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- Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (1 Oct 2008)
John McGuinness: The volume of applications for registration of business names has increased consistently in recent years. That increase in volume, coupled with the recent adoption of a new system for effecting registrations, has led to the build-up of a backlog in the registration of business names and the issuing of business name certificates to applicants. The Companies Registration Office has recently...
- Written Answers — Company Law Review: Company Law Review (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: The Company Law Review Group (CLRG) was asked, as part of its Work Programme for 2007, to examine the issue of 'Limited Liability Partnerships' (LLPs). This follows from concerns, particularly of the legal and auditing professions, about the consequences of unlimited liability on partners in a firm. The Report of the CLRG on its 2007 Work Programme has been presented to me and laid before...
- Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: The role of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) is to provide support for micro-enterprise in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential, and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level. The Boards can support individuals, firms and community groups provided that the proposed projects have the capacity to...
- Written Answers — Services and Manufacturing Sectors: Services and Manufacturing Sectors (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244, 246 and 247 together. In the period 2003-2007, annual growth in total Irish exports has averaged 6.7%. In relation to Merchandise exports, the growth has averaged 2%, while Services exports grew at an average of 15.3% during this period. Services exports have risen steadily from 31% of total exports in 2003 to 43% in 2007. Of total exports of...
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and reflect on some of the comments of members of the Opposition, who suggest we should have this debate without any commentary on what is happening elsewhere in the world. This debate is taking place one day after the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, and US Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Paulson, introduced a package...
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: It diminishes confidence in Irish business and business throughout the world that that would happen. It is up to governments to address the problem as best they can. Ireland, with a population of 4 million, 2 million of whom are working, needs to do things in terms of business, which I respect. People look to the Government for leadership. Leadership was shown by what the Minister for...
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: It is not too late because no one could gauge. It was something that happened. Some of the biggest fund managers in the world lost billions overnight because they could not gauge it. They were the ones central to whole financial activity because no one knew what was in those toxic loansââ
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: ââor the packages that were passed around like parcels until the music stopped when each bank in a row fell. Let us place it where it is. We now need to recognise the positive aspects. The financial sector employs 10,000 people. Some of the biggest and best recognised companies have a presence in this country. If we are to look positively to the future we first need to separate the...
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: Every negative word that comes from this House damages our economic prospects. It damages the efforts being made by those business people. It is not just about profit for them. They are sustaining jobs and need every support they can get.
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: I spoke about the public sector, as did the Deputy. There is not a great distance between his position and mine, with one exception.
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: The Deputy did not have the bottle to stand up and say it. His colleagues who sit behind him are telling me that I was right in what I said.
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: It is interesting just how right I was because Deputy Bruton cannot stand up and tell business people they need to tighten their belts and get out there if we in the public sector are not prepared to do so ourselves.
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: In doing that we need to look to the SME sector, which I represent in the context of the work I do with Enterprise Ireland and the county and city enterprise boards. They need every encouragement to ensure they grow, continue the employment levels they have and are given the opportunity to trade abroad. In recognising the positives in the economy we should focus on a system to do likewise,...
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: The people who need to put their money in their pockets are the people making the real decisions. The Opposition is not prepared to support them.
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: I am not waffling.
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: I work with the county and city enterprise boards and Enterprise Ireland which are the real performers in this economy and should be supported.
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: In the context of what the Minister for Finance is doing I believe they will get the support and leadership which is needed now more than ever. As a House representing those people we should be united in our efforts to support them.
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: The Deputy should wait for the budget. In terms of Enterprise Ireland and the county and city enterprise boards we are not just waiting to do it, we are doing it every day and the funding exists to do it.
- Irish Economy: Motion (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: The competence and confidence exists in that sector to do business for Ireland, which the Opposition should recognise.
- Public Sector Reform. (24 Sep 2008)
John McGuinness: I am providing value for money.