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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: I have a general question for the Minister. Has the workplace relations Bill been agreed by Cabinet and will we see it before Easter, summer or Christmas next?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: No.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: What is the target for lending in 2014? The temporary guarantee scheme has provided €10.3 million in 15 months which is way lower than was presumed. The Minister undertook a review of the credit guarantee scheme. Is the target still €150 million? What is the target for 2014? The microfinance targets are way below expectations. Microfinance Ireland came before the committee...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: Where is the money in the service level agreement? Does it come from Enterprise Ireland or from the local authorities to Enterprise Ireland? The budget for the old county enterprise boards was within the Department for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Will that money be in Enterprise Ireland, or in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government? I acknowledge the work...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: The LEOs will be funded entirely from the-----

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: Is the runway clear now for the LEOs? Are all industrial relations issues and all the issues with county managers off the table? Are they ready to roll, apart from the legislation?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: He is in the Chamber.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State, Deputy Perry, has answered many of our questions on that section. As the county enterprise boards come to the end of their existence I acknowledge the great work they have done. I am still not convinced and am concerned about moving Enterprise Ireland into that space because, while it is an excellent organisation, its interest is firmly in companies that want to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: None of those are focused on mainland China.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: As the Minister indicated, the dissolution of Shannon Development is a major target for the Department this year. What is the current asset value of Shannon Development? Will these assets transfer from the parent Department to the new Shannon Airport Authority? What precisely is envisaged in this regard? What is the annual rent roll of Shannon Development? How much of the company's...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: An internal audit review was done on the pilot competitive feasibility fund for the south east region in June 2012. The subsequent report picked up some relatively minor issues about the fund, noting, for example, that some companies that received a grant under the fund were not eligible for funding as they were not based in the region. Have the issues raised in the report been addressed?...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: What will be the precise financial relationship between Enterprise Ireland and the local enterprise offices? Has Enterprise Ireland's budget been increased while funding for traditional enterprise boards is being decreased? Will the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government have a role in funding local enterprise offices?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: How much money was returned to the organisation in surrenders in 2012 or 2013? Perhaps the Minister does not have those figures to hand.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: That is €3.1 million from a total of €89 million.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: The figure is €18 million.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister, the Ministers of State and their officials. I notice a certain ministerial nervousness around consultancy fees, which is welcome, but Forfás spent €11.3 million on research in 2012. Will that level of expenditure on research be maintained in the Department? Most important, will the academic independence that Forfás brought to various arguments be...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: My query, never mind the consultancy, is that in 2012, Forfás had a budget of €51.4 million and about €11.3 million was spent on research with the remainder spent on other activities. Will that level of expenditure on research be maintained when the research function of Forfás goes under the Department's roof?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: Will its academic independence be maintained? What is the position if the research of the research policy staff does not support departmental policy? Will they still-----

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: The target of subhead A5 is to deliver 13,000 new jobs and 155 investment projects for 2014. In 2013, the IDA delivered 13,367 new jobs and 164 new investment projects. Why are the figures being downgraded at a time when we expect some expansion? I have a series of questions on subhead A5. Will I put them all together?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Dara Calleary: It is proposed to maintain the target to deliver 50% of IDA investment to centres outside Dublin and Cork. In 2013, it was 30% and the IDA states in its end of year report that it is a challenge to reach that 50% figure. In 2013, 64% of the visits by incoming client companies were to Dublin and to Cork. Will we reach the 50% target figure in 2014 or is it just a notional figure? In 2012,...