Results 1-20 of 28 for cork speaker:Garret Ahearn

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Garret Ahearn: .... O'Rourke has said he wants Ireland to be in the top two countries in Europe for attracting in companies. If companies are coming from America, the obvious decision will be to locate in Dublin or Cork. How often does the IDA convince companies that actually Clonmel, Athlone or Leitrim is the place to be? How difficult is that? How many successes has the IDA had?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Garret Ahearn: ...does the pre-show for “The Late Late Show” every week. He is a genius. A brilliant comedian. He is bringing the best comedians in the country to Cahir in Tipperary which means we do not need to go to Cork or Dublin to see top talent. However, they get no funding from the State whatsoever for anything, that is, comedians in general. This is providing a service to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Garret Ahearn: ..., which has been nice. I should declare something. Deputy Stanton named Canadian companies in Ireland and named one my wife works for, Brookfield asset management, a renewable energy company in Cork that was recently sold. She has been with them for five years or more and loves it, and the relationship between the Ireland and Canadian bases has been very successful. I had my honeymoon...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: ...differently, whether we look at visiting hours or people who are allowed in. For example, in Tipperary University Hospital the visiting hours on maternity wards are from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m; in Cork, they are from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m; and in Clonmel, a patient is allowed to have only one visitor. That is a problem because that is not the way it used to be before Covid. Some hospitals...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Garret Ahearn: ..., Deputy Richmond, was before the committee a number of weeks ago, I remember during the election in 2011 - Senator Lombard will also remember this - canvassing for the Minister, Deputy Coveney in Cork. Then, we were talking about creating 100,000 jobs over five years. In the space of 12 years, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has created 800,000 jobs in this country....

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ...position. His family headed off to celebrate while he is still working. Family support is key and I acknowledge this. I had the privilege of spending an awful lot of time in the constituency of Cork South-Central and I learned several things. One was that Senator Buttimer is much loved by the people there. This is the case for himself and his brother John in local elections as well as...

Seanad: Passport Office: Motion (5 Oct 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ...in Northern Ireland since Brexit, that is quite clear. From a practical point of view, if we had a passport office in Belfast - let us say for argument's sake that it would be quite similar to the one in Cork - one would not be able to get one's passport on the day of application. It comes four days later. Therefore, if there were two people in Belfast today, if there were a passport...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 May 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ..., Research, Innovation and Science at some point before the summer recess about student accommodation. I am getting call after call from students who are struggling to get accommodation next year in Cork, in the Acting Leader's city, and in Limerick. These are second year and third year students who are at their wits' end at this stage trying to secure some sort of accommodation for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ...model and the way it works in the home, I connected with much of it. In my household, my wife was working from home five days per week for almost two years. She works for a wind energy company in Cork as an accountant. As people have gone back to work, her company has been good in providing four days at home and one at work. It gives the right to disconnect, as well as the opportunity...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ...following the announcement. That really is shameful when people are to the pin of their collar in being able to afford to just travel to work. A great many people in my area in Tipperary drive to Cork, Waterford, Limerick or Kilkenny. They are all an hour away from where I live. People drive every day. The cost of fuel has doubled for them in recent weeks. As a Government, we are...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ...many people have only recently returned to work post Covid. Many of them, as the Minister of State will know because he recently visited the area, are people who have to travel to work in places such as Cork, Waterford and Limerick. The State is crediting people €200 for energy bills. There are people in my town in Clonmel and in Tipperary whose travel costs per week have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Working Bill 2021: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (9 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: I thank the officials for their contributions. One official spoke about how this can have a real impact on rural regions. I am from an area in south Tipperary where we are an hour from Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Kilkenny. There are thousands of people who travel - or, certainly before Covid, travelled - to work. People are saying that the draft legislation as it is at the moment is...

Seanad: Passport Office Service: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ...shows to us the importance the Minister places on the office and the role it will have during 2022. It is important also to recognise the reopening of the urgent passport service. That happened in the Cork and Dublin offices in September and October. I believe just over 2,300 passports have been facilitated through that process. This is a really important system because, for whatever...

Seanad: Broadband Roll-out: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ...remembered like electricity is remembered. This is a huge opportunity for regional rural towns like Cahir, Clonmel and Tipperary town. There are many people who live in those towns who drive to Cork, Limerick and Waterford to work. In the past two years, that has not happened as much because they have been working from home because of Covid. We do not see the cars parked up on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategy, Targets, Achievements and Future Progress: IDA Ireland (26 Jan 2022)

Garret Ahearn: ...a matter that Mr. Shanahan did not get to respond to fully when my colleague, Deputy Stanton, spoke about it, that being, remote working. I am from an area in Tipperary where many people travel to Cork, Limerick or even Waterford to work. Before the pandemic, there would be queues of cars parked up on roads just before motorways as people drove together to work. That has not happened...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2021)

Garret Ahearn: The review of the national development plan, NDP, is expected to be announced in Cork next week after agreement by the Cabinet. The NDP contains a lot of road projects of which the N20 from Cork to Limerick is one. In my view and that of a lot of people, the most important road project is the N24 that links Limerick to Waterford. Once that road is completed every single city in this...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Sep 2021)

Garret Ahearn: ...and flights. It needs to be commended for that. Ryanair gets an awful lot of flak, but it has been very quick in terms of its Covid recovery plan to get routes up and going. Today 20 routes for Cork were announced, two of which, Edinburgh and Birmingham, are new, along with an investment of €200 million, which is really significant. In fairness to Ryanair, it ramped up its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Garret Ahearn: ..., sometimes we forget the benefits that this trade agreement with Canada brings to Ireland. Can he elaborate on that, and on the fact that small businesses in regional areas outside of Dublin and Cork will all benefit from this? These trade agreements are not only city-based. They have a significant impact on small and medium-sized businesses throughout Ireland. Can the Minister...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Garret Ahearn: ...week in my county of Tipperary there were only 200 at the Waterford-Clare game. It is a massive stadium and I urge that those changes come in this weekend for the match in Semple Stadium between Cork and Limerick. We can surely host more than 200 people in an outdoor setting that can accommodate over 40,000 people. Senator Pauline O'Reilly brought up maternity restrictions and a lack of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2021)

Garret Ahearn: ...testing and what it could do for airlines. The sector is in total crisis as everyone understands. The closure of the Shannon base was very disappointing, as was the temporary closure of the Cork base.Pre-Covid, Aer Lingus was going to expand. Obviously the industry needs support but what we need from IAG, which actually controls an awful lot of the decisions made by Aer Lingus, relates...