Results 10,041-10,060 of 12,040 for speaker:Mary Butler
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: I will interject again. There is interference again on the microphones and that is the third time I have been told that, so I am really sorry, but if mobile phones could be put on the floor. I do not know why it is so sensitive today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: I am only passing on the message but I can hear the interference myself. For anybody who wants to watch, they cannot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: Please continue, Mr. Donohoe.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: I thank Senator Mac Lochlainn. I ask Ms Fitzpatrick if the problem is specific to non-EEA workers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: Ms Fitzpatrick said she only noticed this issue within the past six months. Until then, it was okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: Representatives from the Department will be before the committee on 27 November so we will raise the issue with them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: They might get that note to us very quickly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: When all the paper work is in order, it is taking eight weeks to turn around the application.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: That is ridiculous.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: Does Ms Fitzpatrick believe it has anything to do with Brexit and the fact that they are getting pedantic now in terms of different-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: Have they put extra checks and balances-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: -----and layers in place on the off-chance that there would be a hard Brexit and they are getting their ducks in a row? I do not know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: I thank the witnesses for attending. I thank them for their individual stories as it far more informative to get real-life examples.
- Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: I thank Deputy Healy for bringing forward this well-intentioned Bill. As my colleague said, however, Fianna Fáil opposes the Bill. While we support the declaration of a housing emergency, certain provisions of the Bill are unconstitutional. The housing crisis demands a more sophisticated and multifaceted approach to address the private rental and social housing crisis we face....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Pension (Contributory) (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding persons who have had anomalies in their pensions due to the way pension contributions have been calculated since the changes in 2012; the number of persons who have been contacted to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46861/18]
- An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: Page 19 of the programme for Government speaks about ending the housing shortages and mentions the difficulties facing people renting accommodation. The latest daft.iereport was extremely bad news for Waterford city which saw one of the biggest increases in the cost of rent by a massive 19.7% year-on-year with an average rent of €955. There is absolutely no end in sight for...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: 86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the working family payment is not eligible for the Christmas bonus; and if she has given consideration to extending this bonus in the short term. [46862/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Payments (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant 2018 will issue to schools; if it will issue before the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46707/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Rural Practice Allowance Scheme (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: 322. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in respect of a review of documentation (details supplied) already submitted to the National Contracts Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46556/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Planning (13 Nov 2018)
Mary Butler: 365. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the winter plan that has been put in place to deal with the expected winter vomiting bug at University Hospital Waterford; and the expected demand for extra capacity for winter 2018. [46759/18]