Results 581-600 of 3,550 for speaker:Dominic Hannigan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: It sounds like the Deputy had an interesting lunch. He might tell us about it during private session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: I thank the delegation for attending and their comprehensive contributions which will inform further work to be carried out by the committee, particularly in relation to the annual growth survey but also the national reform plan and in the committee's preparations for next year's European Semester. I take the point about further engagement in the future and look forward to that. I again...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: Does Ms Murphy wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: Other Members are entitled to attend committee meetings.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: I presume the process Ms Murphy is talking about would be consultative rather than a voting system.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: Does Deputy Durkan want to get back in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: Cavan will take it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: I am sure the Senator is right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: I thank Senator Hayden. She has presented a very wide-ranging list of comments. I would just raise one issue of my own. The Commission is sailing close to the wind in relation to some of the recommendations it is making and may actually be overstepping its mark, particularly in the first recommendation, where it suggests that government expenditure ceilings should be more binding by...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: Deputy O'Reilly is leading the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: It is plural - counties.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: As we have a quorum, the committee is in public session. I remind members, our guests and those in the Visitors Gallery to switch off their mobile telephones as they cause interference with the broadcasting system even when left on silent mode. I ask them to check their telephones now and ensure they are switched off. Apologies have been received from Deputy Halligan. We are delighted to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Report on Response to 2014 Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Better Europe Alliance (4 Nov 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: I thank Ms Murphy and will hand over to the floor. Deputy Kyne will speak first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Mid-term Review of Europe 2020 Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: We can all agree with that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Mid-term Review of Europe 2020 Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: Why was that? What was the big deficit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Mid-term Review of Europe 2020 Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: I will ask what may be a rhetorical question. We need to be conscious of the Dáil. A vote is expected any minute and we need to wrap up in order that we can vote. Can Ms Gerstenberger answer the question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Mid-term Review of Europe 2020 Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: That is a good point. This has been a very useful meeting. I look forward to meeting a delegation from Eurofound in the coming weeks. We can discuss these policy issues. This meeting concludes the submissions we have received on Europe 2020. I thank the witnesses for their valuable contributions and written submissions. We will make a political contribution to the Commission and will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Mid-term Review of Europe 2020 Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: Is that outside the Youth Guarantee, because they would be over 26 years now, having lost their jobs in 2007 or 2008 at the age of 22 years, and would be in their late 20s?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Mid-term Review of Europe 2020 Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: To allow them to move on to something else?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Mid-term Review of Europe 2020 Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Oct 2014)
Dominic Hannigan: Does Ms Gerstenberger mean that the multi-annual financial framework is only 1% of the GDP of the European Union?