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Other Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is there a timeframe for the publication of the action plan? Will the Minister of State give a commitment that he or another Minister or Minister of State will be accountable for the delivery of those plans.? There is no sense in dividing them across three Departments, because they will not be delivered; they will fall between the cracks. This brings me back to a common theme of mine....

Other Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: By whom?

Other Questions: Grocery Industry (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: The Consumer Association of Ireland and the CSO figures have brought the spotlight back on to the supermarket sector. The Minister mentioned relatively weak competition and the difficulty here is that relatively weak competition is impacting on people's day to day existence. Everyone has suffered severe income cuts and they are cutting expenditure to the bone. When we see even a 2.5%...

Other Questions: Professional Fees (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: In June 2011, Forfás issued a report, The Cost of Doing Business, which said there was a danger that if structural barriers preventing costs from adjusting are not removed, once an economic recovery kicks in, recent competitiveness gains will be rapidly eroded. The danger is particularly acute on the legal side of things. Various troika reviews have also pointed this out. The...

Other Questions: Professional Fees (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: First, it is all very well to tell people to shop around. Figures from the Central Statistics Office to the third quarter of 2012 show a 2% increase in service producer prices. There is no sense in shopping around when the price curve is going up. Second, there is no Legal Services Regulation Bill. The Minister for Justice and Equality parked it, as though he could not afford to drive it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Guarantee Scheme Applications (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: I absolutely agree with the Minister of State with regard to the banks. In fact, I tabled a question asking for his opinion on the banks which was disallowed so I thank him for giving his opinion here that the banks are not lending enough. The two pillar banks have been recapitalised and given targets. The Minister of State is meeting business people every day and is in touch with what is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Guarantee Scheme Applications (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made regarding the uptake of the credit guarantee scheme and the microfinance scheme; his views on whether the pricing of both schemes is appropriate to the current economic conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9431/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Guarantee Scheme Applications (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Acting Chairman. That was a nicely done Dublin South turnaround in the Chair. I raise a couple of issues. The 100 applications to the microfinance scheme is a healthy sign that is to be welcomed but when only 14 have been approved under the credit guarantee scheme it points to a serious problem in terms of awareness of it. When the Minister of State meets representatives of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the next action plan on jobs will be published; if it will align job creation targets with each initiative for each Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9430/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for his answer. He stated that the action plan for jobs was a series of broad measures without specific targets, but the difficulty lies in the fact that he and his colleagues in government made a commitment in the programme for Government to create 100,000 new jobs by 2016. The live register figures are not moving. The 400,000 or so people who are on the live register...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: The live register figures are stuck at where they were two years ago despite all of the Minister's talk of job creation. I welcome JobBridge and the other initiatives, but the CSO's end-of-year figures show that just over 5,000 new places were created in 2012 whereas 300,000 people were seeking places on those schemes. This is not a political charge, but a systemic one. What elements does...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support the proposed structured non-judicial debt settlement system outlined in the report submitted to him by the Company Law Review Group in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9096/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Levels (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the next action plan on jobs will include specific regional measures in view of the geographical disparity in unemployment rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9073/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the next action plan on jobs will include specific regional measures in view of the geographical disparity in unemployment rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9432/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of funding to provide two cochlear ear implants for children who require such devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9504/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the total funding allocated at EU level for development programmes arising from the recent conclusion of discussions on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8944/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (20 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the progress he has made with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the urgent need to deal with recent sectarian violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8915/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Production (20 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take to reverse the recent decline in industrial production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3565/13]

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (19 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: This time last week, I asked the Taoiseach to give a voice to the voiceless and tonight he did so. I welcome the heartfelt and genuine apology he made as the Taoiseach and a citizen of the State. His apology is owed to all of the women concerned. He has given a voice to those whose voice was stolen from them and in finding their voice, the survivors of the Magdalen laundries and their...

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that is available to improve road networks in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8556/13]