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Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is that Dáil reform? I refer to the consumer and competition Bill which has been listed for some time. There is a complex disagreement in Government between the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, about who "owns" the Bill. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, seems to have...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: It is about to destroy the industry creating them.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: The Government and all of us share the aim of creating more jobs and resolving the unemployment crisis. It is the collective aim of the Deputies from every party in this House and the Independent Deputies. In the 2011 mini-budget, the Minister, Deputy Noonan, announced a reduction in the VAT rate from 13.5% to 9% as part of an initiative aimed at creating jobs in the hospitality industry....

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for not answering the question. We denounced the method of funding because the pension levy was imposed not only on rich pensioners, but also on small pensioners such as those in Tara Mines in Navan.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: The very lowest paid pensioners had to pay. We did not denounce the initiative. Any initiative that creates jobs is welcome. I will not take a lecture from any Labour Party Minister on denouncing, given that party's record in opposition.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: In August, Fáilte Ireland published a study for the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, and the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, which said that the jobs created by the measure equated "to a benefit to the Exchequer of circa €55 million" and further estimated "that the Exchequer’s tax take on the growth in spending by overseas visitors in 2012 was worth €40 million". The...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge that it has created jobs. We want to keep the jobs that have been created in domestically owned businesses in local communities throughout the country.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: This matter was brought to the floor of the House yesterday by Deputies Ann Phelan and Derek Nolan of the Labour Party and Deputy Brendan Griffin of Fine Gael because they want to maintain these 15,000 jobs. The Minister has an opportunity to make a similar commitment, as his backbenchers did last night.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: I did not denounce it.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: The Minister should tell that to the people behind him.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the thrust of the Bill. Having tried to start some of this work, I have a certain sympathy with the Minister - that is not necessarily shared on this side of the House or, I suspect, on the Government backbenches - about the complexity of public service reform. It is extraordinary that a relatively normal day-to-day human resources act, such as redeployment, requires legislation....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (25 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: 18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps An Garda Síochána has taken to compensate for the loss of Garda stations across rural communities; the number of new community alert schemes in which the Gardaí are engaged in 2012 and 2013; the number of new Garda clinics opened in 2013 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39576/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (25 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: 96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that when meetings are being held within his Department with various banks that minutes were taken and that only issues pertaining to Government business were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39911/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (25 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: 97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if it is the practice in his Department for officials to attend all meetings held by all Ministers in his Department with outside bodies including banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39912/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (25 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: 98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is an agreed protocol within his Department regarding meetings with outside bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39913/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Application Numbers (25 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide on a county basis in tabular form the number of persons in receipt of farm assist in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and in the same table and on a county basis the cumulative value of the payments in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39861/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Application Numbers (25 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide on a county basis in tabular form the number of persons in receipt of REP scheme 4 payments on an annual basis since its inception; if he will indicate in the same table and on a county basis the cumulative value of REP scheme 4 payments in each of those years; his plans for a replacement scheme for those in REPS...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (25 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: 175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the REP scheme 4 scheme beyond its deadline for a further 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39863/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister and his officials. The Minister will be delighted to hear that Kinsale Community College, which is from his county, won first prize today at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists. That is exactly the space we need to occupy. The difficulty with the Minister's brief is that it is long-term. Last night the five Deputies from Mayo met the members of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: So it is going to the Seanad first?