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Unemployment Levels: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Why will Sinn Féin not----

Unemployment Levels: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: If Sinn Féin will allow us to bring in the gas, it might help us. Deputy Ó Caoláin might go to west Mayo and bring it in. It would help us greatly.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to bring the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 before the House. This is a targeted and focused Bill which deals with a small number of company law issues that require immediate attention. The Bill arises from recent experiences in the enforcement of company law in the banking sector in particular. In response to these...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I thank Deputies Leo Varadkar, Willie Penrose, Cyprian Brady and Chris Andrews for their contributions to this Bill. Deputy Varadkar need not have sleepless nights over the weekend about the staffing of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, because eight additional staff were appointed in 2007-8 and six more last March. I hope this will help the Director of Corporate...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Section 5 (2J) on regulation making powers will only be used on supplementation and consequential and incidental matters. Deputy Penrose raised this issue. It states that the Minister shall make regulations providing for supplementary, consequential and incidental matters, or in respect of subsections 2A or 2F as he considers necessary or expedient. If there is to be any major changes, it...

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: It is called democracy.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Should we tear up the Constitution?

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Deputy should read the Constitution.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Was the Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill not addressed by Deputy Ó Snodaigh?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: None of Sinn Féin's Deputies contributed to the debate. They have no one to blame but themselves.

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (30 Jun 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The 2009 World Bank "Doing Business 2009" Report, ranks Ireland 5th for starting a business and 7th for the overall ease of doing business in Ireland, in terms of the number of procedures required. These rankings are unchanged from 2008. Small businesses can set up immediately as sole traders or as limited companies, through registering with the Companies Registration Office (CRO). The CRO...

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Deputy Stagg never co-operates anyway.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: There is only one amendment.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: There is no legislation required in that area.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: No legislation is required for that.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Labour Party bottled that decision as well.

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Fine Gael are running the councils now with Sinn Féin.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The net effect of Deputy Varadkar's amendment is to delete the original as well as my proposed amended version of section 41(6) of the Companies Act 1990, a subsection that exempts companies that are licensed banks from the requirements that apply to companies in general to disclose in annual accounts prescribed details about loans made to directors and persons connected with these directors....

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: It is a funny old House.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I have stated on numerous occasions that plenty of legislation is passed in the Houses of the Oireachtas that gives adequate powers of enforcement to the Financial Regulator to inspect favourable loans that must be placed on a register. Equally, those favourable loans must be declared to shareholders 15 days before an AGM of shareholders. The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement...