Results 541-560 of 955 for speaker:Terry Brennan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: I am only joking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: I am not going ask Ms Nolan the question that was often asked of me when I was going around the country looking for jobs, which is "Why should I give you this job?". If I got that question it was certain that I would not get the job.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: I am not going to ask Ms Nolan that. I congratulate Ms Nolan on a successful four-year term and I imagine she is delighted to be asked to do the job for a further four years. I understand it is a four-year stint.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: Ms Nolan must be doing a good job and that is being recognised. One of the people who interviewed me when I was looking for a job - I have read about him since then, Lord be good to him - was a man Ms Nolan may have come across in her day, Mr. Brendan O'Regan. He had a magnificent vision for Shannon, the surrounding region and Shannon Airport. Many of the achievements at Shannon were down...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: It is dwindling, but it will not interfere with future pensions for people who have contributed, in some cases, for 30 or 40 years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: Are there any new developments in the airline industry that will have an impact on how the Irish Aviation Authority conducts its business? Ms Nolan's tenure will end in four years' time. Does she have a vision of what she will have achieved in four years? What does Ms Nolan do in her spare time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: I do not expect Ms Nolan to answer the final question I posed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: No, I asked what Ms Nolan does in her spare time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: Ryanair and Aer Lingus are both increasing the number of aircraft they operate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: Is there anything in particular which Ms Nolan would like to achieve during the next four years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: I wish Ms Nolan every success for the next four years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: Did the Chairman say 9.30 a.m.?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: I am always present, though.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: Yesterday the Leader, Senator Maurice Cummins, said he would occasionally like to hear some good news in the House. I have some good news for it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: This morning PayPal and the Taoiseach announced the creation of another 400 jobs which will be based at the Ebay European operations centre in Dundalk and are in addition to the 1,000 PayPal posts announced almost two years ago.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: It will bring the combined PayPal and Ebay employee numbers in Dundalk to 18,050 by 2018. The investment is supported by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation through IDA Ireland. PayPal is a world leader in online and mobile payments, making it easier, more secure and more intuitive for people to pay whenever and wherever they want. Its centres in Dublin and Dundalk manage 60...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: It is good news and the Cathaoirleach should give me another minute. Mr. Barry O'Leary, CEO of IDA Ireland, who is about to retire said, "PayPal’s growth in Dublin and Dundalk is one of the largest projects the IDA has ever been involved in bringing to Ireland."
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: We can have a debate to see if we can get 300 or 400 jobs in the Leader's home city of Waterford.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: It is nice to bring good news.
- Seanad: 750th Anniversary of First Irish Parliament: Statements (18 Jun 2014)
Terry Brennan: We will not care what they say in 750 years.