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Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Ruairi Quinn: ...the beginning of second year right through to Christmas or thereabouts in third year, and that will be filed electronically and assessed electronically. Students will be pushing it up into the clouds, as it were, wherever they happen to be at school and it will be assessed in real time by people who will be able to assess it, perhaps by people teaching in another part of the country who...

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Statements. (1 Dec 2005)

Denis Naughten: ...Government and Agriculture and Food in the nitrates directive and our beef and dairy sectors will be decimated by the current WTO proposals. The UK's demand for budgetary concessions on CAP is clouding Mr. Mandelson's judgment and forming a bias in his negotiating ability. The reality is that the level of spending on agriculture in the overall EU budget has fallen by one third in the past...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2015)

Michael McGrath: ...on it against its will. I am sure all Members can agree a one-size-fits-all tax system would neither work for Europe nor serve it well. The question of corporation tax occasionally can become clouded in myth. One myth that often surfaces in debates such as this is that increasing the rate will lead to a pro rataincrease in corporation tax revenue. Fianna Fáil does not submit to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

...prosumer engagement; resource appreciation and understanding, including enhanced models for solar PV and wind energy harvesting for domestic scales, where modelling of insolation patterns and cloud cover, as well as energy mapping will be needed; and network support mechanisms, including storage options and network voltage support requirements. From an environmental perspective, the net...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (7 Oct 2015)

Pearse Doherty: ...the country under it for as long as possible. The world is changing, thank God, and is moving with small steps towards a more transparent tax environment. When Deputies in this House raise issues about the fairness of our system, however, they are shouted down. Sinn Féin wants Ireland to compete for foreign direct investment and to benefit from it. The Minister for Finance spoken...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology Skills: Discussion with Ministers (27 Nov 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...advantage and one of continuing opportunity for Ireland. We have focused on that, especially in our Action Plan for Jobs 2012, sections of which are devoted specifically to the opportunities in cloud computing, ICT generally and digital games. We also recognise that we are seeing increasingly the convergence of technologies, with ICT becoming a major factor in opportunities emerging in...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)

Michael D'Arcy: ...in Yugoslavia and the current problem of energy and food security or, as they are now being called, energy and food insecurity. It will make the Union more democratic. Some people are trying to cloud the issue about qualified majority voting. Ireland has a strong benefit in that regard in that we are punching way above our weight on the issue. I want to touch upon the issue of taxation....

Protecting Jobs and Supporting Business: Statements (16 Sep 2020)

Gary Gannon: ...the lessons we learned from the crash in 2008. It meant that workers could maintain a connection with their employment. It was a worthy time in dealing with the pandemic. However, gradually darker clouds have set in and, suddenly, we are no longer all in this together. There are new slogans now. We are now being told that we must learn to live with the virus. Learning to live with...

Seanad: European Affairs: Statements (22 Jun 2011)

Lucinda Creighton: ...different view from ours. There has been an added impetus because of the financial crisis, and this is something we can really embrace and welcome on behalf of Ireland. For the EU to be able to compete globally, it must establish the best conditions for business. It must ensure its firms can engage in innovation and restructuring and can transform themselves quickly. It is important to...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Second Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Shane Ross: ...Clerk-Assistant in the Seanad? What does this say to us about how the Minister would like this place administered? The fact that the Clerk's position is embedded within an open competition in this Bill clouds the fact that those other positions will still be appointed in a totally unacceptable way. The Bill creates twin-track promotion, one by the standard public service competition...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Pat Breen: ...gap with the larger multinationals, particularly in the area of productivity. That is something we will highlight this afternoon during the debate and we will examine how we can get Irish SMEs to be more productive and to compete with the big multinational companies. The Government is concerned about that gap, so much so that it is the theme of Future Jobs Ireland, pillar 2 of which is...

Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (6 May 2020)

Brendan Griffin: ...term tourism recovery plan for this important sector. Given the severity of the crisis there are calls from the industry to reduce the VAT rate for tourism. Tourism will be a very competitive market globally as recovery takes hold and competing destinations will all be considering how they can best gain a competitive advantage. Tourism businesses are already putting together sales and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

...Irish Timesshe only once nearly succumbed to bitterness when she discovered the killer's claim that he had danced on her father's grave, and she said:I got seized with this awful, awful unforgiving cloud, that I hadn't ever felt as badly before. I couldn't stop it, it was like this lava pouring from a volcano ... I had so often gone to that grave. That happened on Holy Thursday and I...

Seanad: Jobs Initiative and Competitiveness: Statements (8 Jun 2011)

John Perry: ...assist its client companies to build capability in responding to tenders, connecting them with public sector buyers, and building an understanding of future needs of purchasers on the one hand and competences within firms on the other. We will also seek to foster greater SME engagement in developing innovative products and services to meet the needs of public bodies and will explore...

Seanad: Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements. (26 Oct 2005) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Bradford: ...where the economy and that of the European Union are going. We know and can recite ad nauseam the story of the Celtic tiger and the great strides we have made. We would, however, be living in cloud cuckoo land if we believed the economy can continue to grow at a consistently higher rate than that of the European Union and avoid some of the pitfalls faced by our European neighbours. As the...

Report of the Standing Order 103 Select Committee: Motion (17 May 2011)

Michael McGrath: ...in this country, the issue of sovereignty with regard to corporation tax was a key issue in the campaign. Clear commitments and assurances were given that direct taxation would remain in national competence, which it does in line with the EU and EC treaties. This proposal must be seen in the context of the political desire among some of the larger and more powerful member states in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: (Resumed) ISME, Startup Ireland, Cork Innovates and IDA Ireland (10 Feb 2015)

...on this forum. With companies relying increasingly on technology for a broad spectrum of functions from solving business problems to understanding consumer behaviour through analytics, big data, social media and cloud computing, new opportunities are being created for companies and, with them, exciting career opportunities for women. We need to show girls that much of computing is about...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: ...its property investments and standards of corporate governance, are understandable. I am very concerned about the decisions it took in recent years which left it exposed financially and cast a cloud over its reputation. The authority took its eye off its fundamental objective, the social regeneration of the docklands area. Much excellent work has been done in this area over the past ten...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

Enda Kenny: ...of going for interview after interview without anything happening. The real concerns and problems I have mentioned, which are affecting huge swathes of Irish life, are being compounded by the black cloud represented by the borrowing of billions of euro at exceptionally high interest rates that will be difficult to manage. The European Commission said yesterday that the Government's...

Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

Willie Penrose: .... Otherwise, we will be fixed with the idea that appointments are determined by who one knows. I do not believe that should preclude one from membership because one may well have abilities and competencies that are very important in the context of the board. However, it should be possible, even if one is not subject to scrutiny, for the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade...