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Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2020)

Damien English: ...supports. Other Ministers did likewise. As the lead Minister in my Department, the Tánaiste has engaged over the past week and even before that with such issues. Both the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and I are already sending messages to all sectors to come to us quickly with initial ideas for the July stimulus, which is not yet finished. We will take ideas from everybody who...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2020)

Damien English: ..., we will work on them and feed them into the system over the next couple of months. The Tánaiste, who opened this debate but could not be here today to close it, the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and I will work with Deputies and other Departments on the issues arising in the months ahead. We are all on the same page in that we want to support jobs and job creation as well and as...

Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2020)

Damien English: ...Minister in the Department at the time. I am now working with the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Varadkar, and the other Minister of State at the Department, Deputy Troy. We will work with our officials to deliver a cross-Government approach through the stimulus plan in July and to drive the economic recovery plan in October. The Department...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Damien English: ...going. It is important that we get the right blend, and we are getting it. An impression has been given this week that it is all skewed one way, which is just not factually true. If Deputy Troy analyses the market last year, he will see the sectors involved. There are probably fewer than 4,000 units in the investment sector; up to 6,000 units are being used for social housing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (18 Apr 2019)

Damien English: I thank Deputy Troy for raising this issue in a formal capacity so we can have a debate around it and bring some rationality to the conversation. Like Deputy Troy, I spend a lot of time meeting people for many different reasons on a weekly basis. There is a misunderstanding of what is happening in some parts of the housing market. When one spends time with people and has the chance to...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2015)

Damien English: ...prove that there has been a budget overrun and the reason for it, the Department and this unit always have shown the ability to do the job properly when a decision is to be made. However, Deputy Troy must appreciate that there must be a process. He is correct that there can sometimes be a timing difference between the allocation of money and the subsequent cost of building, but that must...

Child Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Feb 2015)

Damien English: ...in ECCE, who will work directly with services to improve quality in the provision of quality child care services. Every Deputy agrees that it is a question of how best to improve quality. Deputy Troy has received many compliments on the solutions the motion has suggested. They are worthy and many of us like them, but Fianna Fáil is proposing significant increases in spending...