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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Supports (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium sized enterprises which are research-active; and the number which have some form of engagement with research facilities in publicly-funded institutions. [17126/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Implementation (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the latest estimates concerning meeting set goals in assessing Irish success in Horizon 2020 programmes. [17127/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding filling research programme-related vacancies in agencies under his Department. [17129/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will estimate the percentage of funding awarded by agencies under his Department available for basic research, in general, and for basic research outside of the research prioritisation area, in particular. [17130/15]

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the forthcoming by-election in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency. I commend my party's candidate, Mr. Bobby Aylward. He is an excellent choice and will be an effective and influential representative of the people of Carlow-Kilkenny in Dáil Éireann. The Minister and Minister of State noted that the by-election has been caused by the need to...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: None of this is meant personally. It is the reality, however, and it encapsulates, in a broader sense, the Government's arrogance and detachment from the feelings of people on the ground on issues such as education and jobs. This detachment has also been evident in the discussion on the spring economic statement over the past two days. People have a choice in the forthcoming...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: His two sons played on it. I am simply giving a sense of where the man comes from. The community from which Bobby Aylward springs is characterised by great solidarity. He is rooted in his community and has a genuine commitment to serve the wider community. In that regard, he is an excellent candidate. Mr. Aylward will raise issues such as significant cutbacks in local development...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, the Government announced them only three or four months ago.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: Now that Deputy Reilly has been exiled to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, he would not be aware of the broader issues. He sums up the problem facing the Government parties in that his Government is so Dublin-centric that it does not understand how people in the regions feel about being excluded from its economic and social policies. There is a real sense-----

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt the Minister or Minister of State. There is a great sense of grievance in rural areas.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: In addition to regional disparities, there is a sense that the economic recovery is two-tiered, not only in terms of the wealthy getting everything and those on the lowest incomes being hardest hit but also, as the ESRI and other bodies have indicated, in terms of the regional spread of economic development. One needs only to drive through rural towns in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency and...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: With the greatest respect, I expect that Deputy Phelan will remember the decision of SmithKline Beecham, as the company was then known, to locate in Carlow. I happened to be Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment at the time and I also decentralised the Department to Carlow town.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: The decentralisation project was highly effective and fully subscribed. I implemented it without difficulty and people were very happy about it.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: We need more industrial development and public investment in Carlow and Kilkenny.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am doing my best to speak but I am obviously exciting the Minister of State.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: The issue of public investment was missing from the spring economic statement. The Minister of State attacked my record in respect of counties Carlow and Kilkenny. She should visit the Carlow Institute of Technology. Who made a fundamental transformative investment in the institute more than ten years ago? Who made a major investment in St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny which has made...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: I made investments in the constituency in both my Ministries. Leaving that issue aside, what the constituency now needs is a Government that cares about communities beyond the Pale.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: This Government does not care, as people would tell the Ministers opposite if they were to travel the length and breadth of the country.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: It simply does not care about what happens outside the Pale. This applies across all the yardsticks. In education, for example, I met representatives of interest groups in the south-east who raised the need for a university in the region. In fairness to local people in Kilkenny, they have made good inroads with Maynooth university in terms of providing liberal arts degrees. This can be...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: I have been repeatedly interrupted by the Government side because it does not like the message I am giving.