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Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: They are all replacements.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Why are they going on strike?

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: They are going on strike.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: The Minister should take charge.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: It takes 29 hours to get a bed.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Why is there an orthodontic waiting list? The Minister should read the list.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: This time yesterday my colleague, Deputy Micheál Martin, raised the case of a 91 year old man who had been kept on a trolley in the emergency department in Tallaght hospital. The Taoiseach said he wanted to know who was responsible and described it as a shocking example of the dysfunctionality of the system. He has joined the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan...

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: There are two accounts of the ambulance issue. It would be worthwhile and give comfort to the family if somebody independent were to investigate it, to talk to the family privately and talk through exactly what happened because there are lessons to be learned. This is happening everywhere. There are ambulance delays all over the country; we just do not hear about them, but we all...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an application for an areas of natural constraint payment by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [38744/15]

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: AK47 might be needed yet.

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Leaders' Questions would be postponed too, if it were possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Ireland was in the top ten in the World Bank's competitiveness survey in 2010. During the Minister's period in office we have fallen behind Estonia and Macedonia in the global rankings. The Minister referred to Ireland's competitiveness strength. I will cite some facts as opposed to offering fictional spin. New business interest rates for non-financial corporations are up to 81% higher in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: That collapse occurred across the eurozone.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Why has Ireland fallen six places in the global competitiveness index?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: The indicators show it is becoming harder to start a business and secure credit. The Minister referred to several banking initiatives. What is his reaction to this morning's announcement by Bank of Ireland that it will restrict cash dealings at branches, that is, lodgements and withdrawals, to amounts of more than €700? This decision will make it much harder for small businesses,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Ireland's ranking has fallen four places.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: In that case, the World Bank must be wrong.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation as the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs, the steps he will take, following Ireland’s continued decline in global rankings, to ease the transaction of business and Irish competitiveness levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38078/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: We have discussed the report of the National Competitiveness Council and its concerns. The report refers to the environment for entrepreneurship being poor in international competitiveness, particularly in reducing the time, complexities and procedures associated with enterprise start-ups. The World Bank's competitiveness rankings show it is becoming harder to start a business, obtain credit...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (4 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge the speedy report and its directness, but the reality is that it could happen again, despite the sentiments expressed in the Minister of State's report. Section 224 of the Companies Act states directors must have regard to the interests of employees and that this is among the fiduciary duties of company directors. Surely there is scope within that section to ensure what...