Results 1-10 of 10 for 5 million speaker:Diarmuid Wilson

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...the National Treatment Purchase Fund, an increase in homecare packages and higher capitation rates for schools. This budget is another step in the right direction. My party also secured an increase of €5 in social welfare payments. The total increase to pension payments, carer's allowance and unemployment assistance under the confidence and supply arrangement now stands at...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...reductions are focused on low and middle income earners and on maintaining a 2:1 budget ratio that emphasises services. We also demanded that pensions and all social welfare payments be increased by €5 for the second year in a row. Fianna Fáil wants to ensure the delivery of action on housing, health and Brexit. We are not interested in spin. In contrast, this Government is...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Jul 2016)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...explicitly addresses these barriers and will enable the commission to issue a report by the already delayed October 2016 deadline. The commission of investigation into IBRC was established in July 2015 following continuous calls by Fianna Fáil and other Opposition parties to uncover suspect actions surrounding the sale of Siteserv. The commission encountered fundamental legal...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...of years. It was raised previously by Senator Michael D'Arcy, by the Leader and by me. On one occasion I brought to the attention of the House a situation involving a young man who had paid 75% of a loan he had on a truck to provide employment for himself and a number of other colleagues. He fell on hard times as a result of the recession and missed two payments. While he was attending...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...in congratulating Wellman International in Mullagh, County Cavan on celebrating 40 years in that town yesterday. The company employs 260 people in this rural part of County Cavan and has a €5 million investment programme which over the next couple of years will see the numbers employed there grow. I welcome too that 25% of the extra jobs created have been in the BMW region,...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Statements, Questions and Answers (28 Mar 2012)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...group was established to bring forward recommendations on unfinished estates. That group reported to the then Minister of State, Deputy Penrose, in June 2011. I understand the survey shows 1,655 estates where a substantial amount of work remains. The Minister of State indicated that €1.4 million of the €5 million allocation has been drawn down and she expects a further €2 million...

Seanad: Unfinished Housing Developments: Statements (13 Jul 2011)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...completed as a result of the wider economic downturn. The report also highlighted the marked decline in housing construction with completions down from a peak of 90,000 housing units in 2007 to 26,500 units in 2009. An estimated 14,000 units were constructed last year. Although this is an extremely worrying trend, it would be wrong of us to focus solely on the numbers of such estates....

Seanad: State Airports: Motion. (26 Apr 2006)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senators Ryan and McCarthy should be more concerned with the content of the Minister's speech today. According to the Minister, the new Cork Airport will have a passenger capacity of 3 million when completed. The airport has almost reached this capacity. If I were Senator Ryan or Senator McCarthy, I would be more interested in increasing this capacity to 5 million immediately. The plan set...

Seanad: Clare Street Traffic Management Initiative: Statements. (11 Oct 2005)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...I therefore had to do some research. Having done so, I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy Callely, on his initiative. I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Callely, chaired a meeting on 5 October last in Clontarf Castle. The participants have already been mentioned by him and other speakers and I do not intend to mention them again. They agreed to establish what has become known...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport (International Conventions) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (9 Mar 2004)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...provides a worldwide system of standards and rules for carriage by air. Section 4 provides for the three conventions, the Warsaw Convention with the amendments made by the Hague Protocol in 1955, the same convention with the additional amendments made by Protocol No. 4 of the 1975 Montreal Convention and the 1999 Montreal Convention we are discussing today, to have the force of law in...