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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Beverage Exports: Discussion with Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (25 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: I welcome DIGI, which represents a very important industry. It is under-appreciated and easy to kick at times, as it were. Bearing in mind the 34% decline in the on-trade, what is the figure for the off-trade? Mr. Tobin spoke a lot about the success of our exports, which is to be welcomed. Where is the innovation in the industry in Ireland? Where are the new Guinnesses and the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Beverage Exports: Discussion with Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (25 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: Can I pursue that? Are the benefiting off-licences in the big supermarkets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Beverage Exports: Discussion with Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (25 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health the provisions he has made in respect of individual medical card holders who can now only be seen by consultants in their own locality in view of the fact that many such medical card holders have long standing relationships with consultants in areas other than their locality and in particular the options available to a medical card holder in County Mayo (details...

Topical Issue Debate: Unemployment Statistics (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State mentioned the small business advisory group. Small business will be the engine of recovery. Yesterday, Senators Feargal Quinn and Mary Anne O'Brien hosted a briefing by those who make up the small business advisory group in their independent capacity on the proposals - or kite flying - by the Minister for Social Protection on employee sick pay. Her suggestion has been...

Topical Issue Debate: Unemployment Statistics (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: I thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for giving me the opportunity to raise this issue and I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, for taking the debate. Figures released by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, yesterday may have got lost among everything else that was happening in the House. They are incredibly stark. The total number of people unemployed, according to CSO...

Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: How about a swap for the hurling?

Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste is good at that himself.

Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the publication yesterday of the wording for the children's referendum and commend the Minister for Children on the work she has done. As Deputy Troy said, the Fianna Fáil Party will support the amendment. I hope we will have a sensible campaign in the coming weeks around this very important issue. The CSO quarterly national household survey statistics were stark and...

Order of Business (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: The opposition to the Tánaiste is sitting behind him.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste never gives an answer.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: Last night the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Shortall, voted confidence in the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, but it was clear from her speech, the tone of her remarks and the fact she failed to mention the Minister by name that she does not have confidence in him. Not only did she fail to mention him by name but she also outlined in her speech a series of issues...

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: Once again the Tánaiste failed to completely answer the question. He has the gall to speak about urgency and impatience.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: Last night the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, expressed concern about the lack of priority afforded to producing the free GP care legislation. The Minister of State in charge of this area says that not enough is being done for that mother and her sick child, but the Tánaiste speaks about urgency and impatience. What has he done to address the completely fractured working...

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: A team.

Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: I ask the Tánaiste to define what he means by "team".

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: How much time remains in the slot?

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: Deputy Kelleher and I are sharing the slot.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Kelleher for giving the House a chance over the past two evenings to discuss the current state of our health service. It is in the state it is primarily because of the very flawed budget presented to the Dáil last December, the flaws of which Deputy Kelleher has highlighted on numerous occasions in the Chamber and at meetings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Dara Calleary: I will give the example of a group which organised awareness training on suicide for volunteers in youth organisations. They had to cancel a course for 30 people at the weekend in Westport because the HSE people were not allowed to travel. Even though the group was willing to pay their travel expenses they could not proceed. This is what will happen. Tonight Deputies will vote away their...