Results 41-60 of 130 for going forward speaker:Dara Calleary

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion. (20 Jul 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...in this area. He presented a budget last October and three weeks later €50 million was found out of nowhere to allocate to a Garda issue. A number of months later another sum of money was found to bring forward certain provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement. We are here as the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and are beginning the process of budget 2018. The Minister,...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...in tone in the Department of Justice and Equality at the weekend. His comments to his back bench colleagues around this Bill show a bit of experience of ground hurling coming to fruition. That is good because until now the Bill was sailing through without much challenge. I have more faith now that the Committee Stage process will result in changes to the Bill. Nobody is against reform...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: It troubles me that somebody of Ms King's experience would have that assessment of our Brexit plans. Perhaps the transcript of her remarks could be forwarded, for response, to the Minister in charge. Reference was made to the pressures in Dublin in terms of housing and so on. In regard to the national planning framework review and the national capital plan review, what role will Congress...

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: I commend Deputies Frank O'Rourke, Darragh O'Brien and Marc MacSharry for bringing forward this Bill and the work they have done. In 2017, a presentation was made to the then Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment by the Irish printing sector about the application of the rules at that time and one of the examples given was that the Fáilte Ireland brochures for 2008 were...

Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2017)

Dara Calleary: ...is to ensure pensioners and members of pension schemes are protected and the future viability and sustainability of their schemes is ensured and made safer." We all share that objective but the Government keeps long-fingering it, which is no comfort to those pensioners in schemes where the management is making decisions such as those made by INM, and also by Waterford Crystal way back,...

Pharmacy Fees: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2016)

Dara Calleary: ...chain could over-claim to the tune of £12 million without anyone noticing is a damning indictment of the HSE's monitoring systems. The HSE needs to outline what action it is taking to get to the bottom of this issue. I look forward to the Minister outlining to the Dáil this evening exactly what the response has been. This is taxpayers’ money going into a service that is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (6 Jul 2016)

Dara Calleary: ...€240 million to the INTERREG programme from 2014 to 2020. I know a date has not yet been set and Article 50 has not yet been triggered but we have to assume that it will happen before 2020, if it is going to happen. In this context, has specific attention been given to programmes such as the Narrow Water bridge, the A5 and the Border programmes? The pressure exporters are...

Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (31 May 2016)

Dara Calleary: ...context of the commitments in the programme for Government and given the overall figure to which the Government has committed, would it not be appropriate and sensible – God forbid – to bring forward the review of the plan to update it in the context of the changed environment and, as the Minister said, the likely input not only from a budgetary committee but also the...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...finally arrived. Deputy Tóibín and I have been identifying problems with the credit guarantee scheme since early 2013. The Minister committed to a review, which he completed in 2013. It is not good enough that it took so long although the fault is not with the Department. This was a scheme that had potential to be hugely important and beneficial. It has taken so long to deal...

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...manner so we can find the answers. Deputy McGuinness has put the figure for the loss on this portion alone at €783 million. It is a huge amount of money. It is the amount of money that will go into the health service between now and the end of the year. It could do so much. Even if one accepted the Government’s figures, which are considerably less but still in the...

Credit Unions: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...acknowledge their important role in the recovery of the country and, most importantly, in the recovery of trust in the financial sector. No matter how much financial engineering and investment goes on, trust in financial institutions will take a long time to be recovered after recent years. The financial institution model that enjoys the most trust is the local one - the community-owned,...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...we are not allowed to use in this Chamber, beginning with "l" and ending with "e" - to the effect that there was no funding in place when the Government came into office in 2011, it did not know how it was going to pay the bills and all the new Ministers went grey overnight from the stress. The first point to make is that 60% of the adjustment that had to be done to get us to where we are...

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: I look forward to the debate over the next two nights on the role and future of SMEs. It is good that we can bring small business to the fore of parliamentary business. While we have an excellent committee, previously chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy English, and currently chaired by Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, which addresses many of these issues, that work, because it takes...

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: ----- and what is going on in so many other enterprises across the country. A worker who does not know at the beginning of the week how many hours he or she will be requested to work is not being afforded decent standards or dignity in the workplace. Some 6,000 people went on strike in full knowledge that they would face intimidatory reprisals from their employer. This demonstrates that...

Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: ..., who has joined us, told 300,000 people that he would give them back between €992 and €4,000, the benches would be full of cheering backbenchers rushing to the radio talking about the great Government. Yet the benches are empty. Those on the Government side who have spoken are confused as to the policy because there is a reluctance to act on this issue. Competition...

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...what he said. However, I remind the House that many amendments were tabled to the Consumer and Competition Protection Bill which would have assisted in this regard but which were voted down by the Government. This is not just a finance-related issue, there is also a need for a whole-of-government approach to it. I welcome the debate on the Finance Bill 2014 and wish to focus on a number...

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...into many other community delivery projects. The reason he rolled it out in that fashion then is as relevant today as it was in the early 1990s. I refer to the disconnect we witnessed again two weeks ago between the public and institutions, such as this House and local authorities. That disconnect has in many ways damaged the sense of community, meitheal and entrepreneurship in the same...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2014)

Dara Calleary: -----can the Minister give a guarantee that the commitment he has given today on the €100 for older people will not go the same way as the telephone allowance and the electricity allowance? If it does, that promise given today will be as good as that given by the Minister, Deputy Burton, last Sunday. Many issues remain regarding Irish Water. There is still zero public confidence in...

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: .... The notion of vegetables being sold for 6 cent, 7 cent or 8 cent does not make sense from either a commercial or a social point of view. We are all aware of that. This type of below-cost selling is going to result in food production in this country being concentrated in the hands of very big operators. Once again, the small guy will lose out. This cannot be encouraged. The...

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...but those on the street and on the beat have been let down by management who cannot see the importance of their role, or understand the importance of public confidence in their role. That management style needs to change. While the Government continues to cling to the Minister the change unfortunately rests on his shoulders. That is why the review must involve the public and...