section 45 of the Principal Act is amendedâ (a) in subsection (7), by the substitution of "35" for "14" in each place that it occurs, and (b) in paragraph (a) of subsection (13), by the substitution of "section 14A" for "section 14". (2) The amendment of subsection (7) of section 45 of the...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: It does apply to electronic documents held outside the jurisdiction. I will come back to the Deputy with regard to cloud computing. Given the significant developments in the area of technology and computing the current 14 day deadline for returning copies of documents required under the Competition Act is increasingly difficult to meet. The proposal to extend it to 35 days will be very...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, line 38, to delete "section 4 or 5" and substitute "section 4 or 5 of that Act". This is a technical drafting amendment to section 7 which is a stand-alone section of the Bill. The amendment correctly cross-references sections 4 and 5 as being sections 4 and 5 of the Competition Act 2002 rather than sections 4 and 5 of this Bill.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: I move amendment No. 7: In page 7, to delete lines 22 to 24 and substitute the following: "(3) The Competition Acts 2002 to 2010 and this Act (other than section 8) may be cited together as the Competition Acts 2002 to 2012 and shall be construed together as one Act.". This is also a technical amendment concerning the collective citation of the various Competition Acts and section 8 is not...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: I thank Deputies who spoke on the Bill for their very useful contribution to the debate. I welcome the broad support from all Deputies for the contents of the Bill. I remind Deputies that the focus of the Bill is to strengthen the enforcement of competition law by providing a more effective deterrent through an improved sanctions regime which is very important for competition. A number of...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report Stage (8 Feb 2012)
John Perry: Competition is of critical importance and passing the Bill is very important. I thank Deputies Calleary, Mattie McGrath, TóibÃn and Luke 'Ming' Flanagan for their support.
- Pension Funds (9 Feb 2012)
John Perry: I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue. I am taking the matter on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection. Pensions are a long-term investment aimed at ensuring people have an adequate income in retirement. Government policy supports this aspiration through generous tax reliefs and we are currently reforming the pension system to ensure its future sustainability....
- Pension Funds (9 Feb 2012)
John Perry: The EMC concluded that principal pension savings that are locked away should be maintained and it reported this to the Government. The interdepartmental group on mortgage arrears also examined this. There is a temptation to open this up and I can see the benefits in the short term. However, this was given a major examination by the EMC. The implications of section 19 of the Finance Act can...
- Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)
John Perry: Deputy Dooley should read the document.
- Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2012)
John Perry: It was not drawn up by consultants.
- Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)
John Perry: It certainly will not.
- Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)
John Perry: That is a good idea.
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
John Perry: The Deputy opposite never created a job in his life.
- European Council Meetings (21 Feb 2012)
John Perry: Absolutely. The Deputy is a sheer whinge.