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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas Appeals (29 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 92. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the exact number of appeals that have been received by his Department from land owners in the six designated special protection areas in County Donegal which were designated in 2011; the number of appeals which were successful; the number still under consideration; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Discussion (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: I have no difficulty in acknowledging that. I realise the market the IDA is in. However, there is a problem when companies do not get to see the majority of the country. They do not get a sniff of what is going on outside Dublin and Cork in terms of client visits. That is the only measure we have. This comes back to my first question to the Secretary General in terms of the breakdown of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Discussion (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: I apologise in advance as I will have to leave straight after I speak. I welcome the Secretary General and his delegation. I also welcome his comments on Forfás. I acknowledge the presence of Mr. Martin Shanahan and pay tribute to him and all the team in Forfás for their work. I knew it was to be morphed into the Department this year and ask the Secretary General to comment...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation Data (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 141. To ask the Taoiseach the number of new businesses that were established in 2013; if this represents an increase from the figure in 2012; the number of jobs these businesses created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4193/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation Data (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 143. To ask the Taoiseach the net number of jobs that were created in the creative services sector during 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4201/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Job Creation Data (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 142. To ask the Taoiseach the net number of jobs that were created in the construction sector during 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4199/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 144. To ask the Taoiseach if employment in the international financial services sector increased during 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4203/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Minimum Wage (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 145. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees here that are paid the statutory minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3153/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies Establishment (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 148. To ask the Taoiseach the number of new agencies and State bodies established since 9 March 2011 under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3588/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Job Creation Data (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 307. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of jobs that were directly created or supported by Government investment in infrastructure during 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4192/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if small and medium enterprises represented an increased proportion of companies tendering for public contracts in 2013; if they represented an increased proportion of awarded companies; the number of SMEs that were awarded public sector contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4196/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Law Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 334. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the levying powers conferred on IAASA by the recent Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 and the Exchequer-nature of the overall approach, if there is any further legislative impediment to IAASA taking responsibility for the supervision, audit quality and regulation of auditors of public interest entities; the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 336. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs that were created in data management and analytics during 2013; the number of these of these jobs that are attributable to actions taken as part of the first disruptive reform in the Action Plan for Jobs; the number of these that are privately funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4182/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Market Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 337. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional honours level ICT graduate professionals that entered the Irish labour market in 2013; the number of these that were attracted from outside Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4183/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 338. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in delivery of the integrated licensing application system for the retail sector; the amount by which it will reduce the annual cost of regulatory requirements for local convenience stores when introduced; the date on which the system will be rolled out to other sectors of the economy; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health Care Infrastructure (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 339. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in the promised establishment of a national health innovation hub following the achievements of the Cork demonstrator project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4187/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 340. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the Government action to promote small and medium enterprise financing has been sufficient in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4188/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 341. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that were created in 2013 through the establishment of new collaborative research and technology centres promised in the Action Plan for Jobs; the amount of private investment that has been secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4189/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Data (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 342. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland’s international cost competitiveness improved during 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4190/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (28 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: 343. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there was an improved availability of skills required for the manufacturing sector in the Irish labour force during 2013; if he has engaged with the Department of Education and Skills to improve foreign language skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4191/14]