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Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: Has he acted honourably?

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: Inné foilsíodh tuairisc Cigireacht an Gharda Síochána faoin gconspóid pointí pionóis Tá sé soiléir ón tuarascáil sin go raibh fadhbanna móra ann sa chóras pointí phionóis. Yesterday the report from the independent Garda Inspectorate clarified a number of matters concerning the penalty points issue. It is clear...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Minister abused the privileges of this House to seek to sully and destroy the reputation of a serving garda, but I suppose we should not be surprised because he also abused the privileges of his Ministry to try to damage the reputation of a Member of this House. The Taoiseach stated yesterday, "In so far as apologies are concerned, I have already said that the Minister for Justice and...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: We agree absolutely agree that there should be a Legislature that can conduct business in a way that is seen to be objective. We do not want one in which a Minister can use his privileges to abuse the reputation of a servant of the State. That is what has happened here and what we want an apology for. We are not politicising this. The Minister for Justice and Equality clearly abused the...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: He tried to destroy them

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: I accept and welcome that progress has been made in the south east, but there is a long way to go. The Minister's remarks contrast with his earlier response on regional policy to the effect that he cannot corral and force the IDA. A political decision has been taken to prioritise the south east, which has resulted in increased activity. I hope the Minister will take that political decision...

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: I apologise for interrupting the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party meeting here, but one of the commitments in the jobs action plan was about small and medium enterprise finance. We have had this discussion already. Last year, the pillar banks, AIB and Bank of Ireland, were supposed to loan €2 billion each to SMEs - that is, a total of €4 billion. Yet the Central Bank report,...

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps his Department has taken to implement the south-east economic development strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12164/14]

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: This question continues today's theme of regional development. One of the regions that is not performing is the south east where the unemployment rate is 15.5% versus 12.2% nationally. The Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation appointed Senator David Cullinane as a rapporteur to produce a cross-party report including a series of actions on how the problem can be addressed. I...

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The difficulty is that there is a long-term problem there, although I accept that a lot of progress has been made. Has the Minister pursued the appointment of an IDA regional manager for the south east and the establishment of a regional operation so that the IDA would be based in the community? Can the Minister explain why Waterford was excluded from a series of "better business" seminars...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: That was a private sector initiative. It had nothing to do with the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The idea came from a private individual and fair dues to him, but the Minister should not be taking the credit for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Minister takes the credit for everything.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Action Plan for Jobs 2013 referred a great deal to the construction sector but when we put a question to the Minister at the end of January to ascertain employment creation in that sector in 2013, he was unable to provide a figure because it was not being monitored. Last July the Forfás strategy stated that a consultation and co-ordination group should be established under the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: To pick up on the last point, the procurement difficulties have nothing to do with the financial problems we have. They relate to contracts being awarded. The procurement laws and rules are driving a lot of companies out of business. Many companies, in particular regionally-based companies which have employment potential, are not in a position to bid. I do not know if the Minister has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Forfás strategy for the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12293/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: This year's version of the jobs action plan acknowledges that the construction sector has, by international comparison, overcorrected and is now operating below its long-term sustainable level. What is the Minister's plans for employment creation in this area?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: I am not making any thesis that anyone who sets up their own business are inferior. What the Minister read into my argument in his response was that half of those jobs he claimed he created were in fact created by people who have the courage and the ability to set up their own company. If one takes those figures out of it, then 33,000 jobs were created. The fact is that the jobs are lower...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: It should not be abused by the Minister so as to massage the figures, however.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which he will address the falling level of employment in the 15 to 34 age bracket shown in the recent quarterly national household survey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12292/14]