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Manufacturing Sector (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Manufacturing, particularly advanced manufacturing, is crucial to the future of the economy. As the Minister indicated in his reply, in terms of direct employment, manufacturing is responsible for less than 10% of all employment but more than 30% of gross domestic product. I appreciate that the Government has specifically recognised the importance of manufacturing by devoting a considerable...

Job Creation (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Would it not be a good idea to have external monitoring of the Government's success? The Government sets itself up as its own examiner and gives itself an A+. Despite the claimed success rate, 97%, the unemployment rate remains stuck at 14.6%. The Minister referred in his reply to the credit guarantee scheme. The scheme is not yet in place and is a long way from being so. Not only have...

Job Creation (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister is claiming he has delivered what he has not delivered; that is the point.

Job Creation (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The problem is that I have looked at it.

Job Creation (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I appreciate the Government has set targets and I am not going to be critical of it for missing certain ones. No one expects any Government to meet every single target it sets. However, it is a question of interpretation. Is it not reasonable to suggest there is some outside evaluation of these targets and that the Government does not decide whether it met its targets itself? This is...

Enterprise Support Services (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the progress that he has made on item 3.3 of the action plan for jobs particularly developing a mentoring programme for businesses and the adoption of small and medium enterprises by multinational corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20915/12]

Enterprise Support Services (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I raised this question because the proposal in the action plan is designed to help the indigenous sector, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs. The Minister of State referred to a pilot scheme for the mentoring programme. When does he envisage the system will be properly put in place?

Enterprise Support Services (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Yes, but that is an informal system.

Enterprise Support Services (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Will a formal system be put in place to link up these multinationals?

Organised Crime (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister of State will be aware that the Prison Officers Association, whose annual conference is taking place at the moment, has drawn attention to the difficulties caused by the activities of gangland figures in prison where they are replicating many of the activities in which they have been involved on the outside. This has very real consequences for the compliant prison population who...

Organised Crime (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister of State for her reply, and I understand why the Minister for Justice and Equality cannot be here. While I appreciate the work being done by prison staff and the experience they have built up, the Minister will understand that at the moment we are dealing with a particularly volatile situation. The prisons are crammed. I can understand the reason for that; I do not...

Industrial Relations (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that employers are increasingly disregarding the recommendations of institutions such as the Rights Commissioner and the Labour Court; his plans to deal with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21035/12]

Industrial Relations (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome what the Minister has said with regard to the forthcoming legislation in the autumn. We look forward to seeing what improvements he can manage to bring about in the system. I would like to bring the Minister back to the situation under the industrial relations legislation. Is he aware that in 2010, the last year for which we have figures, no less than 543 cases were referred to...

Industrial Relations (26 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I agree with the Minister on his last point. I refer the Minister to a letter he wrote to the Mandate trade union dated 1 March 2012 in which he advised the union that he would consider, " vindication of employees' rights and the minimisation of the cost to employees in the context of the forthcoming reform of the State's employment rights and industrial relations structures and procedures"....

Social Welfare Appeals (25 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the waiting times for appeals in her Department; the measures she has taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20570/12]

Written Answers — Third Level Participation: Third Level Participation (24 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals he has to support growth in participation at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19410/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 182: To ask the Taoiseach the State agencies under his remit that have an internship scheme in place for young graduates; the number of places available; the take up of these schemes to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20502/12]

Written Answers — Market Access: Market Access (24 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all market access plans have been updated and evaluated; if not, when this will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20064/12]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (24 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has identified diaspora to partake in the initiative referenced in item 5.9 of the action plan for jobs; the numbers involved; if not identified, when this will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20083/12]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (24 Apr 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State agencies under his remit that have an internship scheme in place for young graduates; the number of places available; the take up of these schemes to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20496/12]