Results 241-260 of 371 for speaker:Michael Conaghan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: There is an opportunity for the Inchicore and Kilmainham Heritage Group to acquire the mill with the assistance of the city council and the OPW. In attempting to do that, the group must appeal to NAMA, which is the current owner. NAMA indicated to us at an earlier meeting that there is an affordable price for this artefact. To help the initiative by the heritage group, it would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: I wish to make an observation. Someone remarked that the broad needs of the economy might be better served by the institutes of technology sector rather than the university sector. The backdrop to this is that the institutes emerged from the vocational sector. For example, Dublin Institute of Technology emerged from City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee, CDVEC. The vocational...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: What they did in the past still influences what they do now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: As a modern phenomenon, the masterminds involved are easily identifiable compared to those behind the traditional smuggling that was always part of Border life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: However, the main authors of this modern smuggling phenomenon are linked directly to paramilitary organisations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: Where the report details the impact on jobs in a fragile economy, it draws attention to the significance of what is happening and the absolute necessity to tackle the issue more effectively. It is almost a self-inflicted injury to the economy. I want to put the issue in perspective by asking Mr. Hickey a question about the modern origins and dynamic of smuggling and the financial...

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: Ireland is unique with regard to the scale and success of the credit union movement, one of the biggest developments in our social history and now an integral part of community infrastructure and life. This is something of which we should be very proud. There are 399 credit unions in Ireland, with 3 million members. More than any other country, Ireland has bought into the credit union...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Lending to Small Business: Discussion (13 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: I apologise for missing the earlier part of the meeting. There were many data provided. What is the profile of young entrepreneurs seeking intervention from the Credit Review Office, from a gender perspective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Lending to Small Business: Discussion (13 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: If it is very unbalanced, are there particular interventions that are possible or being considered?

National Children's Hospital: Motion (8 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: In choosing St. James's Hospital as the location for the national children's hospital, the Government has opted for the right site for the right reasons. This decision was never about green fields or proximity to the M50; it was about children's medicine. St. James's Hospital was the choice of all the experts, both national and international. It was supported by the existing children's...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Fuels (8 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: To ask the Minister for Finance the consideration that has been given to ending the price differential in diesel prices in order to tackle fuel laundering and if he will consider an alternative rebate or tax deduction mechanism. [49162/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: Am I right in thinking Mr. Patterson's interpretation is that Irish is but one among other criteria and is given due weight but that it has no absolute right over other criteria in terms of the profile of the job, and that the commissioner should see it in that practical context, as part of custom and practice established over a very long time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga maidir le Comórtais Inmheánacha sa Roinn Coimirce Sóisialaí: Mionphlé (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: How much Irish is required?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00036/12 and P00043/12 (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: So justice has not been done? The person does not qualify as the scheme stands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00036/12 and P00043/12 (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00036/12 and P00043/12 (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: We considered a number of petitions at the previous meeting and came to various conclusions. Is there a steady flow of petitions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00036/12 and P00043/12 (7 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: I think we looked at ten.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (6 Nov 2012)

Michael Conaghan: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Walsh report on the practice of symphysiotomy here to be completed; when this report will be published; and the action he proposes to take following on from the report. [48179/12]

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Michael Conaghan: When the Government took over, Ireland was a sinking ship. The then Taoiseach was lampooned internationally, portrayed as a drunk at the wheel. Nobody would lend us money, apart from the troika which had been called in under cover of darkness by the Fianna Fáil Government. The Government has gone to great lengths to restore and rebuild confidence in our nation, set the ship of State...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (25 Oct 2012)

Michael Conaghan: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 19 July 2011, and follow up letter from the Health Service Executive on 29 July 2011 regarding the number of inspections, in tabular, that have been undertaken under the national tobacco control inspection programme in 2011 and to date in 2012 to ascertain compliance with smoke-free workplace legislation, sales to...