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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 coming before the committee. How does the bank deal with young entrepreneurs and those aged under 24? They have difficulties in obtaining credit ratings. Does the bank guide them to other means of finance apart from banking finance? Construction is briefly mentioned in the documentation but it is a very important sector of the Irish economy. It became too...

Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 Apr 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for giving me the chance to raise this issue. Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, has been working well in this, its second year. There have not been too many problems. However, nationality and immigration status pose an anomaly in terms of selecting people for grants. The case I am highlighting arose in 2012 and involves a child who is not an...

Topical Issue Debate: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 Apr 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: The Minister of State's response is still not clear with regard to the cases we have raised. What the Minister of State says does not appear to be operated by SUSI. There are still students who should be entitled to grants on the basis of what the Minister of State said, but they are not getting them. That category should be made quite clear on the student grants scheme website. It should...

Ambulance Service: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Apr 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion. I agree with only two lines of it, which are the references to "the selfless dedication to their work, of the paramedics in our ambulance service" and "the high quality of care that they provide". I will speak first about targets and ambulance response times, which are vital. The current targets are not satisfactory. We are moving the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (17 Apr 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government taking into account that personal monitored alarms are now available using mobile technology, the progress he has made in examining these alternative systems for the senior alert scheme; if funding will be available for personal alarms to be monitored through mobile phones, along with land line; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (30 Apr 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of deferred members in defined benefit pension schemes and defined contribution pension schemes in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the percentage of persons receiving a pension from defined benefit pension schemes and defined contribution pension schemes in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the percentage of members who were...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: The Deputy is doing a Gerry Adams.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Name them.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (6 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons (details supplied), both political opposition leaders of the Oromo Federalist Congress in Ethiopia, have been arrested and prosecuted for exercising their legitimate right to freedom of expression by belonging to political opposition parties, that both men are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank Mr. Trethowan for coming in. The key statistic in the reports that he has given us recently relates to the number of people who are appealing the decisions on their loan applications. We have trying to transmit the message that this service is available. We have been told that 55% of appeals are decided in favour of borrowers. What reasons are given by the banks to explain their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: That is important information. It should be out there as well. It should be generally known that when customers contact Mr. Trethowan's office, it follows through on the process. It is able to take a softly-softly approach, if appropriate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Earlier, Mr. John Trethowan said the Credit Review Office has a softly-softly approach when dealing with banks. He said an appeal does not always go through the books and that the office would speak to a bank on a customer’s behalf on the q.t. to get a decision changed. Does Chambers Ireland see a potential for credit unions to be a source of finance for small businesses? As a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs (Resumed): Credit Review Office and Chambers Ireland (6 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: There is about €8 billion deposited in credit unions, however.

Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: When is the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill expected before the Dáil? Will it include a proposal to limit the number of cigarettes an individual can bring into the country because that is a major problem at the moment? People are bringing in numbers of cigarettes that are in excess of what they can actually smoke.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (13 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce funding under the 2014 sports capital programme; and the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kildare. [21408/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (13 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 682. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce funding under the 2014 sports capital programme; and the position regarding funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kildare. [21409/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (13 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 683. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce funding under the 2014 sports capital programme; and the position regrading funding in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Kildare. [21410/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I just wish to make a few observations. Despite the number of witnesses who have addressed this committee, this is the first time we have got a definite figure regarding the cost of borrowings being 1.4% higher than across the rest of Europe. It was important we heard that today. It was also important for us to hear a number of witnesses speak about the need for a State-backed bank. Some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome our guests. This has been a fascinating discussion. I have in front of me the papers submitted by the banks and it has been extremely interesting to listen to what employers have to say on the various matters to which they relate. The cost of loans is a major issue. Said cost is probably scaring people off in the context of drawing down loans. The difference between the cost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I know. It also comes back to the issue of diverging viewpoints. It is interesting that SMEs are repaying loans and that the level of lending is being outstripped as a result. The focus of SMEs is to consolidate their businesses before they begin to expand. This is reflected in the overall economy at present. The banking sector is also shrinking. There must be some encouragement from...