Results 721-740 of 2,099 for speaker:Ivor Callely
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: The six-week period might not apply.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: It is cherry-picking.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: What about the six weeks?
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: Have they the derogations and exemptions?
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: That is not true.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: There was no consensus among member states and that is the simple answer.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: Let us have unity of purpose.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: It is not thought through.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: We are not saying that. We want it based on the realities and statistics.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: I congratulate my Seanad colleagues in the Labour Party for putting this Bill before the House. It provides for the protection of agency workers, requires the principle of equal treatment to be applied in respect of their employment, provides for the enforcement of their rights and for connected matters. I also thank the Leader of the Seanad, Deputy Cassidy for his accommodation, without a...
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: No.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: The Senator is mixing it up.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: What about the other legislation?
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: The Senator is cherry-picking.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: This is an important point. The Senator should be allowed to talk about the north side.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: Well done, David.
- Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: I wish to express my concern about the deteriorating humanitarian, political and economic situation in Zimbabwe. I draw the attention of the House to recent releases from the aid agencies indicating widespread shortages of food and medical supplies. Public services have collapsed. Hospital services and medical supports are non-existent. There is hyper-inflation, widespread poverty and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: I listened with interest to the calls for a debate on the economy. I support my the congratulations of my good friend and colleague, Senator John Hanafin, to the Government on focusing on the creation of employment. In light of what has been said, particularly by Senator O'Reilly, where all seemed to be doom and gloom, we should have a fair and open debate on the success of the economy in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2008)
Ivor Callely: We could talk ourselves down and into further recession, but we have had very good times in the past ten or 15 years. We have had a tremendous injection into our infrastructure and a total change with regard to the diversification of jobs available. If we are to re-examine the direction we should take, we should consider how to create more blue chip employment opportunities in the research...