John Perry
John Perry is Minister of State at The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation and a TD for the Sligo-North Leitrim constituency. Perry was first elected to the Dail in 1997 and was the party spokesperson on numerous topics including science, small business and border counties.
# john-perry - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Government minister: There are people emigrating by choice
Junior minister for jobs, John Perry, said that some people would be “quite delighted” to go to the United States in the Dáil yesterday.
# john-perry - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
19 ministers set for overseas travel for St Patrick’s Day
13 senior ministers, five junior ministers, and the attorney general are all jetting off next week to lead trade missions.
# john-perry - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Two years’ service means ministers now guaranteed to receive pensions
The government was appointed two years ago today – meaning senior ministers now have enough service for a pension.
# john-perry - Thursday 29 November, 2012
Where were the 38 TDs who didn’t vote on the abortion bill?
A TV interview, planting a tree, “official business” and committee work in Mozambique are among the reasons for some TDs not voting on last night’s abortion bill.
# john-perry - Thursday 1 November, 2012
McDonald’s to create 700 jobs in next three years
Fast food chain currently employs 4,054 people in Ireland and spent €283.7m in the Irish economy in 2011.
# john-perry - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
Videos: Phil Hogan and 3 other people who hung up while being interviewed
Sometimes they’re tired, sometimes the mobile reception is bad and sometimes they’ve just had enough….
# john-perry - Friday 24 August, 2012
Reform to self-employed PRSI contributions could be “too expensive”
Despite earlier promises that PRSI contributions for self-employed people would be reformed, the Department of Social Protection says it would have “significant financial implications”.
# john-perry - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Government will not oppose FF bill regulating debt advice services
A Fianna Fáil bill proposes to regulate the growing number of debt management advice firms.
# john-perry - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Government likely to vote against FF proposal to cut fuel duty
Fianna Fáil is to bring legislation before the Dáil this evening to cut fuel excise duty by 4 cent, offering an effective cut in fuel prices of 5 cent.
# john-perry - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Junior ministers among those who claim most for mileage
Small Business Minister John Perry has claimed the most of any government minister in mileage allowances over the past year, new figures have revealed.
# john-perry - Monday 2 April, 2012
€53,000 bill to send ministers away for St Patrick’s Day
A series of parliamentary questions reveal costs of €53,142 to send 12 ministers around the world to mark the national holiday.
# john-perry - Tuesday 6 March, 2012
Taoiseach and 16 ministers off around the world for Patrick’s Day celebrations
Dinny McGinley is off to Glasgow and Michael Noonan will be in France. Here’s where else our government ministers will be jetting off to on 17 March…
# john-perry - Friday 3 February, 2012
Taoiseach, Noonan, Howlin among ministers claiming unvouched TDs’ expenses
While the country struggles under immense financial pressure, eight cabinet ministers take expenses that can’t be audited.
# john-perry - Thursday 23 June, 2011
Reilly confirms no plans to return breast cancer surgery to Sligo
The Minister for Health says Sligo will be a screening centre for colon cancer, but breast surgery won’t be returning.
# john-perry - Saturday 18 June, 2011
Junior minister admits mistakes over Sligo breast cancer services promise
John Perry, who hung up during an interview about his promise for the services, gave a press conference on the issue yesterday.
# john-perry - Thursday 16 June, 2011
In numbers: The first 100 days of the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government
How the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government is shaping up after 100 days in office.
# john-perry - Thursday 2 June, 2011
The Daily Fix: Thursday
Today’s Fix: a round-up of the day’s main news, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed.
Take 5: Thursday
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Government minister hangs up on local radio station in row over cancer services
John Perry got into a heated discussion with an Ocean FM presenter over the restoration of cancer services at Sligo General Hospital before abruptly hanging up.
# john-perry - Friday 13 May, 2011
Market research group to create 100 jobs in Athlone
The NPD group will set up an operation at the IDA’s park in Garrycastle, creating 100 jobs at the old Teleflex plant.
# john-perry - Friday 11 February, 2011
Daily Fix: Friday
Micha̩al Martin says no to Golden Handshakes; Leo Vardakar ruffles some feathers; and John Gormley just wants the simple things in life Рlike rewriting the Constitution.
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