Results 961-980 of 2,017 for speaker:Anthony Lawlor
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: Who caused that?
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: The Deputy should ask his local authority about that.
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: It has not.
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: There were a number of tenant purchases in Kildare last year.
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: It has not been in Kildare.
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: That is a county council issue.
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: Blame Westmeath County Council.
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: Sometimes we criticise the outside but we do not look at home. I am heavily critical of Kildare County Council because I am anxious to ensure that the council is getting the maximum level of grants and funding available. The Deputy came in here and criticised the Minister for not giving the money, but the money is available. Westmeath County Council could get off its rear end and seek that...
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: ----- rather than have people come in here to pontificate in front of the Minister about untruths. Westmeath County Council should be more proactive rather than-----
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: -----send the Deputy here to be so political.
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: Westmeath County Council also has a responsibility to provide matching funding.
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: It must allocate it from within its budget, so the fault is with Westmeath County Council for not allocating sufficient funding within its budget.
- Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: Anyway, I am delighted to speak in this debate. I was anxious to correct some mistakes made by Deputy Troy. We are here to discuss social housing and homelessness. The issue is that there is a housing crisis across the board. It is a crisis for people who have put money by to get a mortgage because they cannot get a house. No houses are being built at present in the State. When one...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Occupational Pension Schemes (8 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: 278. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the definition of a member under the occupational pensions schemes (Member Participation in the Selection of Persons for Appointment As Trustees) (No. 3), 1996 (SI number 376 of 1996) can be amended to include deferred members, particularly as deferred members make up a large percentage of members in all pensions schemes taking taking into...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Investment Commitments to SME Sector: National Treasury Management Agency (8 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: I apologise for not being present for the presentation. I would have though the National Pensions Reserve Fund, could have had a major role to play at the start of the crisis, but unfortunately the funding of the NPRF was used for the banks. I would have been considering what the former US President Roosevelt operated during the New Deal programme to get people back to work and using the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Investment Commitments to SME Sector: National Treasury Management Agency (8 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: What is regarded as a small to medium project? Is is a project under €100 million or-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Investment Commitments to SME Sector: National Treasury Management Agency (8 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: I thank the witnesses for attending today's meeting. Young entrepreneurs have difficulties as they do not have credit ratings. How does the bank deal with them? Of its 16,000 start-up businesses what percentage were started by those aged under 24? Young entrepreneurs are the future of the economy. Does the bank advise customers, whether young entrepreneurs or other people applying for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: My question was related to targets and bonuses being linked. However, I welcome Mr. Boucher's comments today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)
Anthony Lawlor: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. In regard to funding for young entrepreneurs, the witnesses put particular emphasis on young trained farmers. Are they young trained farmers who are attached to the land, have a land asset or are seeking to lease land? We are trying to develop a scheme here under which young farmers can lease land. How difficult is it for young...