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- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: I do not want to harp on about the tax incentive but in many ways it is the offshore elephant in the room. It is an incentive towards enterprise. We are here to discuss incentives towards enterprise, and the Deputy mentioned that it is a reducing factor with regard to the four "Ts". It is probably not possible to identify the figure now but I ask that the figure for the tax incentive total...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: What about companies which perhaps do not pay exactly 12.5%? Perhaps they have research and development incentives or another incentive which reduces their liability for the headline tax.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: I have asked for the figure and I ask the Minister-----
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: With regard to venture capital, seed capital, microfinance and credit guarantee, if the Minister is honest, he will be disappointed with the level of uptake and infusion of these structures in the past year. Private investment is a sorely lacking stimulus in the economy. What can the Minister do to help with this?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: What is the current value of equity holdings by Enterprise Ireland companies? Why did Enterprise Ireland technology centres not match those in priority research? With regard to support through Science Foundation Ireland, the target was to consolidate 28 research centres and five new large-scale awards. Where were the large-scale awards made? With regard to Science Foundation Ireland...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: I read that there were five new large-scale awards. If the number is actually seven, that is fine.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: Where were the large-scale awards made?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: Yes.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: There is no defined IP determination; it can be developed. How do determinations normally develop? I imagine that the IP is looked after by the private entity in most cases.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: There are no figures to determine the breakdown of the IP historically.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: I refer to my question about the large scale awards. The Minister of State mentioned the sectors these were in and also mentioned the perinatal work in Cork. In regard to other geographical areas, was there, say, a figure of 50% identified for centres outside Dublin and Cork, or are they all to be found in those two city areas? My second question relates to the number of patents being...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: There is excellence outside Dublin and Cork.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: I mentioned the Horizon 2020 target for GDP.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: It was originally GDP.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: Does the Minister of State not agree it makes the figure look better?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: I refer to page 23, on workplace relations. When will this be presented before committee? Page 24 deals with the Companies Registration Office, CRO. This body will have a big job of work to do with regard to the Companies Bill and to allow for a smooth transition. I do not see anything assigned to the CRO to allow for that and ensure it does not suffer. The Competition Authority targets...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: I am unsure as to whether the Minister referred to the ability of the Companies Registration Office to deal with the transition under the Companies Bill's new strictures. While I understand there will be a reduction in funds to allow for inspections by the Health and Safety Authority, that there were 48 deaths in 2012 underlines how critical it is we enforce standards in industry. The...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: Much of the savings in administration come from the Croke Park agreement, etc. One of the points my party has always laboured is the differential between the payments of those in the upper grades as opposed to those in the lower grades. In Ireland, typically, the rate is 7.7%, meaning the multiple above that the upper grade earns. In Nordic countries, for example, it is approximately 3.1%.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: Forgive me, 3.1 times is what I meant. Would it be possible to get a breakdown of what those multiples are within the Department, to see the kind of cost base involved? I understand the Minister is probably not able to give that information now but I am sure it is accessible.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013) Peadar Tóibín: These are facts that may help us get a better understanding. Although much of the administration is from the Department each of the agencies also has its own administration so the administration of this Department may not be directly comparable with that of other Departments that may have fewer agencies delivering programmes. Would it be possible to get figures of administration costs per...