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Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Damien English: ...the schemes being operated in other countries. I will take a moment to compare our scheme with those in the UK and elsewhere around Europe. There is a lot of misinformation and it is important that we understand what we are comparing. Sometimes, one hears people comparing apples and oranges. The UK's bounceback loan is targeted at very small businesses and covers loans of up to...

Seanad: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Jul 2020)

Damien English: ...scheme, which is also similar to ours, for loans ranging from €10,000 to €1 million with an 80:20 guarantee. There will be lower interest rates and it is comparable to the UK model. I would rather people did not compare apples and oranges. They should compare like with like and if we are still different, we can row over that. However, there are two different loan schemes...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Apr 2019)

Damien English: ...or head. A process has been put in place which involves many proper procedures to be gone through to make sure we are getting value for money. The Deputy, with respect, is probably comparing apples and oranges. This is a 25-year contract. They will be paid per month for upkeep and management of the house and all that goes with it. At the end of 25 years, the State will own that house....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Apr 2019)

Damien English: .... This can give rise to incompatible comparisons between individual elements across different methods of delivery. It is one method among many in the toolkit. It is a question of comparing apples and oranges when people compare it directly with the approved housing body situation. I understand why there is confusion but at all times there is a value for money element to this. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Damien English: ..., at least in 90% of the cases, to reach the agreed timelines. There has been a lot of slippage on some key projects that nobody could be happy with. We want to deal with the matter. In terms of the Apple data centre, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government has made it clear that we will try to get the matter included in the strategic infrastructure requirements....

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2017)

Damien English: ...the potential for consent. We recognise that, whereas the Senator describes a situation of a stranger coming along the street. That is a very different scenario. The Senator is trying to compare apples and oranges and is way off the mark trying to compare the two situations.

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Damien English: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to address this motion. I support the Government's decision to appeal the Commission's ruling that Ireland provided unlawful State aid to Apple, which was not the case and is untrue. There was no proof in the ruling, yet the position taken was damaging. As such, it was imperative that the Government made its decision in a strong, considered...

Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2006)

Damien English: ...72.60 per tonne, respectively. They are now lower, not higher, as the regulator claims. On 3 November, these contracts settled at $68.50 per tonne. It is possible that the regulator is comparing apples with oranges. Whether that is deliberate, cunning or merely disingenuous, it is misleading and is not helpful to industry. The regulator's claim that next year's increase is justified by...