Results 21-40 of 564 for long speaker:Robert Troy

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Nov 2022)

Robert Troy: .... They work part time and are subsidised by the working family payment. Their eldest son is 22 years of age, and because of the cut-off, they cannot get an adult dependant on the payment any longer despite the son going into his fifth year of studying medicine. He is still in full-time education and the family still have the same costs associated with that, but they are down...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Schemes (6 Jul 2022)

Robert Troy: ...on the three main schemes. Overall, these schemes have a budget allocation of €540 million in 2022. Work schemes such as Tús and community employment are positive initiatives that enable the long-term unemployed to make a contribution to their communities while upskilling for prospective future employment. The rural social scheme provides farmers and fishers with income...

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Robert Troy: ...on both Second and Committee Stages that I would be bringing forward amendments to section 459 of the Companies Act 2014, which I am now doing. The purpose of amendment No. 1 is to change the Long Title of the Bill to make reference to the 2014 Act, given that I am seeking to amend section 459 of the Act. Amendment No. 49 makes amendments to section 459 that are technical and operational...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Jun 2022)

Robert Troy: ...it before the Oireachtas. I sincerely thank the Senators for their overall support for the Bill to date and the time they have taken to engage in-depth with legislation that, by necessity, is long and legally complex. While enacting the Competition (Amendment) Bill involves meeting our obligations as a member of the European Union, it is about much more than just that. It is about...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (14 Jun 2022)

Robert Troy: ...established under the laws of an EEA state, has provided a guarantee over the liabilities in the financial statements of the subsidiary for the whole of that financial year. The exemption is a long-standing one and the effect of section 357 has existed in Irish company law since 1986. Many companies own other companies and section 357 recognises the principle that consolidated...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Robert Troy: I thank the committee for its assistance in bringing the Bill to where we are today. The Consumer Rights Bill is a long and complex piece of legislation that transposes three EU directives and updates existing domestic consumer rights law. The purpose of the Bill is to reform, modernise and consolidate consumer protection legislation by bringing existing provisions together in a single...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Robert Troy: ...and could be regarded as contrary to the unfair commercial terms directive. Amendment No. 163 removes the reference to "certain" in regard to hire-purchase and consumer hire agreements from the Long Title. The term is unnecessary and potentially misleading in that it suggests the amendments to the Consumer Credit Act 1995 may not apply to some types of agreements when that is not the case.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (31 May 2022)

Robert Troy: In recognition of the burdens on small business, company law was amended in 1999 to provide audit exemption for those companies who meet their filing obligations. These long-standing provisions have been, and continue to be, of significant benefit to compliant companies. There is a considerable incentive on companies and their advisers to ensure timely filing of annual returns, thereby...

Seanad: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 May 2022)

Robert Troy: ...ordinary citizens and that undermine the dynamic nature of our economy. This is why I am particularly determined to introduce this Bill to the House today for Senators’ consideration. I hope this legislation will go a long way in deliberately disrupting firms and companies that do not play fair, that try to drive out competition and that seek to rig the system to increase profits...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Robert Troy: I will not be too long. When I introduced the Bill to the Dáil earlier in February, I spoke about the imperative for fair and open competition for our businesses, our economy and our society. We know that the vast majority of businesses do not engage in uncompetitive practices but there are some who do. These practices drive out competition, drive up costs for ordinary citizens, and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Union (7 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: ...be required to take into account the consequences of their decisions on sustainability matters, including, where applicable, human rights, climate change and environmental consequences - in the short, medium and long term. The proposed Directive requires companies to establish procedures to handle complaints from those adversely affected by company operations and from other key...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: ...well as for facilitating the time change. I thank all members for their support for the Bill at pre-legislative scrutiny and on Second Stage in the Dáil. As members are all aware, this Bill is long, and it is complex legislation. The purpose of the Bill is to give effect to Directive 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018, to empower the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: ...to clarify that there is no statutory limitation period for the CCPC to initiate administrative proceedings. Investigations into potential breaches of competition law are normally complex can take a long time. For example, the recent investigation into price signalling in the motor insurance sector was started in 2015 and only concluded in 2021. It is not intended to allow the CCPC to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: ..., CE-marking approval work, and metrology services, including approving measuring instruments. There is no impact on the Exchequer as a result of this amendment given its purely technical nature. Amendments Nos. 176 and 177 are to expand the Long Title of the Bill to take into account the inclusion of clarification both the statute of limitations on enforcement actions taken by the CCPC...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: ...;na station, or if the person is arrested in a Garda Síochána station, has been detained in the station, pursuant to section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, an authorised officer or officers (but not more than 2 such officers) may, if and for so long as the officer or officers is, or are, accompanied by a member of the Garda Síochána, attend at, and participate in,...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Robert Troy: ...part of life in Ireland. It can play a central role in enabling increased flexibility to support a better work-life balance. The Government is acutely conscious of this and of the significant long-term shift in attitudes to remote working among employers and workers throughout the country. Acceptance of remote work is high, and remote and hybrid working is very much here to stay. ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Robert Troy: 187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that he plans to tackle the current exceptionally long waiting times to have works carried out through the warmer homes scheme; and his views on whether there will be further backlogs in this scheme as a result of the recently launched energy efficiency grants. [11699/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (10 Feb 2022)

Robert Troy: .... This corporation tax change came as no surprise to the small number of multinational corporations that will be affected. In fact, the decision has brought the clarity that is required for long-term planning when considering investment. To these would-be investors, Ireland offers more than just a competitive tax rate. Our skills, our people and our commitment to the European Union are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Issues (10 Feb 2022)

Robert Troy: ...the COVID-19 pandemic. My Department continues to monitor the performance of the import and export sectors as the outlook for exports to the UK, EU27 and rest of the world is being impacted by both Brexit and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The long-term response to Brexit is for companies across all sectors to become more competitive, more innovative and to diversify their export...