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Telecommunications Services. (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: However, the guidelines also note that the Government's telecommunications policy aims to place Ireland in the top quartile of OECD economies as regards availability, price and quality of telecommunications services. They also state that planning authority development plans should include a policy statement in regard to telecommunications which accepts the importance of a high quality...

Telecommunications Services. (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The purpose of this condition was to enable the impact of the development to be re-assessed, having regard to changes in technology and design and to circumstances prevailing in the future. The Deputy will appreciate that as the Minister has no role in the taking of decisions on planning applications and is statutorily precluded under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 from...

Job Losses. (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the Adjournment. The Tánaiste sends her apologies. I am sure the Deputy is aware of the circumstances. I am acutely aware of the consequences of the proposal to close the Irish Flavours and Fragrances facility in Drogheda, County Louth. If implemented, the proposal would result in 103 job losses. IDA Ireland is directly engaged with IFF on...

Health Services. (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I apologise on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, who is unable to attend. I am taking the debate in her place. I thank Deputies Cregan and Neville for raising this issue. It provides me with an opportunity to update the House on this matter and to outline the background to the current situation and the action taken by the Health Service Executive. As...

Hospital Staff. (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I am again taking this item on the Adjournment Debate on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The Government is committed to ensuring quality health services, delivered efficiently and effectively. Ensuring patient safety is paramount, so that people can have confidence in the services and that the best possible patient outcomes are achieved. Dermatology is...

FÁS: Motion (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: She did not break the law.

FÁS: Motion (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Are the unions cronies?

FÁS: Motion (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: On a point of information,-----

FÁS: Motion (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: -----an issue was brought to the floor of the House by Deputy Shortall accusing the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Finance of breaking the law. That is a serious charge in this House and I would ask the Deputy to withdraw it. We can have a cut and thrust debate inside here in normal discourse, but this is a very serious allegation. I heard...

FÁS: Motion (6 Oct 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Deputy Shortall is accusing the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Finance of breaking the law.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. In an economic context this legislation is the most important to come before the House in many years. In the debate in the House we are getting to the bottom of the challenges that face the country. Some of the commentary over the summer was unhelpful, misleading, misguided and based on populist party politics but at least we are getting to...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: That is a fact, we would have had a softer landing. However, we experienced the international credit crisis and recession and our internal difficulties-----

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: -----in the context of our property bubble that had evolved. It is also important to point out that the euro has been a saving grace in the context of ensuring that we had access to the European Central Bank to provided liquidity into the Irish market and that has had a stabilising effect in itself.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: For many reasons, the Bill shows the importance of the debate we are having on the Lisbon treaty and the decision the Irish people will make on 2 October. That is an aside but it is critical to point out that the European Central Bank has stepped in to ensure that there is liquidity in the Irish market. The major banks were capitalised and €3.5 billion was provided to two major...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Much more has to be done on this but everybody inside and outside the House knows that until such time as the impaired balance sheets of the banks are addressed their access to wholesale money markets and lending will also be impaired. I urge people debating this legislation not to make throwaway flippant remarks such as "bail out the bankers and builders". We all know the difficulties we...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: That is disingenuous.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Deputy is misleading the House.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The Deputy is misleading the House.

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: What about the hundreds of people working on the building sites? What about the carpenters, plasterers and masons?

Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Statistical information as sought by the Deputy is not collected through my Department. Responsibility for statistical information rests with the Central Statistics office (CSO). The CSO have provided the information as set out in the table. The information relates to 2007 and is based on information coming from the CSO Business Demography 2007 report. This figure is taken from the CSO...