Results 81-100 of 1,330 for speaker:John Lyons
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: I welcome the Bill, which is one that has been some time in the making. It is exceptionally positive. Much of the time, people who occasionally glance into the political world in the Dáil Chamber might ask about the relevance of some of the Bills passed through the House. Although we might know how relevant each Bill is that becomes law, the Children and Family Relationships Bill is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: Both delegates but Mr. Fielding, in particular, might respond to the following comment. The Low Pay Commission in the United Kingdom has for the 15th year recommended an increase in the minimum wage. The other day it recommended a 20 pence increase, which the Confederation of British Industry, CBI, a body somewhat equivalent to the one represented here, broadly welcomed. I recognise that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (24 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: One of the disadvantages of being last to contribute is that most of the questions have been asked. I agree with Mr. O'Brien that one of the main issues in regard to household income is jobless households, but I must also state the obvious, namely, that earning €8.65 an hour is a significant contributor to income inequality. It also affects a person's opportunity to not just survive...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (18 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if the appropriate tax has been paid in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7338/15]
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: Does that make it okay to abuse people?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: Does it make it okay to abuse people?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: She is making the same speech she made last Thursday.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: That includes Deputy McGrath.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (17 Feb 2015) John Lyons: I congratulate the Minister and Ministers of State on the work they have done. A Government Deputy would almost be expected to say that but I genuinely mean it. We are in a different place now than was the case four years ago in the context of what is available for SMEs. When one is driving to work, one regularly hears radio advertisements relating to the Credit Review Office, access to...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (17 Feb 2015) John Lyons: I recognise this is a difficult task.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (17 Feb 2015) John Lyons: I want to highlight that I am not making a criticism. I am only short of knocking on the doors of the 40,000 homes in my area to tell them about some of the services available in other walks of life.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (17 Feb 2015) John Lyons: People often say they have never heard of schemes and I know we cannot please everybody. I just wanted to check that we are constantly ticking away at maximum penetration.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (17 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding can be sourced to provide traffic lights at a junction (details supplied) in Dublin 11, within the current budget for 2015, as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6930/15]
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: Deputy Finian McGrath is an expert.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: It is your carry on that has them turning in their graves. You should be ashamed.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: Will you sit down?
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: Are the Deputies proud of themselves?
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: It was disgraceful.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: It was shocking
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)
John Lyons: Who sold the rest of Aer Lingus?