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- Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: When will the climate action and low carbon development Bill be published? I understand it is on the A list and it is urgent legislation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome the witnesses and the rest of their group. It was my pleasure to meet them during the summer and I want to acknowledge the efforts made by Deputy Hannigan and Deputy Ferris in making the rest of us aware of their organisation and their history. While it was a pleasure to meet them, I was sorry that we were meeting in such circumstances and that they had such a tragic story to tell...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: What steps can we take to help the witnesses in terms of recognising what they went through and helping them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Mr. Sweeney and all of the witnesses for their contributions, which are of tremendous help to us. I thank members for their engagement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Will Dr. Davis provide the title of the document to which he is referring?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I apologise for interrupting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Is Deputy Anthony Lawlor satisfied with the answers so far? Does Mr. Sweeney wish to reply to any of the points raised by the Deputy?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Is Deputy Lawlor satisfied? Did he want to ask another question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: There are two other Deputies who wish to put many questions. It is not fair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We are outside the remit of the discussion today which is about the opportunities and challenges for SMEs in securing public contracts. We should stay within that remit so we can produce a better report at the end of the process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We must be careful not to speak about specific ones. The Standing Orders are quite clear about the parliamentary practice whereby we do not make comments in here about people outside of the House. There is absolutely no problem with you speaking in general terms, but please desist from specifics.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I appreciate that but there are members waiting to put questions and no doubt, we can get all the answers over the course of our engagement. Could we ask that the answers be clear and concise?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We will move on to the presentation to be made by IBEC.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I remind members and those in the Visitors Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of this meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when left in silent mode. I welcome Dr. Paul Davis, business department, DCU; Mr. Aidan Sweeney and Mr. Fergal O'Brien from IBEC; and Mr. Paul Quinn and Mr. Vincent Campbell, Office of Government Procurement,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank all the witnesses for attending today to engage with the committee. We sincerely appreciate it. It has been a tremendous help to us. The difficulties they are experiencing are clear and I appreciate them coming in to share that with us. It will certainly help to inform the report that we will produce afterwards, to which they will have access and of which they will receive...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I am afraid that the Deputy did not word his question carefully enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We will give the Deputy one minute while the dlegatees answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: If this is specifically related to a court case, Mr. O'Brien cannot refer to it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Is it part of a case?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Then we cannot discuss it.