Results 341-360 of 1,063,102 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Damien English OR speaker:Michael McGrath OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Alan Farrell OR speaker:Catherine Connolly)

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: It is very problematic, as Mr. Hughes can understand. My inter-related question is as follows. Is there a person or organisation and who is it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: -----that has the authority to pull back from the table a little bit and say, "Hang on a second, where is the political oversight and accountability in this?" I ask because I do not see it. I see safety. Obviously safety is a priority and that is to be welcomed. There is no political oversight and accountability, however, because I cannot call in the airport operator - we tried - and say,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I did not expect a different answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: For the purpose of the transcript, I withdraw my comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I apologise for using salty language.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: Ultimately, the conversation we are having is very important because of the knock-on impact. Most people in Ireland like to get away now and again and these impacts are presenting themselves on a more regular basis. If something is going to happen from a meteorological perspective, we need to adjust our approach accordingly. The big question identified by the airline operators is that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I have already touched on my next question in regard to assisting the committee in doing its business as a general ambition. This is with regard to the optimisation of having dual parallel runways. Deputy Smith, others and I would be very grateful for the direction and advice of Mr. Hughes on this. Maximising operations at an airport with dual parallel runways is for the operator but it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: That would be appreciated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: Not just here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I am sure it is not on the list so we are okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank the witnesses for the statements and the discussion so far. I want to go back over the timeline of the Bill. It was introduced in 2022 and was debated on Second Stage in June 2023. At that stage, the Government moved a timed amendment to, in effect, kick the can down the road for a year. The argument for that was, and I quote the Minister of State, Deputy Neale Richmond: To cut...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I thank Mr. Smyth. I am not blaming him personally. In terms of his Department, it is a decision for the Minister. There is a Bill before this committee which has passed Second Stage in the Dáil. It is a matter for the Dáil in terms of this Bill. The Government could get rid of the sub-minimum wage rates tomorrow. It should do that in the budget, but we can proceed with this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Ms Pyke will accept that the Low Pay Commission looked at previous evidence of early school leaving, hours and all the things she is saying. The Low Pay Commission looked at those things and considered them. She can respond to that. The second question is whether this economic impact assessment will look at the impact of sub-minimum wage rates in exerting downward pressure on the wages of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Will it look at wage rates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I will say again, and this is not a personal criticism, that I find that the main thing the witnesses are telling us today is to hold off on this because an economic impact assessment is coming. However, they did not bring the terms of reference with them. They are not able to detail them. That is not all that satisfactory for us because they are asking us to hold off on proceeding with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Did the Low Pay Commission call for a further economic impact assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I will ask the question again. Did the Low Pay Commission call for an economic impact assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: Sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: So it did not. I will finish on this question. This is an urgent issue, not just because of the workers but because of the issue of the adequate minimum wages directive. What further follow-up work is being done on that in the context of assessing whether this can legally stand up and count as proportionate? I accept that, in principle, one can have exceptions and carve-outs, but the Low...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Minimum Wage: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I am talking in terms of this.