Results 481-500 of 12,347 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I specifically asked the Minister whether he has a plan B in the event that the talks are not successful. If he does not, that is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: That was my question. It is regrettable-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: Nobody has suggested that for a moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: Nobody has suggested that for a moment. I have not done so and nor has anybody in this room or outside it. The only person talking about it is the Minister. It is deeply regrettable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I asked the Minister whether he has a plan B and he said he does not. I have questions I wish to ask him. The Minister brought up the issue of Aer Lingus. I asked him if he has a plan B. He does not. That is fine. That is his position. I regret that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: The Minister regrets the premise of my question-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: -----which is related to the importance of the connectivity not just for business-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: -----and for workers but also because of the potential reputational damage. I asked the Minister if he had a plan B. He said that he did not. That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I have questions to ask the Minister-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: -----that relate to the substance of his submission.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I prefaced everything I said by being crystal clear with the Minister. I share his hopes that the talks will be fruitful, but in the event that they are not, people watching this meeting want to know if there is a plan B and there is not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I asked the Minister if he had a plan B.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: His answer was "No".
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: There is nothing dangerous about a fall-back plan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: We heard it on the radio this morning.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: The Minister will intervene where he feels there is an issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: If he does not think it is appropriate now, that is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I want to ask the Minister about the substance of the discussion because I am conscious of the time. I want to talk to him about businesses that export. He will be aware, as I am, that they generally perform better across the KPIs, including employment and productivity. It is a bit of a no-brainer that expanding exporting will improve our broad economic performance. In recent years the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: I was specifically referring to SMEs. Could the Minister decouple those figures? The figure I have in front of me, of 3.2%, potentially dropping to 2.8%, refers specifically to SMEs. To be fair, it is an area where there is great potential.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)
Louise O'Reilly: It is just a case of harnessing that potential. Sometimes those figures can become somewhat distorted when we bring the larger players into it. What are the specific figures for SMEs?