Results 61-80 of 89 for "ireland is open for business"

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2008)

Mary Hanafin: ...,000 people being on the live register next year. This is terrible for the individuals in question and their families but we must ensure Irish entrepreneurs and companies around the world know that Ireland is open for business and has a well-educated, flexible and adaptable workforce. Employers like being here because the workforce is so flexible and adaptable. While the news on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2021)

...the world for that. With Tourism Ireland getting the marketing funding we are proposing on the back of previous task force recommendations, we believe the message will go out to the world that Ireland is open for business. If we can back that up with the route incentive scheme we are proposing today, there will be a market for the future. The same also applies to foreign direct...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2010)

Ciarán Cannon: ...tourist to this country spends approximately €600 here and we would reclaim that money in VAT alone. We need to offer a genuine céad míle fáilte to all our neighbours in the EU indicating that Ireland is open for business at the beginning of the next season. We need to be the land of 100,000 welcomes - a reputation we have always had and which should stand in the future.

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Instruction to Committee (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: ...the employment opportunities that can be generated and the way it conveys to the world a sense of the dynamism that exists in Ireland. It is probably the most powerful method we have of communicating with the world, of saying Ireland is open for business across a spectrum of areas in which the country can avail of international investment and encourage the continued development of the...

Seanad: Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy: Statements (7 Oct 2010)

Billy Kelleher: ...a myriad of reasons, but the corporation tax is a central plank in all that. I urge everyone when speaking at functions, when doing interviews or when abroad to reinforce that critical message that Ireland is open for business. There is uniformity in the context of political support across all parties for the retention of corporation tax at 12.5%. We may argue over other matters but...

Seanad: Interim Report of the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (30 Sep 2021)

Thomas Byrne: ...mission and there was plenty of food and no issues. Some supermarkets are substituting as well. We also know that Northern Ireland has some of the largest pig processing factories, probably in the world. That got lost during the summer. The protocol is a huge opportunity for them. We must continue to remind people that Northern Ireland is open for business. One of the difficulties...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2013)

...due parliamentary process and scrutiny, it is vital that this Bill be given priority and pass into law in 2014. This is so for all sorts of reasons, first, to give the world a positive signal that Ireland is open for business in this industry. It has been regarded as closed for business because of the lack of enabling legislation and other factors. Various projects are waiting in the...

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Neale Richmond: .... Bearing in mind the events of the past week in the UK, I encourage everyone not to leave it solely to the Minister, IDA Ireland or Enterprise Ireland. We should all shout out loud and clear that Ireland is open for business.

Seanad: European Affairs: Statements (22 Jun 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Lucinda Creighton: ...from the draft conclusions for this week's European Council that all member states are now committed to this agenda. Following the launch of the jobs initiative, the Government's message is that Ireland is open for business like never before and this means being open to the world. This is the message being brought to our European partners and beyond by every Minister. It will also be the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Culture 2025 - Éire Ildánach: a Framework Policy to 2025 and Related Matters: Discussion (7 Sep 2016)

...funding cuts and the difficult economic circumstances which the indigenous production sector has experienced, it remains a vibrant industry. It is Ireland's window to a worldwide audience, contributes to the message that Ireland is open for business, provides valuable high-end employment and plays a significant role in attracting tourism. Culture 2025 is an opportunity to help the sector...

Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)

Enda Kenny: .... My recent visits to both the United States and China provided an opportunity to promote trade and investment, strengthen existing relationships and build new ones. I conveyed the message that Ireland is open for business and that this is an excellent time to invest in and benefit from Ireland's recovery. The Programme for Government 2011 - 2016 is a five year plan, and there are no...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (25 Mar 2009)

John Ellis: ...the House for this renewed debate on the tourism industry. Recently there has been criticism of the St. Patrick's Day programmes of Ministers when they actually encourage people abroad to note that Ireland is open for business, be it for industry or tourism. It is also an opportunity for Ministers to meet first, second, third and fourth generation Irish people who wish to be associated...

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Michael Ahern: ...employment and I hope there will be significant uptake by companies and businesses. The decision in budget 2010 to retain Ireland's corporation tax rate at 12.5% sends a clear message globally that Ireland is open for business. Given the current economic climate, it is vital a small country such as Ireland continues to attract new enterprise and employment. By retaining our attractive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agrifood Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2020)

.... We have invested in lead generation to identify who the buyers are and profile the buyers to know who we are targeting. We have invested in communicating with those buyers so that they know that Ireland is open for business. We have invested in getting those buyers to come to a virtual platform to meet Irish industry. We are all experiencing a different world of engaging virtually...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: ...Party's Waste Reduction Bill. The Government has opposed our Bill and the Labour Party Bill to ban microbeads, has opposed Deputy Bríd Smith's climate emergency Bill, and has continually declared that Ireland is open for business when it comes to fossil fuel extraction. At the end of the day, on the international stage, Ireland is the second worst performer in the EU on climate...

Seanad: Employment and Competitiveness: Statements (21 Jan 2010)

Ivor Callely: ...in any area we need to revisit and review. There is one other matter I want to mention in support of the Tánaiste, that is, the need to ensure we continue to sell the message internationally that Ireland is open for business and that we have taken the corrective action necessary. In that regard, I want to see additional funding being provided for all of the development agencies....

Seanad: Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Statements (25 Oct 2012)

Michael Mullins: ...has ensured that all Departments have a job remit and is successfully addressing the roadblocks to job creation. Our overseas trade missions are particularly successful and our message that Ireland is open for business is being well received worldwide. The availability of finance for small business remains a major problem. While some initiatives have been announced by the Minister for...

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2012)

Colm Keaveney: ...to reinforce our position as a place to do business and as one of the leading countries in the world for securing inward investment. This measure and others in the Bill underpin the message that Ireland is open for business. The benefits of such schemes are not just the creation of jobs but the transfer of technical and management ability and the building of informal but crucial personal...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of ensuring that our embassies are fully equipped to deal with Brexit and that they would be resourced to be able to respond to the challenges that Brexit will pose and to spread the message across the world that Ireland is open for business and trade. If there is no additional funding in this area to resource our embassies, how in God's name is this Department or the Government going to...

Seanad: Geological Survey of Ireland: Statements (Resumed) (2 Dec 2014)

Joe McHugh: ...acknowledge all the people involved in all the companies engaged in lead and zinc extraction. There is momentum in the industry. There are 634 prospecting licences. The message from my Department is there is an enthusiasm in this regard. Ireland is open for business in terms of lead and zinc extraction. The Senator also alluded to the Tellus project and its benefits as well as his...