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Seanad: Report of Commission of Investigation (IBRC) into Siteserv Transaction: Statements (12 Oct 2022)

Maria Byrne: ...report was published on 7 September 2022. I would like to pay tribute to Mr. Justice Brian Cregan. He had a major task in terms of the work involved. The commission was established in June 2015 to investigate certain transactions, activities and management decisions in the IBRC. The commission's terms of reference provided that the first module of its work would investigate the...

Seanad: Budget 2023 (Finance): Statements (27 Sep 2022)

Maria Byrne: ..., it will be an extra €831 onto the average wage. That is a lot of money and is very welcome. With regard to the small benefits exemption that the employer can give the employee, that used to be €500 and it is now up to €1,000. That will help in regard to the retention of jobs in a situation where many employers are finding it very difficult to retain their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

Maria Byrne: I welcome two good news stories for Limerick and the mid-west. One relates to the €10 million investment by Ryanair in hangar 5 at the airport, where 200 high-end jobs are to be created. This investment relates to servicing Ryanair's aircraft. By 2026, the airline will have many more aircraft in the air so there will be a significant increase in the number of jobs created, these...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (12 Oct 2021)

Maria Byrne: ...supports amounting to over €48 billion for over three years. I welcome that there are now approximately 100,000 people in receipt of the PUP, which is a reduction from a figure of more than 500,000 people.I pay tribute to the Government for putting in place supports for businesses. People are going back to work and employment. Some €17.5 billion was paid through the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2021)

Maria Byrne: ...'s pension to long-term family carers as many carers give up their jobs but when they reach retirement age they will not be entitled to anything due to making a reduced number of contributions; and invest €5 million in the carer's guarantee scheme to provide supports that protect the mental health and well-being of carers and the people they care for.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2021)

Maria Byrne: ..., we should lead by example. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen the decline of greenhouse gases. This is the biggest annual fall since the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The reduction of 50% by 2030 to meet the EU targets is difficult and will require significant determination to meet this target, but we must start now. In the reflections of meeting targets, we must ensure all...

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Maria Byrne: ...and I thank him for his words of wisdom earlier. It was great to listen to the budget earlier. The first announcement I would like welcome is the forecast that GDP will grow by 4.2% in 2016 and 3.5% in 2017, and the fact that we have over 2 million people in employment. Being parochial about it, we have had five job announcements over the past five Mondays in Limerick and close to 600...