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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: No, I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Sure. A Chathaoirligh, this is not an effort to have a divisive, belligerent conversation; it is simply and genuinely to have a flowing conversation on the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland's Ancient East.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to ask a number of very short questions and I will pose them individually if that is acceptable. How many Northern and Southern firms have participated on trade missions abroad in each of the past five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Can the Minister provide a rough estimate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Perhaps the Minister might forward the information to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that Northern firms involved in Southern trade missions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I am seeking information on the firms from the two jurisdictions which take part in the other jurisdiction's trade missions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Work is being done in the South in respect of spatial planning. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Minister in a position to highlight practical examples of engagement with the Northern authorities in respect of such planning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay, but am I correct in stating that the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has an input into that exercise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Has there been-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It might benefit our report if the Minister sent us examples of the Department's engagement with its sister Department in the North on spatial planning. Has anything been done on the development of a Border development zone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: But the idea is that the Border development zone will straddle both sides of the Border. It will be a practical, geographically limited zone which incorporates particular partnerships, taxation policies, policy development synergies, etc. Are there practical steps? Will this be in place before the Government's term ends, for example?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: What actions are planned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Retail Excellence Ireland came together with the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association, NIIRTA, and created a detailed report based on surveys they carried out of retailers on both sides of the Border and tourists who had visited both jurisdictions. They found there was the potential to generate €750 million if the tourism and shopping sectors were developed. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is in the South.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2015: Motion (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: As a matter of interest as opposed to a critique, would it have been possible to apply this provision to unregistered companies in the Companies Act rather than by means of a statutory instrument? The Minister referred to the Bank of Ireland. What other unregistered companies operate here?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (26 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 331. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all local authority discretionary expenditure for goods and services is to be moved to a central framework created by the Office of Government Procurement; if so, the date by which this will occur; and if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the value of the expenditure to be so moved and accordingly lost to local authorities...