Results 181-200 of 451 for speaker:Ollie Crowe

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister back into the House. I thank Senator Warfield for his continued work over the past number of months. The night-time economy is an important part of our economy. It supports tens of thousands of jobs throughout the country. The vast majority of it is made up of SMEs. As we are all aware, SMEs are the backbone of the Irish economy. The industry is coming out of the...

Seanad: Night-time Economy: Motion (13 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I propose the suspension.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Job Creation (12 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State back to the Chamber. I would like him to outline the situation regarding bars and pubs throughout the country. As background, over the past two decades before the Covid-19 pandemic, 1,500 pubs closed and hundreds more have followed during the pandemic. The vast majority of the pub industry comprises independent pubs, small businesses and family-run...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Job Creation (12 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy English, for his detailed response. He indicated that there are only 200 fewer licences, but as he alluded to, it is unclear as to whether that figure is accurate on the ground. I ask him if his Department could furnish me with the details when they are available later in the year. In terms of the staff shortage crisis, could he advise if the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Job Creation (12 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: The Minister of State referred to the retirement of Padraig Cribben. He gave great service to the Vintners Federation of Ireland and I wish him well in his retirement. He played a significant role in helping publicans across the country. I wish Paul Clancy well in his new chief executive role.

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State. This has been going on for some months. Some points have been made but I wish to highlight additional information and facts. Going back a little before we go forward, the national lottery licence was sold in 2013 for 20 years. It was sold in the context of the market conditions at the time. Since then, it was changed from 45 numbers to 47, further...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Now.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: May I speak?

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: My understanding is that we could speak.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I will speak to the Bill.

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I just want to make a couple of valid points. Naturally, I thank the Minister of State for his continuous presence here over the past number of evenings. As the Acting Chair outlined, I want to speak to the Bill and Senator Casey will speak as well. Many Senators have outlined that throughout the progress of the Bill we have expressed concerns about the impact this will have on small...

Seanad: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank the officials for their time this morning. As noted earlier, the directive provides discretion in terms of how member states choose to implement it, including whether to provide for an opt-in or opt-out mechanism or a combination of both. This allows the consumer to decide whether or not to be represented by the qualified entity in action or whether or not to benefit from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Okay. That is fine. I did not fully understand the cross-border action and was looking for clarity on the entities issue. I will leave it at that for now and perhaps will come back in later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I understand there is a considerable amount of discretion in the implementation of the directive in a number of areas, for example, both our courts and authorities may reject proposed settlements on the grounds that they are not reasonable or unfair. It is also left to the discretion of the member states whether the relevant consumers may refuse to be bound by the settlement. Another...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I wish to welcome Deputy Cathal Crowe and the students of the Killaloe Boys National School, who are finishing sixth class tomorrow and moving on to big school. I also welcome their teachers, Mary, Frances and Cathal. I hope they enjoy the day. No doubt, Deputy Crowe will look after our guests. I hope the students get plenty of treats and a few ice creams. Today I wish to raise the issue...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I move: That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of Seanad Éireann of today the proceedings on No. 3, the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022, shall commence at 2.30 p.m. and that the House now suspend until 2.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank all our guests for their time this morning. Returning to Mr. Hayes for a moment, in December 2020 in a letter to the Tánaiste he said he discovered from experience there are several matters that can give rise to disputes within a European works council. He then expanded and mentioned two very specific situations where there could be a dispute. One is where there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Mr. Hayes. He goes on to say that there are other issues that arise and that some other common causes of disputes can be identified. He referred to some examples of this in his second letter to the Tánaiste. Again, will he expand on these and give us some further examples of the disputes in other jurisdictions and who they were resolved or mediated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Works Councils and Related Irish Legislation: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Mr. Hayes. I am conscious of time. In his first letter, Mr. Hayes said he was expecting more disputes following widespread restructuring that was happening due to Covid-19. Are those happening? Will he also expand on how a body that is established for the sharing of information and consultation can so often find itself requiring outside experts or mediation? Are these disputes...