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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Funding (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: It was a pre-election statement.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Development Capital Scheme (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he will ensure the recently launched development capital scheme does not encounter a similarly disappointing level of take-up as the microenterprise loan fund and the seed and venture capital scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50617/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Development Capital Scheme (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: The difficulty I have with the scheme is that the rationale and rhetoric sounds great but when will it hit the street? When will companies that need the finance get it from the development capital scheme? All of the initiatives the Minister has taken are announced in a blaze of glory but the practicalities on the street are minimal. In the first year of its existence the microenterprise...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Development Capital Scheme (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: I do not doubt Enterprise Ireland’s track record. It is superb. Microfinance Ireland, MFI, attended the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation a few weeks ago. Every Member should look at the presentation it gave and the information it has for companies. It has a difficulty in terms of getting its message out. I suggested to the Minister previously that it would use...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether budget changes to illness benefit will increase the burden on business, cost jobs and is contrary to the spirit of the action plan on jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50552/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am well aware that this scheme is the responsibility of Minister, Deputy Burton, as are small businesses throughout the country because this is the third budget in a row in which she has specifically gone after small businesses. We have had redundancy rebate changes, the change to the sick pay scheme and the increase in employer's PRSI with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge the appointment of the Minister of State with responsibility for small business and all the work that has been done, but there is no sense in having a dog that does not bark. The Minister knew that the employers' PRSI rate was going to change and yet this change to sick pay was brought in. The fact that the Minister knew that rate was going to change was another excuse to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: The cost will fall back on them.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Copyright Legislation Review (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to update copyright legislation to support the development of the digital industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50553/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way Irish pharmaceutical companies will be supported to avail of the opportunities for increased production and employment following the recent increase in new drug approvals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50550/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the potential benefits and risks for Ireland from the Mercosur trade talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50549/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brewery Licensing (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance the licensing regime, qualifying criteria and steps to be met in respect of a person wishing to set up a new licence for a craft brewery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxation being applied to microbreweries producing beer; the way his Department differentiates between a microbrewery and a micro-distillery in terms of taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50891/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Structures (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current operational structure of his Department outlining the management structure but excluding naming of personnel; the responsibilities of each section; the number of persons working in each section; his plans for reforming this structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50918/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Structures (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current operational structure of his Department outlining the management structure but excluding naming of personnel; the responsibilities of each section; the number of persons working in each section; his plans for reforming this structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50917/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Structures (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 111. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current operational structure of her Department outlining the management structure but excluding naming of personnel; the responsibilities of each section; the number of persons working in each section; her plans for reforming this structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50919/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (27 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role and powers he intends to prescribe to Irish Water in the planning process; if he intends to provide Irish Water with similar powers to those of the National Roads Authority in terms of the planning process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50944/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: There are three line Ministers, namely, those with responsibility for education and skills, jobs, enterprise and innovation and social protection, involved with this brief. Does it concern the Minister, Deputy Bruton, that matters may get lost between the cracks? In the context of where we need to be in terms of focus, is there an argument to be made for one focused department of jobs in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: That is good. At what stage will that proposal filter down to the people in traineeships? One of my concerns - not a political one - is that it all takes so much time and we do not have time. In order to put down a foundation for resolving the EU-wide unemployment crisis, there needs to be rapid action and the quality framework is very important. Will this go back to member states for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the meeting. This morning we must acknowledge the very strong figures from the Central Statistics Office on employment. We all welcome them as a very positive indication of a recovering economy. Is there any timeline in place for the conclusion of the posting of workers directive? Can the Minister outline why we oppose Article 12? There was...