Results 1-18 of 18 for 5 million speaker:Joe Carey

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Joe Carey: I welcome this Bill, which is about increasing capital investment in our tourism sector from €300 million to €500 million. This is on top of the investment this Government has made over the last three years to support the tourism sector to survive during the pandemic. The last three years have not been good for the industry, even if we have achieved a significant recovery in...

Summer Economic Statement: Statements (14 Jul 2022)

Joe Carey: ...That sum is six and a half times the total budget increase proposed for this year. While there have been significant changes in specific sectors of the labour market, the fact that there are now 2.5 million people working in Ireland out of a population of 5 million gives us a better dependency rate, which has positive long-term benefits for pension funding. Chasing inflation is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Joe Carey: ...Airport Oireachtas group to put a robust case to the Government for our inclusion in that stream going forward. This is fully coherent with EU state aid rules because any airport with fewer than 3 million passengers should be incorporated into that fund, yet this year was the first in which Shannon Airport received funding. We can see the impact of that funding in the X-ray scanners and...

National Retrofitting Scheme: Statements (17 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: This is an ambitious plan in that the retrofitting programme aims to make at least 500,000 homes warmer, more environmentally friendly and cheaper to run over the next eight years or so. This will be the largest infrastructural investment this decade, with the State investing €8 billion and a similar amount spent by homeowners. This programme will need to achieve 50,000 to 70,000...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Joe Carey: ...this Dáil has been recovery of the aviation sector, which is not only essential but is vital to the recovery of the tourism sector for the entire mid-west and west. I very much welcome the €126 million aviation package and the €60 million of capital investment. We must ensure this package is invested in a fair and regionally balanced way, in line with the aims of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Joe Carey: I thank Dr. O'Connor for his presentation and engagement with the committee. I welcome the allocation of €5 million in this year's budget for the further development of the network along the Atlantic economic corridor, because it is key. We must work together and put a strategy in place so that there is no overlapping of services. As Senator Garvey mentioned, there was a case where...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Joe Carey: ...future well-being of our country. In my limited time, I will focus on a number of areas, including Shannon Airport, tourism and the opportunities presented through remote working. The €10 million package to assist Cork and Shannon airports is a welcome aspect of the budget. When the €5 million earmarked for Shannon is coupled with the €6.1 million allocated...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised) (21 Oct 2020)

Joe Carey: I welcome the progress made on Shannon Airport and the €5 million awarded in the previous budget. Does the Minister of State know what specific project it will be allocated to in Shannon or will it be up to the Shannon Group to push ahead with a particular capital project it has in mind? Has the Minister of State had interaction with the Shannon Group on that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes (17 Sep 2020)

Joe Carey: ...pay tribute to the CEO, Doirin Graham, and her staff. As the Minister will be aware, last year, the then Minister, Deputy Ring, awarded the top ten performing local action groups an additional €5 million. Clare Local Development Company came 11th on that list. It lost out by 0.2%. We are living in a Covid world. There are many shovel-ready projects that could proceed if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

Joe Carey: In Ennis, County Clare, one of the first tranches of the urban regeneration fund was handed down to Parnell Street. It involved an investment of €5 million in an upgrade of that main thoroughfare. All the bow ways were going to be done up. It was about retaining the character of Ennis and that architectural feature and trying to bolster commercial activity on the street, which had...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (4 Dec 2018)

Joe Carey: ...of Mr. Padraic McElwee and his team. They work very closely with the SME sector, including new start-ups. They have very good figures and results. It is encouraging to hear that an additional €5 million has been provided for the local enterprise offices throughout the State, representing an increase of 22%. Does the Minister envisage further investment in the local enterprise...

Child Care: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2015)

Joe Carey: ..., who is five, and Dan, who was three last week. They both attend a fantastic child care facility in Clarecastle called the Ladybird Lane Crèche. This Government is spending approximately €260 million annually to support the provision of early childhood care and education through three child care support programmes, the community child care subvention, CCS, programme, the...

Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)

Joe Carey: ..., in the drafting of this legislation. The industry is of critical importance to this country. It employs 11,000 people through direct and indirect jobs and it is estimated that it is worth €500 million to the economy each year. Over the past two decades the IGB has overseen a complete transformation in the standard of greyhound stadia throughout the country. This transformation has...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2010)

Joe Carey: ...planning guidelines. It is the Minister's wish that local area plans, along with county development plans, should feed into those plans and strategies determined at a higher level. In section 5 of this Bill there is mention of evidence-based core strategies. Last December, the Minister stated: "A key element of the zoning reform is the introduction in section 5 of a requirement for an...

Job Losses. (2 Feb 2010)

Joe Carey: ...we need at this juncture. The facility would provide valuable construction jobs in the short term and would attract manufacturing and assembly jobs to the region in the longer term. Between €5 million and €7 million is needed to roll out the facility. Is the Government committed to the project? Is it prepared to give the Dublin Airport Authority the €7 million that is required to...

Mid-West Task Force: Statements (28 Jan 2010)

Joe Carey: In regard to the key recommendations put forward, it is essential that the €5 million to €7 million required to establish the Lynx cargo facility at Shannon Airport is provided immediately. This investment would bring about a project that has potential to bring back life to Shannon Airport and the region. A state of the art international cargo facility at Shannon Airport would provide...

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Joe Carey: ...the fact that over one third of Irish economic activity takes place in the west of the country, Dublin Airport accounts for 78% of overall passenger activity, according to 2008 figures, and 75% of transatlantic passenger activity. Shannon Airport's strategic geographical location offers enormous potential as a bridge between east and west for the future. This new facility at Shannon can...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (11 Dec 2007)

Joe Carey: I welcome this opportunity to speak on the first budget since I became a Member of this House. I am deeply disturbed that this Government sees fit to borrow €5 billion in the face of a modest slow down in the economy because this sets a mark of things to come from this supposedly new Green Government. It is alarming that the Minister for Finance has overseen such a plunge in the public...