Results 11,041-11,060 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher
- Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: One could not perform due diligence in three or four days.
- Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: How could one use due diligence in a few hours?
- Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: The Labour Party was not there either.
- Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: Deputy Burton is a conspiracy theorist.
- Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: The Labour Party sat over there.
- Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: They sat on the fence. They sat on their hands.
- Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: What would the Deputy do?
- Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: The Ard-Fheis is working already.
- Banking System: Motion. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: It was a conflict of interest all right, they lost a great deal of money.
- National Minimum Wage. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: I understand that in November 2008, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions asked the Labour Court to review the national minimum wage and to make a recommendation on its adjustment to me. The court subsequently invited submissions on the issue. Various submissions were received from IBEC, ICTU, the Department of Finance and other interested parties. The Labour Court held discussions with these...
- National Minimum Wage. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: I thank the Deputy. I did not suggest that the minimum wage should be increased or decreased. I pointed out that I am obliged under the relevant Act to consider any recommendation that is made to me by the Labour Court. When the Labour Court is adjudicating on this matter, it is obliged to seek submissions and to take into account issues such as employment, unemployment, inflation and...
- National Minimum Wage. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: I accept that certainty is required by employees, employers and everybody else involved in the broader economy.
- National Minimum Wage. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: The Labour Court must take many issues into account, including the earnings of employees as well, so the argument is not one-sided.
- National Minimum Wage. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: I am simply making the point that the Labour Court will make its adjudications. It consists of wise counsel and is well represented and reflective of the broader society out there. When the court makes the determination, we will make an adjudication on that. Until such time as it does this, I will not give my personal opinion because that would undermine the court's decisions.
- Work Permits. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: Since 2004, Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from within the workforce of the European Union. For strategic skills or labour shortages in designated occupations in key economic sectors, Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA nationals for specific vacancies and in response to employer demand....
- Employment Regulation Orders. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: Employment regulation orders are made by the Labour Court on foot of proposals from joint labour committees. JLCs are statutory bodies, established by the Labour Court under the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2004, to provide machinery for the fixing of statutory minimum rates of pay and conditions of employment in particular sectors. JLCs operate in sectors where collective bargaining...
- Employment Regulation Orders. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: Why ask the question then?
- Employment Regulation Orders. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: The Deputy has decided that social partnership in all its guises should be thrown out the window.
- Employment Regulation Orders. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: He has never supported the idea of consensus in this House on the issues of pay and conditions for workers and industrial agreements.
- Employment Regulation Orders. (24 Feb 2009)
Billy Kelleher: The Deputy has stated that is his philosophy. It might not be the philosophy of everyone sitting around him, but it is definitely his. The JLCs are made up of employer representatives, worker representatives and an independent chairman.