Results 4,681-4,700 of 7,082 for speaker:John Paul Phelan
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: Does the Minister want to address that now or deal with it in his concluding remarks?
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: Perhaps the Minister would make his concluding remarks.
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: The Minister has five minutes in which to reply.
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: I thank the Minister for his attendance. I thank also the officials from the Department of Finance. I ask members to hold on, if possible. Questions put by Deputies Donnelly, Calleary and Burton are to be answered by the legal adviser in ten minutes. Does Deputy Burton have to be in the Chamber?
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: Yes. This will take only-----
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: We will ask for it.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: 313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take to highlight the situation of the Rohingya people, displaced from their homeland in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16693/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: 517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure the continuance of passenger flight operations to and from Waterford Airport following the recent announcement that a company (details supplied) is to cease operating from Waterford Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16691/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: 518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make electric vehicle car usage easier by providing free parking, access to bus lanes, removal of purchase taxes, lower road tax rates or removal of value added tax on leasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16692/16]
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: As we have a quorum, we shall commence. This is the fourth meeting of the committee. Today, we shall meet Ms Emily Logan, the Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. She is accompanied by Dr. Mary Murphy, commission member, Mr. Laurence Bond, head of research, and Ms Niamh Connolly, who is formerly of this parish and who works in the communications section of...
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: It is clear from the submission that the commission is at a stage where it is building. Does it have the staff it needs to help us in undertaking the work we have to do on the equality proofing aspect of the budgetary process and, if not, when does Ms Logan believe the commission might be in a position to have them?
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: I thank Mr. Bond. I call Deputy Calleary.
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: That is a good suggestion. The witnesses have some questions to which to respond.
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: I ask Deputy Seán Barrett to ask a brief question.
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: No.
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: Deputy, "sweet child of mine", Broughan, do you wish to put a question? Sorry for the musical interlude.
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: I thank Dr. Murphy. I thank the delegates for making themselves available to come before us. If the commission has five or six key points against which Departments can be measured, as requested by Deputy Barrett, it should, please, feel free to submit them. They will be included in our final report. I again thank the delegates for attending.
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Economic and Social Research Institute (22 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: In the fifth meeting of the Select Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny we will meet representatives of three organisations. First, we will meet Professor Alan Barrett from the Economic and Social Research Institute. We will then meet Professor John McHale, chairman of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. He will be accompanied by Mr. Michael Tutty and Mr. Seamus Coffey who are...
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Economic and Social Research Institute (22 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: We have three Deputies offering and several other witnesses to deal with so I urge members to ask questions rather than make statements.
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Economic and Social Research Institute (22 Jun 2016)
John Paul Phelan: Who put the institute under pressure?