Results 501-520 of 2,017 for speaker:Anthony Lawlor
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Approximately 25,000 people left Northern Ireland last year, which is an average of 500 per week. The unemployment rate in the UK is falling but in Northern Ireland, with Sinn Féin in charge, it increased by 1% last year. Youth unemployment increased by 155% in Northern Ireland in the past five years. One in every five people under the age of 24 is unemployed....
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Unemployment is falling down here. The motion notes that 14,000 people are in part-time work. Only 200 of those 14,000 people are looking for extra hours. Let us deal with reality when we set out the figures. I am sad to acknowledge that a considerable number of people are leaving this country but the statistics show that 50% of those who leave the Republic are...
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Whether it is Poland or whether it is eastern Europe, they are the facts and statistics and they cannot be denied. I look at Sinn Féin's economic policy and I compare it to George Orwell's book Animal Farm, but I do not know which member of Sinn Féin would be Napoleon. As the Deputy is aware, one of the main themes of that book was that all animals are equal, but some are more...
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: They were all facts.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Some 25,000 left the North.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: They pay tax and rates.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: What I have said is the truth.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Some 25,000 people left Northern Ireland last year.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: I thank the Sinn Féin Deputies for moving this motion because it gives us an opportunity to put the record straight and to tell the truth. A couple of weeks ago I watched a television programme about people who were emigrating and putting their belongings into boxes and trucks. Young people were going to a work expo to look for jobs overseas. This programme was made by...
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Approximately 25,000 people left Northern Ireland last year, which is an average of 500 per week. The unemployment rate in the UK is falling but in Northern Ireland, with Sinn Féin in charge, it increased by 1% last year. Youth unemployment increased by 155% in Northern Ireland in the past five years. One in every five people under the age of 24 is unemployed....
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Unemployment is falling down here. The motion notes that 14,000 people are in part-time work. Only 200 of those 14,000 people are looking for extra hours. Let us deal with reality when we set out the figures. I am sad to acknowledge that a considerable number of people are leaving this country but the statistics show that 50% of those who leave the Republic are...
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Whether it is Poland or whether it is eastern Europe, they are the facts and statistics and they cannot be denied. I look at Sinn Féin's economic policy and I compare it to George Orwell's book Animal Farm, but I do not know which member of Sinn Féin would be Napoleon. As the Deputy is aware, one of the main themes of that book was that all animals are equal, but some are more...
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: They were all facts.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Some 25,000 left the North.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: They pay tax and rates.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: What I have said is the truth.
- Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Some 25,000 people left Northern Ireland last year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Delivering Third Level Education Online: Discussion with Hibernia College and Schoolbag (13 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: I thank Mr. McMahon for his presentation. Approximately 18 months ago I requested that he would appear before the committee and I am delighted to see him present. I was not a member of the previous committee. I have sat in a schoolroom with him and seen the entire operation at first hand. I am really disappointed that the Department of Education and Skills has taken an individual on...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: What about Northern Bank?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Mar 2013)
Anthony Lawlor: Diesel.