Results 3,081-3,100 of 4,491 for speaker:John Perry
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: I attended the launch yesterday of the Enterprise Ireland report and it is encouraging to see that indigenous Irish exports are up to â¬18 billion. I strongly recommend a debate on the report, which is an outstanding document. I was very encouraged at the level of the high potential start-up companies, the extraordinary opportunities that exist and the exploitation of â¬1 billion of new...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: Survival may be the new success. People may be preoccupied with this issue. It is far more difficult to get money from banks in recessionary times and there is more risk in our current recession. We must be clear about that. I recommend that Senators go through the Enterprise Ireland annual report, which is an extraordinary document. I compliment that body on the document, detailing high...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: It was just 1% and it would cost the State â¬5.5 million per â¬100 million.
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: On Senator Burke's last point, we have 13,000 sq. ft. of retail space per head of population compared to 1,000 sq. ft. per head of population in the UK. That certainly shows the scale of retail over-capacity in the State. With regard to Senator Cullinane's point about the south east, I have visited the area on several occasions. I met the new Enterprise Ireland official there and I visited...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: They are now back in domestic banking and all have been substantially recapitalised by the State. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, is watching this very closely. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, is dealing with the micro-finance fund in the Dáil, which will be a unique opportunity for companies. It will be rolled out by the local enterprise...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: The Minister gave a strong commitment in the Dáil to review the scheme after one year of operation. It is not envisaged that sufficient data, patterns or trends will emerge before a period of 12 months to conduct a worthwhile review. The review will be broad, comprehensive and not be restrictive as per the proposed amendment. The policy commitment is to conduct a review and lay it before...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: Before a period of 12 months is what I said.
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: We are giving a commitment that a review will take place after one year of operation. Capita Asset Services has been appointed to run the scheme. There will be accountability in government for the operation of the scheme during that period. The Taoiseach is determined and has said clearly that by 2016 Ireland will be one of the best economies in which to establish, grow and develop a...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: It is important that the Minister has given a clear commitment that the Department will review the scheme. It will be reviewed after 12 months. Members will be able to use several mechanisms to ask for reports and updates.
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: I have no difficulty with the scheme because it is a good news story. I look forward to returning to the House in 12 months to say it has been an outstanding success and that we want to increase the capital investment. I ask that the scheme be given an opportunity to commence, Members not to be pessimistic before it commences and let us see how it operates. I am confident it will be...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: That has been provided for.
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: The Minister has said clearly that a report will be presented every year. If the Senator wants to provide for an interim review during the year, he can table a motion to that effect.
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: After one year of operation.
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: Senator Colm Burke's point is very relevant. He has said a report can be published at any time. The Minister and the Department will be watching the scheme closely. It is important that there be accountability and that a report laid before the Houses. Senator David Cullinane is entitled to seek reports on a quarterly basis from the Department. As Senator Colm Burke said, the Bill...
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: The job of the Government is to get 100,000 more people working. This is an initiative that will help us to achieve that objective and reducing the regulatory burden. The legacy of the last Administration was that the cost of doing business was prohibitively high.
- Seanad: Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2012)
John Perry: The consumer has not been seen. We inherited the legacy of the last Administration. Miracles take a little longer, which is why we are working on this issue in the best way possible.
- Seanad: Garda Districts (3 Jul 2012)
John Perry: The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, has asked me to thank the Senator for raising this important issue. The Senator will be aware that proposals to alter Garda districts are a matter, in the first instance, for the Garda Commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of the Garda SÃochána Acts. In that context, section 22 of the Garda SÃochána Act 2005 requires...
- Seanad: Garda Districts (3 Jul 2012)
John Perry: For the benefit of the Deputy, the personnel strength for the Meath Garda division on 31 December 2007 and on 31 May 2012, the latest date for which figures are available, was 264 and 296 respectively. This represents an increase of 32 or 12% in the number of personnel allocated since that date. The personnel strength of each Garda station in the Meath Garda division on 31 December 2007 and...
- Seanad: Sick Pay Scheme (3 Jul 2012)
John Perry: I would like to apologise at the outset that my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, is unable to be here to respond to this debate. On her behalf, I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. The question of introducing a scheme of statutory sick pay, whereby employers would directly meet the costs of sick absence for an initial period of illness, is...
- Seanad: Sick Pay Scheme (3 Jul 2012)
John Perry: The number of people claiming illness benefit and other disability payments has increased greatly in the past 11 years. There has been a 40% increase, from 173,000 to 242,000 between 2001 and 2011. During that period, Exchequer spending on illness benefit alone has risen from â¬330 million to â¬876 million. Transferring responsibility for some element of sick pay would generate...