Results 1,961-1,980 of 4,491 for speaker:John Perry
- Economic Issues: Motion (6 Jul 2010)
John Perry: I will hold the Deputy to that.
- Economic Issues: Motion (6 Jul 2010)
John Perry: The Deputy is very welcome to join us over here.
- Economic Issues: Motion (6 Jul 2010)
John Perry: This Fine Gael motion calls on the Government to put jobs at the centre of its economic strategy. The reason the motion makes this call is that this Fianna Fáil Government has ignored the issue of job protection and new job creation. In the past few years job losses have hit the small business and small manufacturing sectors particularly hard. Local jobs have been lost in every town and...
- Economic Issues: Motion (6 Jul 2010)
John Perry: Sligo will play the winners.
- Regulatory Reform (6 Jul 2010)
John Perry: I seek clarity in respect of regulatory impact assessments, RIAs. Does the Taoiseach agree that it is quite extraordinary that regulatory impact assessments are never published by Departments? When European Union directives are being introduced, the Secretary General of each Department has all the evaluations of the impact of such regulations but they never are discussed in this House....
- Regulatory Reform (6 Jul 2010)
John Perry: One issue with which I am familiar on foot of my experience as Chairman of the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny pertains to the transposition of European Union laws. I refer to the major impact of the matter that is of greatest concern at present, which is that RIAs that would not breach Cabinet confidentiality are not being circulated. Consequently, the transposition of such directives...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: Some 250,000 people are being completely ignored.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: The problem will not go away.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: This is a major issue.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: Absolutely.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: -----we will seek to reverse the changes the Minister made regarding Sligo and reinstate the service, but the longer it goes on the more difficult that will be.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: Yes. So I am saying that if it goes much beyond a year it will be very difficult.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: There are a lot of unhappy backbenchers at the moment.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: They are all there.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: Sligo General Hospital serves a catchment population of 250,000. Information has come to light showing that University College Hospital Galway has inadequate facilities to deal with the overflow from Sligo. I ask the Minister to reconsider the position given that the facility being closed in Sligo General Hospital is being duplicated in Letterkenny General Hospital. The decision has...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: It is not that far gone.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: The Minister will find ten reasons if she wants to.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2010)
John Perry: Please do not tell me about evidence.
- Regeneration Programme (29 Jun 2010)
John Perry: In 2004 the Sligo Borough Council embarked on the development of plans for the social, economic and physical regeneration of Cranmore, in Sligo city. From this overall development plan, came a social plan and a physical plan. Both these plans included ideas for economic development. The social plan was adopted September 2007. I am happy to acknowledge that it is now being implemented. The...
- Regeneration Programme (29 Jun 2010)
John Perry: I know that very well.