Results 221-240 of 415 for speaker:Ollie Crowe

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

Ollie Crowe: I want to raise the decision made by Tesco on Tuesday last to outsource 100 security jobs in Galway and across the country. To put this into perspective, in the UK and Ireland last year, Tesco forecast its profits to be more than €3 billion. Savings made by this decision will not even amount to a drop in the bucket of that enormous figure, yet it will have an extremely negative...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I join my colleague, Senator Kyne, in raising Defence Forces issues. Last Sunday I had the privilege of attending the centenary celebration in Renmore Barracks to honour the 100-year anniversary of the barracks being taken over from the British and the green, white and orange flag being raised. The barracks has always played a huge part in the life of Galway city and in our communities and...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I am waiting to speak on a particular section, but there was an overlap, so it is fine. I would like to make a few brief points. Like other Senators, I have been contacted by the owners and I met with them for over an hour. As the Senators alluded to, it was fairly distressing and emotional. I would like to add a bit of fairness and a bit of context.Regardless of what views people on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I sincerely thank Mr. Clancy and Mr. McElwee for their contributions this morning. I commend the work that has been done by Enterprise Ireland and the Network of Local Enterprise Offices. For obvious reasons, LEO-supported companies had an extremely difficult 2020. However, the bounce-back in 2021 was very impressive for companies backed by Enterprise Ireland and local enterprise offices....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I have first-hand awareness of the terrific work because I was a member of the county and city enterprise board for five years, from 2009 to 2014. I am, therefore, particularly aware of this issue. I have a couple of questions for Mr. McElwee and Mr. Clancy. What do they intend to do to assist companies that are too big for LEOs because they have more than ten employees and do not export...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: The Chairman might let me come back in again during the second round if he can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I wish to raise three brief issues. First, I want to highlight the terrific work Dr. Gibbons mentioned in her contribution that is being done by Galway City Innovation District, which is also known as the Portershed in Galway. Nearly 300 engineers are employed there and there is great scope and investment there. I have issued an invitation to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development of Indigenous Irish Enterprise: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Dr. Gibbons for the answers and I thank Mr. McElwee, Mr. Clancy and Mr. McKeown for their detailed responses.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I wish to discuss the judicial reviews taken against the Galway city outer ring road. This road has been promised to Galway for decades. In that time, every other major Irish city and even smaller cities have developed their road network, while Galway has not. These judicial reviews will now further delay what has already been a ridiculously long process to get to this stage. It is...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I thank Senator Mullen for his work on the Bill. The Government is not opposing it. I share the Senator's determination to get reform in this area and I have raised it with the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and other colleagues on a number of occasions. I am aware that Senator Mullen has also met the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, to discuss the issue, and that the Minister of State has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Bill but there are a number of issues with it. This should be a good news story but there are too many flaws in it. As an employer, I believe it is too heavily stacked against the employees in many cases. That can be noted from the first contribution. It gives rise to too many questions and too much uncertainty. Companies naturally need to monitor their employees by some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: May I ask one last question very briefly? It will only take ten seconds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: With regard to the clause relating to distance from the workplace and rural depopulation, does the true benefit of this not lie in that not being a requirement and not coming into it? Is that not the whole ethos of what we are trying to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I meant people working from within the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: Am I okay for a minute?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: There is sadness across Galway today, which has been mentioned by a couple of Members. I ask the Leader to arrange an expression of sympathy for the late Noel Treacy. I will provide some context and background. Noel was a political giant in Galway and was successful in every general election. He ran in eight in total, which is a reflection of his appetite for hard work and the esteem in...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Ollie Crowe: I welcome the Tánaiste. I acknowledge Senators Doherty and Gavan, and former Senator Ó Clochartaigh, my own county man, for the work they did before the Government brought forward this legislation. I welcome the Bill, in the main, because it will provide certainty for workers. Most hospitality businesses in west Galway have almost always treated their employees well and divided...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Ollie Crowe: This morning I want to come back to an issue I raised late last year, specifically burglary and the light sentences being handed down for this horrific crime. Just before Christmas in the area in which I live, that is, the Carnmore-Oranmore-Claregalway area, there were 14 burglaries across ten days. They largely followed a similar pattern. It was obvious that prior surveillance was being...