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Seanad: Investment in Science, Technology and Innovation: Statements (11 Oct 2011)

Seán Sherlock: ...; Intel has announced another 200 jobs in Kildare; DELL expects to employ an additional 150 workers between its operations in Dublin and Limerick; VM Ware, the global leader in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure, has announced plans to create 250 new jobs in Cork over three years; while SAP announced plans to expand its workforce by 100 in Citywest, Dublin. These companies are all...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (21 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: ...and support the further development of the venture capital sector. The extent to which the Digital Games sector will attract financing will become clearer over time. In the meantime, companies can compete for funding under Enterprise Ireland's new Internet and Games Competitive Start Fund. Enterprise Ireland set up the new Fund as a mechanism to get financial support into very early...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (14 Oct 2010)

Mary Hanafin: ...rate. Furthermore, the exceptional weather conditions in the early part of the year and the closure of airports, particularly in Britain and Ireland, in April and May due to the volcanic ash cloud meant that the early months of this year were particularly difficult in terms of visitors from Great Britain. In fact, the most recent statistics, for June 2010, show that, while numbers from...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: ...delivers a series of support programmes to fulfil this role, and provides both financial and non-financial assistance to a project promoter. Tallaght and South County Dublin are well equipped to compete with other areas for potential Foreign Direct Investment, with superb infrastructure facilities at City West and Grange Castle and a Third Level Institute of Technology at Tallaght. Both...

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Second Stage (13 May 2010)

Mary Upton: ...economically. I am told the conference centre can cater for anything from eight to 8,000. If one can imagine dealing with 8,000 tourists in one centre at any one time, one will get an idea of how competent and efficient the system must be in order to provide for that. It is clear that the provision of the licensing facility is hugely important. I refer to the tourism industry and how...

Seanad: Proposed Emergency Funding to Greece: Statements (16 Feb 2010)

Mary White: ...its international credibility as well as its economy. Arriving in Brussels yesterday, the Greek Minister for Finance admitted his country is in a terrible mess. However, the narrow focus on Greece clouds what really matters. This is no mere Greek crisis. It is a crisis for the euro. In his speech, the Minister of State said the EU summit last week agreed to bail out Greece, if needed,...

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...

Seanad: Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Nov 2009)

Ivor Callely: ...agency's programmes and supports for individuals remaining in or returning to the labour market. The public perception of the work done by the very committed individuals who work in FÁS has been clouded somewhat due to recent media coverage of certain isolated matters. I am sure we all accept that such media attention can be exaggerated and may not give a clear and informed picture. It...

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...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2009)

...being experienced. Some of my constituents are angry that we face economic turmoil, some are confused as to how this will improve our situation and some are disillusioned with the issue being clouded in confusion and politicians turning it into a political football. Many of my constituents recall the 1980s, a time when interest rates were in the region of 20%, emigration was rampant and...

Health Services. (9 Jul 2009)

Margaret Conlon: ...Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this very important issue both for the people I represent in County Monaghan and myself. For the past 30 years the people of Monaghan have had the dark cloud of an impending hospital closure hanging over their heads. In the 1980s, the Minister for Health at the time, Barry Desmond, used the famous phrase that he wanted to close and dispose of the...

Seanad: Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty of Lisbon) Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Jul 2009)

Micheál Martin: ...and all parliaments. That is the point. Our legal guarantee on taxation could not be clearer. The guarantee is clear in stating that nothing in the Lisbon treaty makes any change to the EU's competence with respect to taxation and, in particular, the right of member states to set their own corporate tax rates. Retention of unanimity in voting on taxation and policy matters was a key aim...

Industrial Development Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Mar 2009)

Bernard Durkan: ...Was it because we are the Irish? Are we special, a race apart, a chosen people? I do not think so. It should have been common sense to see what was coming. We have two options. We can live in cloud cuckoo land, or we can take serious steps to recover lost ground. We can become competitive again, restore confidence in manufacturing and in those providing services and encourage...

Seanad: Report on European Union Scrutiny: Statements (3 Feb 2009)

Ned O'Sullivan: ...a new focus to the matter. People were shocked to find that one of the most staple foods in Ireland, whether as the Sunday morning fry or as Pat Shortt's breakfast roll, was suspect and under a cloud. Our bacon is central to our diet. I commend the Minister for Agriculture, Deputy Brendan Smith, and the Minister of State, Deputy Trevor Sargent, on the way in which they dealt with that...

Seanad: FÁS: Statements (2 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: .... Let us not put everybody in the one category. Let us differentiate between the board and management of FÁS and community employment schemes and the good work done by FÁS workers. Events have clouded the judgment of ordinary people. The ordinary people working in FÁS, such as lecturers, clerical officers and apprentices have been maligned by inference by this sorry debacle. As...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 May 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ...consumers of media products and families are becoming increasingly aware of this issue. Parents comment on the challenges they face inculcating good values in their children when they are competing with messages in the marketplace, whether that is the school yard or the field of entertainment and culture. Television is one of prime bearers of the message from the entertainment industry...