Results 361-380 of 1,177,081 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:John Dolan OR speaker:Denis Naughten OR speaker:Barry Cowen OR speaker:Malcolm Noonan OR speaker:Paul McAuliffe OR speaker:Richard Bruton OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Martin Browne OR speaker:Jennifer Whitmore OR speaker:Pat Buckley OR speaker:Duncan Smith OR speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire OR speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan OR speaker:Matt Carthy OR speaker:Marian Harkin OR speaker:Holly Cairns OR speaker:Catherine Martin OR speaker:Pippa Hackett OR speaker:Colm Burke OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Robert Troy OR speaker:Richard Bruton6 OR speaker:Marc MacSharry OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:Roderic O'Gorman OR speaker:Alan Dillon OR speaker:Charlie McConalogue OR speaker:Thomas Gould OR speaker:Mattie McGrath OR speaker:Michael McGrath OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:Ruairi Ó Murchú OR speaker:Bernard Durkan OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Paul Donnelly OR speaker:Michael Lowry OR speaker:Dara Calleary OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:Gino Kenny OR speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick OR speaker:Jackie Cahill OR speaker:Mairead Farrell OR speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne OR speaker:Noel Grealish OR speaker:Stephen Donnelly OR speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Joe O'Brien OR speaker:Cian O'Callaghan OR speaker:Michael Collins OR speaker:Joan Collins OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:Simon Harris OR speaker:Neasa Hourigan OR speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:Emer Higgins OR speaker:Carol Nolan OR speaker:Jack Chambers) in 'Committee meetings'

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Robert Troy: I wish to add my voice regarding support for the SMEs. The power-up grant is somewhat welcome but I think the blanket approach is not supportive enough for the businesses that are most in need. Maybe there was an overconcentration on the 9% rate because that was never going to be achieved, given the position of the three coalition parties' leaders on it. Has the Minister of State had...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: There is lots there. The Minister, Deputy Burke, is conducting a consultation exercise on how the new sick pay changes are working. He is engaging with employers directly in that space to get their feedback. That will feed into future decisions with regard to sick pay. On retail, I absolutely agree with the Deputy. Retailers are the backbone of our economy. They sustain not just...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (24 Oct 2024)

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (24 Oct 2024)

Questions Nos. 54 and 55 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (24 Oct 2024)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Job Losses

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has met with persons (details supplied) who are soon to be made redundant by their company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43329/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, for taking this question. What actions have he and his Department taken with regard to the loss of jobs at Aer Lingus Cargo at Shannon Airport? I refer to the devastating announcement made to employees there on 7 August.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: We fully appreciate how difficult the announced closure of Aer Lingus Cargo is for the employees, their families and the wider community. Our thoughts are with them. This is a commercial decision being made by Aer Lingus as a private company. We have no role in Aer Lingus’s commercial decisions and it would not be appropriate for any Minister to seek to intervene. However,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: The devastating news was announced to the Aer Lingus employees on 7 August last. Eighteen of them work in the cargo facility in Shannon. Despite what the Aer Lingus hierarchy will say, namely that cargo volumes in Shannon have been on a downward trajectory for some time, the reality is quite the opposite. There was growth of 23% between 2018 and 2023 and the facility handled 16,752 tonnes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: As a Government, we have responded to many of the Deputy's campaigns and calls on Shannon Airport. The Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Lawless, announced just last week €4.2 million for Shannon and Cork airports, and €47 million is being invested in Shannon Airport alone. We are very much committed to it and it is a very important part of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: I am somewhat worried that many people may underestimate the scale of this. It is not just about the 18 jobs but also about the domino effect around Shannon. There is genuine fear that the closure will have a contagion effect. I would like to hear what supports the Government can put in place to stymie it. Eighteen jobs are directly affected but there is much more at stake. It is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: If there is a case to be made for investment in physical facilities, the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Lawless, will be more than open to it. We want to see Shannon strengthened. We have identified a very exciting future in terms of Shannon Estuary being an Atlantic green digital corridor. This has enormous potential for Shannon Airport and the supply chain,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Question No. 58 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (24 Oct 2024)

Question No. 60 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Business Supports

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce a new wave of supports, beyond power-up grants, for businesses that are struggling to meet additional operational costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43330/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Cathal Crowe: Will the Minister be introducing a new wave of supports beyond the power-up grant announced on budget day to support businesses that are struggling at this time?

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Library Services (24 Oct 2024)

Roderic O'Gorman: I cannot speak our national language with the Deputy's sense of competence, to my shame. When we designed the little book bag programme, which is part of the little libraries initiative, whereby a bag of books was given to each child, in the English-language bag there was at least one Irish-language book. There were also bags with solely Irish-language books. They supported domestic Irish...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Library Services (24 Oct 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 10.36 a.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 10.43 a.m. Sitting suspended at 10.36 a.m. and resumed at 10.43 a.m.