Results 21-24 of 24 for 5 million speaker:Martin Heydon

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Martin Heydon: .... There is merit in this. Sinn Féin has not been slow to use the respite care grant as a political football. In Northern Ireland where it is in government the weekly rate of carer's allowance is £58.45, which is the equivalent of €72. In the Republic carers are paid three times that amount, namely, €204. Perhaps Sinn Féin is of the view that carers in...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)

Martin Heydon: ...from London and Amsterdam. For those who are not aware of it, the Kerry Group has been in existence 40 years and is a highly successful public company with current annual sales in excess of €5 billion. It was launched as a public company in 1986. Its market capitalisation has grown to its current level of approximately €7 billion. It employs 24,000 people in over 140...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Martin Heydon: ...for agency workers is to apply. I am on record as having raised my concerns about this directive in the House under Topical Issues last November. As we approached the implementation date of 5 December last year there was considerable uncertainty and confusion among employers and agencies as to how the directive would be implemented in Ireland and, crucially, whether a derogation would be...

EU Directives (30 Nov 2011)

Martin Heydon: ...of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton. I am troubled and deeply concerned that the EU agency workers directive is due to enter into Irish law on Monday, 5 December. I am disappointed by the lack of debate in the House and media on the potential impact of the directive. As the Minister will be aware, the directive gives all agency workers the same...