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Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: Thank you, Deputy Wallace. Again, I am only doing what I have been asked to do, which is to ensure we keep within the Bill. That is all. I am doing that job, nothing else, although I appreciated your comments on potatoes and so on. I am one of those younger people who can cook potatoes.

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: I said I can cook them. The Minister of State, Deputy Paul Kehoe, has ten minutes. Are you responding on behalf of the Minister?

Johnstown Castle Agricultural College (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: You have ten minutes.

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: Deputies Kyne and Connaughton have two minutes each.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (12 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed at a local Health Service Executive service (details supplied); the positions these staff hold; the number of staff currently on maternity leave; and if temporary staff have been hired to cover their positions in the interim. [24980/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: Some of the questions I had intended to ask were answered in the earlier conversation. I was in New York some time ago where Columbus Circle has the Time Warner shopping centre, which they describe as a shopping experience. Clearly, both Brown Thomas and Clerys are trying to create all those flavour enhancers for customers who go into their department stores but we must face up to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (24 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: 678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) was originally employed under a so-called hay contract; if this contract was subsequently changed or altered in any way [26946/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: I agree with it, too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: (Resumed) Chambers Ireland and RGDATA (24 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: I would like the witnesses to make a couple of practical suggestions about how the level of red tape and regulation might be eased. I am aware that some successful work has been done in this regard under the Action Plan for Jobs. I understand that multiple licences have been joined together in one place online, for example. Can we be given some more practical examples of what might be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: (Resumed) Chambers Ireland and RGDATA (24 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: I am not trying to state everything will become a virtual buying space, far from it, because there is the concept, particularly at present, of a shopping experience, which is why there are nice high streets and civic spaces. The hours people work now are different, such as 12-hour shifts, and the last thing they want to do is go out and buy something. This is the changing nature of the work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: (Resumed) Chambers Ireland and RGDATA (24 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: It is good to see the delegation here which I have met on a couple of occasions. I was struck by what Mr. Colin Fee said in respect of the generous social welfare system and that there is not an incentive to work. The latest ESRI report published in July states differently. It finds that six out of seven people would be better off in work due to the social protection policies been put in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Staff (25 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: 92. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a public service employee (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was classed as a new entrant when beginning a new role in the public service in view of the fact that the employee had previously completed two years service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27654/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (25 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: 155. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has given consideration to a rapid, reliable and cost-effective HIV test (details supplied) which has been available in the UK since 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27460/14]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: While I agree with the point being made by Deputy Tóibín, what he is suggesting would be exceptionally difficult to prove. Other than when there is an ERA or defined payment for all, it is often the case in a particular type of employment that people might be on different wages. Proving that a complainant should be on the comparable wage chosen would be very difficult to do.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: Amendments Nos. 54 to 56, inclusive, and 123 to 129, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together by agreement. It takes a while to warm up when we swap over. I am used to what I have to say as a committee member but now that I have to give out instructions it gets a little more difficult. Amendments Nos. 54 and 55 are consequential on amendment No 56. Amendments Nos. 123 and 125...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: Amendments Nos. 57 to 70, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: Amendments Nos. 87 to 91, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: Amendments Nos. 92 and 93 are related and may be taken together.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: The Minister of State does not have to speak to these amendments, unless he wishes to.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

John Lyons: This is the Deputy's opportunity to shine. He has been trying to do so all day, but he has not succeeded.