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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Job Creation and Innovation: Startup Ireland (8 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Mr. Aherne touched on something. It is not just in our system; in Ireland we celebrate failure. We like to see something not happening, for example, with the Kilkenny or Dublin teams. How does one change that culture, whereby one would says to an entrepreneur, "If it does not happen, it does not happen; just get up and do it again"? Politics cannot do this. It is in every aspect of our lives.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Job Creation and Innovation: Startup Ireland (8 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: That was a superb presentation. It is a wake-up call as we have a habit of believing our own publicity about everything being so great. There were some good indications of what we have to offer. Has there been any engagement with IDA Ireland around its strategy? Why are we not getting that side of the investment when we are getting so much other investment? Has there been any interaction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Has there been feedback from IDA Ireland and similar bodies or from fund managers and so on regarding the potential impact of this proposal on inward investment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Was the organisation asked?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (8 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo [29022/14]

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Fifth Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Sean Sherlock, and the officials for the assistance in passing this Bill. I also thank the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, MRCI, and the Irish Immigrant Support Centre, Nasc, for their assistance and input into the Bill. It is an important Bill. We have to keep the system under review....

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I support amendment No. 23. In recent times there has been a number of high profile cases, in one of which the gentleman came to committee. It is a lacuna in the law that somebody taking an action against somebody who holds his or her permit can be left without any recompense to relief and without any basic costs to live, never mind the cost of taking the court order. If we are to somewhat...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: While I thank the Minister for his attendance, I wish to express a concern. These are very substantial amendments with which I am comfortable only because I am a former spokesperson on justice. Members only received them at 5 p.m. on Tuesday evening and both Deputy Tóibín and I were in the Chamber, together with the Minister, for most of the day yesterday. Consequently, our...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Can I get clarification first?

Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: This is the last Order of Business prior to the approaching regime change in the Labour Party and I wish the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, well, although judging from the bite in his responses this morning, he is doing a Luis Suárez on it. I do not know if the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, has given him a 30 match ban but we wish him well. The Minister might update us on...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I would not like to see him winding up.

Oil and Gas Fiscal System Review: Statements (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Perhaps we should attach a turbine to Deputy Durkan.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: It is good to see the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, in the Chamber today rather than pirouetting on the plinth or giving a press conference. Yesterday, Deputy Martin raised the issue of how property tax reductions will be applied across the country. It now seems that many councils will not be in a position to pass on reductions because of a cut in their grants under the Central Government...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: It appears that Fine Gael wants to cut the central Government grant and prevent councils from cutting the local property tax. It seems that the Labour Party wants the opposite. We will not have much of an opportunity to discuss the issue in this House, unfortunately, given that councils have to decide on it before the end of September. What is the Minister's personal belief? He joined his...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I accept the Minister's word that the position is as he has outlined, but the difficulty is that when the Taoiseach was challenged yesterday to state explicitly that this is the position, he declined to do so. According to a report in this morning's Irish Independent, a document that was prepared for the Economic Management Council suggests that councils in a number of local authority areas,...

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: It is speculation at Economic Management Council level. Deputy Stagg might be better off if he could control his own rebels.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Can the Minister give the House a guarantee that councils which want to reduce the rate of property tax in their areas by 15% will be in a position to do so? If their property tax collections are higher than anticipated, they should not be penalised by the Government implementing a massive reduction in their central Government grant.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste is not too sure about that.

Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: What about the Tánaiste?

Other Questions: National Debt (3 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for his reply. Given the low bond yields and given that we are now moving into the ten-year period regarding the IMF loan, would the Minister consider some technical options that might be available for paying down the IMF loans early and then suggesting to our partners in Europe that it would be good for Ireland, our economy and Europe if we could restructure these...