Results 841-860 of 2,815 for speaker:Tony Killeen
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: He also asked me to point out something which I have great pleasure in doing, namely, that the groceries order was the principal factor in driving price competition out of the grocery market for the period since 1987. It did this by creating mechanisms of discounts and rebates which allowed suppliers to fix minimum prices below which most grocery products could not be sold. Everybody knows...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: Everybody also knows it is the case that 2,500 businesses went to the wall on foot of it. It did not protect small, independent retailers in the manner that is claimed and it did not protectââ
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: It did not protect suppliers because they were faced with secretive, arbitrary and discriminatory demands from retailersââ
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: ââwhich are being defended by Members on the Opposition benches. Reference was made to the planning laws which clearly are not a matter for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: There were very strong cases made in that regard that may need to be revisited elsewhere.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: At this stage I have taken up less time than anybody else.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: I can understand why Deputies would not wish to hear what I have to say. We have heard repetition from all sides and I am simply responding to that. The groceries order had a disastrous impact and this legislation seeks to address the issues which were causing concern in that regard. The Competition Act of 2002 has had many benefits. Some concerns have been expressed regarding that...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: I thank the Members of the Opposition for their contributions as well as the Members in the other House. I also thank the staff of the Department, the Parliamentary Counsel and the Office of the Attorney General.
- Natural Gas Network. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: I am taking this Adjournment debate on behalf of the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. I fully appreciate Deputy Gogarty's motivation for raising this issue, as the safety of domestic natural gas consumers and the public in general is of paramount importance. However, the Minister has been advised...
- Community Employment Schemes. (2 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: The primary purpose of community employment as an active labour market programme is to reintegrate long-term unemployed persons into open labour market jobs. CE provides unemployed people with temporary opportunities whereby they can develop their skills and obtain a recent track record of work experience. FÃS continues to develop the content of the CE programme. The new approach involves...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (7 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: I understand from the Health and Safety Authority that the number of staff who have requested to relocate to Thomastown based on central applications facility applications are 11 existing HSA staff; 41 civil servants; and ten other public servants. In addition, the authority has recruited or promoted 18 staff who have signed contracts which contain a Thomastown relocation clause. As regards...
- Written Answers — Employment Agencies: Employment Agencies (7 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: The practice in the employment agency sector in Ireland is that, in general, temporary employment agency workers are not paid by employment agencies while such workers are out of work. Accordingly, the position of non-national temporary employment agency workers is exactly the same as for Irish temporary employment agency workers. Such workers can seek other employment. It is not unreasonable...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (7 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: Ireland was required to transpose this directive into national law by 14 February 2006. However this has not been possible owing to the heavy legislative workload being processed by the Health and Safety Authority. A draft statutory instrument setting out regulations to transpose the directive, which concerns the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the...
- Written Answers — Workplace Fatalities: Workplace Fatalities (7 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: In 2004, there were 16 construction fatalities, as well as two fatalities on construction sites of workers in other sectors, and in 2005 there were 23 construction fatalities. Following is a list of those fatally injured in 2004 and 2005 on construction sites or in construction related workplace activities during that period. The list sets out the names of the deceased, the date of the...
- Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: Deputy Rabbitte's Bill addressed an area of major importance to the public. However, as my colleague, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Martin, noted last night, a number of difficulties have arisen with regard to the original proposal. While extensive work was done on redrafting the original Bill, attempts to protect whistleblowers on the basis of a single...
- Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: Throughout this debate and in earlier airings of this issue, the Government has attempted to give the House a flavour of the exceptional legal difficulties it encountered in seeking to give legislative effect to the provisions in the original Bill.
- Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: I have no reason to believe these problems can be satisfactorily resolved in the near future on the basis of a single, comprehensive and overly complicated legislative initiative, despite the goodwill and hard work of all sides. We need to ensure that all legislative initiatives are apposite to the problems being addressed and that they will lead to an appropriate change in response. This is...
- Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: It is not exactly the same.
- Job Losses. (8 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: I was concerned to hear that Oasis in Ballina has announced that it will reduce its workforce to approximately 12 people over the next two months. The rationalisation of its operation in Ballina has been sought by its parent company and will end all manufacturing activities at the plant. The remaining staff will be engaged mainly in customer support and marketing activities. The company has...
- Job Losses. (8 Mar 2006)
Tony Killeen: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I was disappointed to hear that Sigma Wireless Technologies Limited has decided to make so many employees redundant from its facility at Finglas, Dublin 11. I understand that following a review of the company's financial position by its owner, PCTel Inc., in preparation for the consultation process with trade union representatives, it was confirmed...