Results 801-820 of 4,810 for speaker:Liam Twomey
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: They say that the same number of people are migrating outwards.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: That is the cause of these figures, because people are not leaving the country, unemployment is dropping and yet the workforce is not growing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: Participation rates are the ones that matter.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: It is unusual.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: It is an important figure for next year. If investment is improving and the economy is improving and that gets stuck, we have a problem. I thank Mr. McCarthy and the other officials from the Department of Finance for briefing the committee. It has been a worthwhile discussion and it has been very informative from our point of view.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: Is it as high as the EU average of 10%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: Let us return to what Mr. McCarthy mentioned, that four companies are the main contributors.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: Can we be briefed more on the matter? It is interesting that a rate would be based on such a small handful of companies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: There may be a little extra.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: As the Minister is never wrong, we will have to leave it at 3%.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: I wish to look briefly at the labour market side. The figures indicate there was real growth in the number of people in employment last year. What is the figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: No. I have let this go five minutes over, so I am trying to keep it under control. I call Deputy Rabbitte.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Election of Chairman (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: It is a great honour for me to fill the role of Chairman of the committee. I thank committee members for their nomination and support. I look forward to working with them in a genuine spirit of partnership and co-operation. With the experience and enthusiasm of all members, as shown to date, I am confident that this will continue to be a highly productive committee that discharges its...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Election of Vice Chairman (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: As the position of Vice Chairman is now vacant, Standing Orders provide that, as soon as may be after the election of the Chairman, the committee shall select one of its members to be Vice Chairman. I therefore call for nominations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Election of Vice Chairman (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: As there are no other nominations, I declare Senator Aideen Hayden to be Vice Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2015: Department of Finance (7 Oct 2014)
Liam Twomey: I welcome from the Department of Finance Mr. John McCarthy, chief economist and assistant secretary; Ms Mary Dalton, assistant principal officer; Ms Laura Weymes, assistant principal officer; and Mr. Shane Enright, assistant principal officer. The format of the meeting will be that Mr. McCarthy will make some opening remarks which will be followed by a question and answer session. I remind...
- Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2014)
Liam Twomey: The Minister of State proposes to share time with Deputies Derek Nolan, Robert Dowds and Seán Kyne. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Sep 2014)
Liam Twomey: 95. To ask the Minister for Health the alternatives to agency staff available to him in view of the significant cost increases in using agency staff in the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36492/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (30 Sep 2014)
Liam Twomey: 107. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken by his Department to control the cost of private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36491/14]