Results 181-200 of 371 for speaker:Michael Conaghan

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (28 Jan 2014)

Michael Conaghan: 449. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for commerating the men and women of 1916 whose involvement was not of a scale consistent with the award of medals but whose service has not been adequately acknowledged to date. [3891/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (3 Dec 2013)

Michael Conaghan: 11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the recent call from the head of design at the National College of Art and Design (details supplied) on the Government to officially acknowledge Dublin 8 as a leading cultural and creative quarter as a sign of its intent to prioritise these industries and view of the evidence to support such a call, the rich historical...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Michael Conaghan: A time of proposed change is a good time to reflect in general on the workings of local government, its status, its strengths, its weakness and its place in Irish political culture and life generally. Of course, understanding the values and merits of local government is not helped by the opinions of some sectors if our society. I refer in particular to certain journalists, certain...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Nov 2013)

Michael Conaghan: I am pleased with what the Minister of State said. I am aware of her long commitment to and compassion for the housing issues in her native city of Limerick, for example, the massive regeneration project to which she is fully committed in that city, and the transformative impact that such a project will have on the lives of the people her native city. I am also aware, from discussions with...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Nov 2013)

Michael Conaghan: The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, has inherited a dreadful legacy in her social housing portfolio. This is the result of long periods of neglect and under-provision by previous Administrations. Let us take a moment to consider this legacy of neglect. There are 100,000 people on housing lists, long queues on...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Michael Conaghan: In a preamble to this type of legislation there should be some way of quantifying and measuring the scale of this, which I understand is growing.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Michael Conaghan: Most companies are established to manufacture or supply goods and services, operate in a legitimate way and the way they are regulated needs to be revised and changed from time to time, which is what the Bill is about. However, there are entities that cleverly masquerade as authentic companies with a facade of ordinariness about them but there is a great deal of public knowledge that they...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Conaghan: With this budget we are leaving behind us the road to ruin that we have been on for a number of years. The exit signs are everywhere. These signposts include one on exiting the bailout regime and returning to economic sovereignty. On the cusp of the centenary of 1916, would it not be shameful if our economy was still beholden to any external body? Thanks to the Irish people and to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Conaghan: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the revenue lost through tax fraud by category in 2012 and every year since 2007. [43864/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Inspections (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Conaghan: 95. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of site inspections, audits and compliance monitoring of a recycling company (details supplied) in Dublin 10 carried out by the Environment Protection Agency to verify compliance with the requirements of the waste licence in 2013 and each year since 2003, when the licence was granted; if he will provide details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Oct 2013)

Michael Conaghan: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive’s plans for the site in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if he will confirm if it will form part of the new National Children’s Hospital [43863/13]

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Oct 2013)

Michael Conaghan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, to the House. I would like first to focus on the value of forensic work in combatting crime. In regard to local crime such as burglary, when word gets around in a local area that gardaí are engaged in forensic work there is generally a fall off in this type of activity. Burglars know that forensic evidence at the scene of local crimes may...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pathways to Work 2013: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (8 Oct 2013)

Michael Conaghan: I welcome the delegation. I would like to remark on the work it does and the value of that work. Moving someone closer to work is probably one of the most important interventions that can be made in someone's life. It takes staff to do such work, as I would like to acknowledge. My second remark is about the scale of the transformation of services. When we think about how State services...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Michael Conaghan: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of excise returns by category and by month from January 2012 to September 2013. [40682/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Michael Conaghan: There is a danger that the education system will become a slave to the economy. I am not saying that the Minister has the view because he is a very enlightened person. It would be wrong to slavishly follow the needs of the economy or skew the education system towards that star. The needs of the economy today will be completely different from its needs in ten years' time. The education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Michael Conaghan: I am just looking at page six of one of the reports, which indicates that Ireland scores above the EU average for six out of ten Single Business Act for Europe, SBA, principles. If that is the case, I find some of the comments today extremely negative. It is as if people are speaking in an abstract context and the economy has not been severely wounded. People should put in some sort of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Michael Conaghan: It is easy to throw out such comments as if the past five or six years had not occurred. We should take the real world into account.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Michael Conaghan: It is different if people go around pretending they are blind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Michael Conaghan: One would not know that from listening to some people today. They may wish it otherwise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Michael Conaghan: There are objective measurements on page six of the report. Six out of ten is not bad.