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- Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)
Dara Calleary: ...as the reorganisation of the various employment bodies, progressed in the way they would have been. However, many of the issues with which we are dealing in this House tonight were sidelined or ignored. That is why we are where we are and that is why we are facing a genuine challenge to the volunteerist nature of labour relations in this country. This challenge has been crystallised in...
- Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2015)
Dara Calleary: ...what the money was for. That constrained the entrepreneur's ability to create employment that might have taken somebody from the live register and given a person some sort of start. As the phrase goes, we are where we are. We have a Bill, and in fairness to the Minister of State, there are some elements that must be welcomed. I welcome the sports club element, for example, which is...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Apr 2012)
Dara Calleary: ...cost much money. Deputy Conway is right. Since I came into this House, I have seen the silo effect with Departments not giving a damn what other Departments are doing and it is part of the reason we are where we are. That has to stop. Let us postpone the change. The Minister agrees with us that the change is wrong so she should postpone it and spend the next year getting all the extra...
- Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)
Dara Calleary: ...is being blocked by the Department of Finance again. Functioning small to medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, are not getting money. We do not want basket cases to get money, as that is the reason we are where we are. Well-resourced, long-standing SMEs are being starved of capital. Even the Governor of the Central Bank has admitted that it is a serious problem. Although considerable...
- Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2011)
Dara Calleary: ...differently about local government. Forcing businesses to pay for local government, as we have done since either 1973 or 1977, depending on one's side of the argument, is wrong and is the reason we are where we are now. The Minister may be determined to cap the charge at â¬100 but charges are the opposite to gravity and they go up. People will be asked to pay for services which they...