Results 1,121-1,140 of 11,470 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank the witness and call Deputy Maurice Quinlivan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I call Deputy Tom Neville.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank the Deputy. I thank all of our guests. The main reason I decided to invite the Irish Tax Institute here was because we do not always hear from that point of view. I wanted to see, while we are discussing the cost of doing business, if there are any tax savings out there for small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurs which might not be obvious. Very significantly, the witnesses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank all our guests for coming and engaging with the committee. I propose we suspend this meeting for a moment to allow our next guests to take their seats.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I would like to welcome Dr. Peter Rigney of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, and Dr. Tom McDonnell of the Nevin Economic Research Institute, NERI, to the meeting today to discuss the cost of doing business. Before we commence and in accordance with procedure, I am required to read the following. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank Dr. Rigney and call Senator Gavan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I am worried that are we going off the subject of the cost of doing business because-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: It is more about ideological tendencies-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: Please do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I call Deputy Neville.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: Dr. McDonnell, I agree with Deputy Neville. I would be interested to hear your reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: We are. I am going to allow a little latitude, but we are moving off the point. The purpose is to look at the cost of doing business in Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank the witnesses for engaging with the committee today. This is the second in a series of meetings the committee will hold on this topic. We will take on board the comments about the library service, which is excellent.
- Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Administration (25 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I thank all colleagues who have come together today to support this very important topical issue. Critical to the success of community employment schemes nationally are the 1,250 supervisors who manage local projects on a day-to-day basis. These supervisors mentor, identify and source relevant training for participants and encourage progression to the workplace. Their work in all...
- Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Administration (25 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I, too, am extremely disappointed with the answer. The CE supervisors have experienced incredible frustration with the extreme slowness in resolving this situation. They have been extremely frustrated with the time taken to get the high level forum up and running. I understand that the forum met only four times since it was established in 2015. As the Minister is aware, another meeting of...
- Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: Yes, with my colleagues.
- Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: I compliment Deputy Michael McGrath on his work to date and on tabling this motion calling on the banks to identify fully all customers affected by this scandal, restore all affected customers to their tracker rates instantly and pay redress to all victims without further delay. Unfortunately, the lingering sense is that we are not getting the full story. To see the banks putting their own...
- National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Butler: The national planning framework will mean little if it is not backed up by co-ordinated capital investment and implementation across each tier of governance from local government upwards. I welcome this opportunity to talk about the national planning framework with regard to my constituency of Waterford and the south-east region. Despite the improving economy in the country, Waterford and...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Nov 2017)
Mary Butler: 163. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits the IDA has made to counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow in 2017, in view of the fact that the unemployment figures in the south east are still 2.5% above the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46528/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (7 Nov 2017)
Mary Butler: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if contracts signed in respect of commercial property transactions on or before 10 October 2017 will be subject to the increased rate of 6% stamp duty as per budget 2018; the timeframe for these contracts to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45923/17]