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Seanad: Ábhair Oidí (9 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Senator's point is fair. I wish I was in a position to be able to tell him we can reverse this decision but we cannot. Some 80% of the budget relates to pay. There are commitments under Croke Park. I have to be honest and straight with the Senator. The decision has been made with regard to this budget line. However, the IT courses will be reconfigured in line with the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: An issue arose following a High Court judgement in October 2010 where it was held that Ireland was not in compliance with its EU obligations under Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC. It was held that the Court could not grant an injunction against an intermediary in relation to transient communications. Until this judgment, it had been considered that Ireland was fully compliant with Art 8(3)...

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: Who gave the Deputy his speech?

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: What is Fianna Fáil's policy?

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: In other words, it has no policy at the moment.

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: We will wait for that.

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (21 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: One of the recommendations arising from the European Science Foundation "Forward Look, Mathematics and Industry" publication which I launched in October 2011, was that EU and National funding agencies should coordinate clusters of excellence in industrial mathematics to create a European Institute of Mathematics for Innovation (EIMI). The European Institute, given the complexity with so...

Written Answers — Copyright Law: Copyright Law (21 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The proposed Statutory Instrument is intended to ensure the return to the legal position that was considered to pertain, in relation to injunctions against intermediaries, prior to a High Court judgment in October 2010. This judgment also stated that Ireland was not in compliance with its obligations under EU law. Several concerns were expressed after the judgment by interested parties....

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: An issue arose following a High Court judgement in October 2010 where it was held that Ireland was not in compliance with its EU obligations under Coyright Directive 2001/29/EC. It was held that the court could not grant an injunctiont against an intermediary in relation to transient communications. Until this judgment, it had been considered that Ireland was fully compliant with Article...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The proposed Statutory Instrument is intended to ensure the return to the legal position that was considered to pertain, in relation to injunctions against intermediaries, prior to a High Court judgment in October 2010. This judgment also stated that Ireland was not in compliance with its EU obligations under Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC. The wording of the proposed Statutory Instrument...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The proposed Statutory Instrument is intended to ensure the return to the legal position that was considered to pertain, in relation to injunctions against intermediaries, prior to a High Court judgment in October 2010. This judgment also stated that Ireland was not in compliance with its obligations under EU law. Several concerns were expressed after the judgment by interested parties....

Written Answers — Innovation Initiatives: Innovation Initiatives (28 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The European Commission's Innovation Union Scoreboard, published earlier this month, shows Ireland retaining its position among those Member States with above average performance in their research and innovation systems. The scoreboard shows that Ireland has strengths in a number of areas including Human Resources, open, excellent and attractive research systems, and economic effects, which...

Job Protection (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: Supports to business by successive Governments over many years have focused on supporting viable businesses in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sectors, where the benefits to the economy of such supports significantly exceed their cost. In continuing that approach, this Government's objective is to facilitate the creation and maintenance of the maximum number of...

Job Protection (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I take the point the Deputy is raising. We are being imaginative in ensuring there is a micro-finance fund for small businesses. The new partial credit guarantee scheme is designed to help the SME sector. If one talks about the direct subsidisation of a business - I take the point made by the Deputy on the encouragement or retention of employment within existing businesses - one must be...

Job Protection (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: To be fair and objective about this, we are thinking outside the box. Research and development tax credits will encourage greater business growth.

Job Protection (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Revenue job assist scheme will also help, while PRSI programmes entice employers to retain employees and there is a tax break for that purpose. On the demand and supply side we are trying to encourage companies to retain people in jobs. It is an extremely difficult thing to do because one must adhere to State-aid rules in doing so. We have been imaginative in trying to get people back...

Jobs Funding (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The seventh EU Framework Programme for Research and Development, also known as FP7, with a budget of €55 billion for the period 2007 to 2013, is the EU's main instrument for funding research and development in Europe. FP7 offers Ireland's SMEs, multinationals and research institutions valuable opportunities to participate in high-calibre research collaborations with our European...

Jobs Funding (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: Truthfully, it is not possible to say how many jobs have been created as a result of this programme. It is important to note the number of successful applications in the SME sector is over 1,000 while in the multinational sector, it was 270. In the SME sector, we have taken in over €66 million in funding with €21 million in the multinational sector. While it does not answer the Deputy's...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The European Union (Copyright and Related Rights) Regulations 2012 have today been signed and simultaneously I have launched the next stage of the Copyright Review Committee review of Ireland's copyright legislation, aimed at removing barriers to innovation. I acknowledge the desire of some interested parties that this instrument be more detailed and more prescriptive. However the High Court...

Written Answers — Innovation Initiatives: Innovation Initiatives (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Taskforce's recommendations outlined a whole of Government approach to realising an important strand of Ireland's economic recovery and made a wide range of recommendations in areas such as intellectual property, venture capital, the higher education system, procurement, convergence, sectoral issues, taxation, enterprise agency supports and structures, broadband infrastructure, marketing...