Results 681-700 of 1,330 for speaker:John Lyons
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)
John Lyons: That is probably wise. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for attending this meeting. I wish them the best of luck at next week's meeting of the Competitiveness Council. We will defer consideration of housekeeping matters until next week's meeting.
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (25 Sep 2013)
John Lyons: 134. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are subject to specific guidelines from his Department regarding the annual servicing of boilers in local authority properties; if any guidelines follow advice from Bord Gáis for property owners to have boilers serviced every year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39919/13]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Time to Go Report: Discussion with NYCI (1 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. It is always good to see them. I refer to the figures in the executive summary. I do not have the full report here in which I probably could get the answer. The executive summary refers to 177,000 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 and 209,000 young people between the ages of 25 and 44 estimated to have left Ireland in the past five...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Time to Go Report: Discussion with NYCI (1 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: I am doing the maths but that does not make sense. Ms McAleer might clarify why those two figures do not add up to the last figure. If one adds 177,000 and 209,000 together, it is 386,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Time to Go Report: Discussion with NYCI (1 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: As it is such a pertinent issue, it is very important the facts are in front of us and nothing else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Time to Go Report: Discussion with NYCI (1 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: I am really keen to know if the witnesses have ideas on a strategy to incentivise people to come back because we do not have the answer. If anyone has ideas or opinions, it would be very important to hear them. We have the figures, or at least estimates, for 2008 onwards but how do they compare to figures for the five years before 2008 so that we can get a real comparison as to how much...
- Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: Deputy McGrath is doing fine.
- Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: I will have a word with him later.
- Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: While the Deputy's contribution can be broad-ranging, I think he has gone as broad in range as is possible.
- Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: That is agreed.
- Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: That band is still quite cool.
- Topical Issue Debate: Emigration Data (3 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: In keeping with the final contribution in the preceding debate, I take this opportunity to congratulate my own county of Dublin on the fantastic victory of its team in the all-Ireland football final some weeks ago. I acknowledge the fantastic work being done by the Central Statistics Office in collecting data on emigration from this State. That information is gathered from the quarterly...
- Topical Issue Debate: Emigration Data (3 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed response. I agree with him that the Government is doing a great deal to combat unemployment, particularly youth unemployment. The revised pathways to work strategy for 2013 contains 50 measures, two of the most significant of which focus on youth unemployment through the delivery of the youth guarantee nationally and the development of social...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pathways to Work 2013: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (8 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: I thank the delegates for attending and congratulate the Department on establishing a labour market council or group which has already met and will oversee implementation of the revised strategy for 2013. I know the council has a good blend of people from industry who have experience of creating jobs and from the policy side who know all about unemployment. I recognise there are limited...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pathways to Work 2013: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (8 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: If I might reply to that, I suppose it is not about looking out for one's area or anything like that. No matter what geographical area a person is unemployed in, the DEIS model is merely a really good analogy. Are the resources allocated appropriately to the levels of deprivation in particular areas and, if not, can we look towards doing that? If, for example, I am teaching in a school...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pathways to Work 2013: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (8 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: To a certain extent, it is volume and the amount of time that it is necessary to spend. It is a complex formula or equation that needs to be developed to recognise the uneven distribution of unemployment and the type and scale of that unemployment. It is a matter of how we engage with the individual. There are some who may need more time. There may be many in a particular area who need...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pathways to Work 2013: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (8 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: It is really good to hear that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pathways to Work 2013: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (8 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: I raised questions on JobsPlus and the possibility of flexibility at local level around the JobBridge scheme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pathways to Work 2013: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (8 Oct 2013)
John Lyons: Thank you.