Results 781-800 of 1,981 for speaker:Conor Lenihan
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Clearly the Deputy's macroeconomic analysis is rather coloured by a more left-wing bias.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) (Resumed) (23 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: It is good to see the Deputy has not lost his sense of humour.
- Order of Business (23 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Deputies on that side of the House are good at vicious attacks.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (21 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: With respect, there is flexibility if the Deputy reads the announcement.
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (21 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: In the example the Deputy cited there is flexibility.
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I apologise to the House in advance because I will not, on this occasion, rise to the passion and eloquence exhibited by Deputy Michael D. Higgins. Having listened carefully to the Deputy, I admit that he is substantially correct in what he says. The market has overheated and the globalisation of risk in capital has led to a situation where regulation has lagged behind the market and some...
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: The officials at the Department of Finance are to be complimented, as are those at the National Treasury Management Agency, the Central Bank and the Financial Regulator. I compliment those public officials who also played a sterling part in bringing this guarantee scheme into being. There is a stark contrast between the human capacity available to Ireland today and what was available in the...
- Approval of Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008: Motion (17 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: When asked why he picked Mr. Kennedy he said, "It takes a thief to know a thief." I hope the Minister will appoint people with the requisite capital markets expertise to patrol the bankers in future.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: The amount disbursed from Subhead E.8 of the Justice, Equality and Law Reform Vote to end-September was approximately â¬3.081 million. The main expenditures have been: Miscellaneous Grants: â¬1.45 million; Grant to the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI): â¬373,000; National Action Plan Against Racism: â¬378,000; Salaries, Wages and Allowances charged...
- Financial Resolution No. 15: (General) Resumed (15 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Deputy Durkan is the old guy up in the corner.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Enda cannot even get the people behind him to calm down. He has no leadership skills whatsoever.
- Written Answers — Integration Strategy: Integration Strategy (14 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: The question seems to imply that all Romanian nationals are Roma. In fact, Roma are a minority ethnic group in Romania and elsewhere. Many, but not all, of the Roma in Ireland came from Romania. There are no official statistics on the number of Roma here. Different figures have been mentioned, for example 3,000, which would be about 0.07% of the population. This is the figure cited by the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (9 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: The amount disbursed to end-September was approximately â¬3.081 million.
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: The fund to which the question refers was a targeted initiative put in place in 2006 to provide funding for initiatives to support the integration of legally resident immigrants. This was intended as a once off initiative for a period of one year and â¬3 million was allocated to it to be administered by Pobal. Subsequent to the original allocation of â¬3 million, I allocated a further...
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I am committed to continuing to promote national campaigns aimed at challenging racism and promoting understanding of diversity. In the aftermath of the conclusion of the National Action Plan Against Racism, this work will proceed in conjunction with new structures which I outlined in my statement on integration strategy and diversity management, Migration Nation.
- Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: The organisation to which the question refers received monies from a special integration initiative introduced in 2006. This provided for seed-funding in relation to integration initiatives for legally-resident immigrants. As was made clear in the official guidelines for this special fund, support was provided on a once-off basis. In my statement on integration strategy and diversity...
- Written Answers — Programme Refugees: Programme Refugees (2 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162, 173, 174 and 175 together. I would like to thank Deputy O' Mahony and Deputy Ring for raising these matters and for giving me the opportunity to clarify the position and to correct the statements made recently about these matters. These questions arise from an item on local radio in which it was alleged that persons currently being selected for...
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Conor Lenihan: Bernard the merciless.
- Written Answers — Integration Strategy: Integration Strategy (30 Sep 2008)
Conor Lenihan: The Resolution in question is directed towards the European Institutions and those Member States which have significant populations of Roma people. This would not be the case with Ireland. My general approach to integration is as set out in my statement on integration strategy and diversity management, Migration Nation, which published on 1 May last.
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (24 Sep 2008)
Conor Lenihan: I hope to establish the Ministerial Council on Integration within the next month or so. I shall place the names of those appointed in the Oireachtas Library when the Council has been established.