Results 1-5 of 5 for tenet speaker:John Paul Phelan

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (24 Jun 2015)

John Paul Phelan: ..., furthermore, you referenced, when you were talking about why the soft landing theory gained such traction, that in Ireland we hadn't had reductions in property values before. Is it not a central tenet of macroeconomic forecasting that you don't derive future outcomes from localised past history?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Nexus Phase (21 May 2015)

John Paul Phelan: You don't have any view. Finally, in relation to the ... one of the central tenets of your contribution here this afternoon, you have said that the blanket guarantee in your view in all its circumstances was the right decision. I think you might have even used the only decision that could have been made on the night of the guarantee. Yet you have also outlined in your evidence that a...

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2015)

John Paul Phelan: ...fair and more equitable. It may not make it fair enough and equitable enough but it is an improvement on the existing system. I loved studying economics during my time in college. One of the basic tenets of a taxation system is that it be fair and equitable. The main provisions of the Bill are about making it easier to gather information and streamlining the appeals process. That is...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

John Paul Phelan: ..., in the local authorities in Kilkenny, management and staff have always traditionally had a pro-active view to attracting and promoting enterprise in their local authority functional area. The basic tenet of this legislation, to establish a "first-stop shop" for local enterprise within local government is a further effort to reform how local government operates and to ensure functions...

Seanad: Chemicals Bill 2008: Second Stage (3 Jul 2008)

John Paul Phelan: .... The Bill relates to a number of directives that have been transposed into Irish law, principally the REACH directive to which he referred a number of times in his speech. One of the main tenets of the Bill is the transfer of the burden of proof regarding testing and evaluation to the industry as opposed to different agencies that were responsible heretofore. I welcome the main...