Results 25,201-25,220 of 26,825 for speaker:John McGuinness
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: I do.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: I wish to share time with Deputies O'Connor and Kennedy.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: I wish first to extend my sympathy to the Brennan family on the death of Séamus Brennan, a colleague with whom I worked in Fianna Fáil headquarters when I participated in the 1977 general election campaign. I learned a good deal from him at that time. I found him to be a very compassionate and decent man. He will be a great loss to his family and to the political system. I listened...
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: The economy must be managed in a prudent manner. We are now living in different economic circumstances. What the Deputies opposite have failed to accept and I have heard all them debateââ
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: They fail to accept that there should a difference in the management of the economy when a barrel of oil is $142 as against when it was $50 a barrel.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: The Deputies opposite do not accept it because their colleagues have not accepted it.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: The necessary adjustments must be made. We must decide what we will do and we must show leadership. What we have done here in the past few days is set out our stall for the remainder of the year, how the Departments will function and how we will prepare for the budget that must be delivered at the end of this year. In that context, I will not refer to any politician but to business people...
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: I hope that in the context of Enterprise Ireland and the new arrangement we have with the county enterprise boards, which performed well creating 1,100 jobs in their timeââ
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: That is not true.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: I have the figures here.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: I will be down to see Deputy English's enterprise board very soon and he is welcome to come with me because I would like him to see and recognise at first hand exactly what they are doing.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: I compliment them on their work. Deputy Wall raised a question on funding for another enterprise board. I sat with the enterprise board section of my Department this morning. I went through the figures and they need to be examined in terms of the measures, draw-down and so on. However, I want to recognise what they have done.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: It costs approximately â¬7,000 to create a job and 1,100 jobs were created, and they give other supports. Let us recognise what is going on.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: Not all Opposition Members agree and they do not always say it outside this House so people understand it, so let us be honest about it.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: During this year, in spite of how difficult Deputy English says it is, those companies continue to perform. They continue to come in their numbers to the enterprise boards. There is always going to be a case of needing more money and I will continue to address that as best I can in our current economic situation.
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: Let us recognise where we are going with it and get back and work with them. Let us also recognise the fact that 55% of those who come to enterprise boards are women creating new companies and jobs. There was a promotion recently through a mobile unit that went out to different counties. That mobile unit generated 1,000 new queries in the current economic situation. That is not me telling...
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: That should go right across the board. We must become more efficient and 10% or another percentage point should be taken off the back office in terms of promotional material and all that goes on there. That is the saving that should be made. If they make a saving over and above that, it should go back to delivering front-line services to their customers. That is the type of imaginative...
- National Development Plan: Motion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: The lads are not even from Tallaght.
- Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2008)
John McGuinness: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on this important Bill. The last debate we had on café bars triggered a public response and a political debate on whether we had enough alcohol outlets. Towards the end of that debate, I was asked on radio if I was a publican. I did not presume that I was, but I had a loose connection as I had a publican's licence. Therefore, while I do not...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs (25 Jun 2008)
John McGuinness: I apologise to the House and to Senator Doherty for my late arrival. I was at another meeting. I thank Senator Doherty for placing this matter on the Adjournment. It gives me the opportunity to clarify to this House the position on reviewing decisions made by the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, in the context of resource allocation. As the Senator may be aware, the National...