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Industrial Disputes (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: Deputy Dowds is more schooled on that. There is legislation to protect every worker's rights and in respect of dispute resolution. It is voluntary by nature, but we must be fair and balanced in how we approach the issue and I would hope any reasonable company, or any entity, would use the voluntary mechanism that is available. That is the way to proceed. If that fails, we will cross that...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: As the Deputy is aware it is prohibited under existing legislation within the State to illegally hack into the wireless internet of a third party. It is a matter for the Garda Síochána to investigate and prosecute any such illegal activity involving the illegal hacking into a third parties' wireless internet. Access to the internet is normally the subject of a contract between an...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (21 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I will provide the Deputy with a list of all the written representations made to me and to Minister Bruton regarding SI No. 59 of 2012, the European Union (Copyright and Related Rights) Regulations 2012. It should be noted that this information has recently been released by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following a request under the Freedom of Information Act 1997.

Written Answers — Intellectual Property Rights: Intellectual Property Rights (27 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: As the Deputy is aware, Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) is a tool used by Government Departments and Offices for the structured exploration of different options to address particular policy issues and it is used where one or more of these options is new regulation or a regulatory change. This process helps to identify any possible side effects or hidden costs associated with new regulation...

Written Answers — Intellectual Property Rights: Intellectual Property Rights (27 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to inform the Deputy that the staff at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation are aware of the United States of America special report 301, which is an annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights protection and enforcement, conducted by the Office of the United States Trade Representative. As you are aware, counterfeiting and piracy are now serious...

Written Answers — Research and Development Fund: Research and Development Fund (27 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I propose to take Questions Nos. 276 to 278, inclusive, together. The information sought in relation to Enterprise Ireland research and development and small projects, is taken to refer to Enterprise Ireland's support for in-company Research and Development under the R&D Fund. The total amount approved under Enterprise Ireland's in-company R&D project support funds for each of the past five...

Job Protection (28 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputies Nash, Terence Flanagan and Kirk for raising this matter. This is the second time in the space of a year that Vodafone and its operations have become the subject of a Topical Issue Debate in this House. I am very conscious of the anxiety that the proposed transfer of the 290 agency posts and 27 direct Vodafone posts to Teleperformance creates for the workers and their...

Job Protection (28 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: A number of issues have been raised. I have no problem in principle with the Members from counties Louth and Dublin seeking a meeting with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, about this matter. In the first instance, there are national and strategic issues in regard to the precarious nature of call centre jobs. There is the issue of the transfer of undertakings...

Job Protection (28 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: If the Members present who raised the issue are willing to meet the Minister, I will make that request of him. Let us see where we go from there. I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (29 Mar 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton T.D established the Copyright Review Committee on 9th May, 2011 to examine the current Copyright legislative framework to identify any areas of the legislation that might be deemed to create barriers to innovation and to make recommendations to resolve any problems identified. The Review will ultimately present a Report with a...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I wish to share time with Deputies Paschal Donohoe and Heather Humphreys.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the announcement by Mylan Incorporated of 220 jobs in the Gaeltacht in Connemara. This is a testament to the hard work that has been done by the Government in spite of the awful economic morass in which we find ourselves as a result of the previous speaker's Government's actions. In spite of that economic morass in which we find ourselves, we are still winning new business and new...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to establish a network of Technology Research Centres designed to accelerate the exploitation of new technologies and bridge the gap between research and technology commercialisation. Technology centres are public-private research centres of excellence that connect industry to the higher education sector to increase the generation and...

State Examinations (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The State Examinations Commission was established as an independent agency in 2003 to deal with all operational issues relating to State examinations. The Minister does not have a role in the selection criteria for the appointment of superintendents of State examinations. The State Examinations Commission has provided me with the following...

State Examinations (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I have full sympathy for the point made by the Deputy. While he makes a logical and cogent case, if I am to be honest, we must speak to the independence of the State Examinations Commission in terms of the role of superintendents and so forth. The Deputy is absolutely right. The Minister for Education and Skills made statements on the role of retired teachers. I respectfully ask the Deputy...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter. He says we all agree that savings need to be made. If he agrees with that premise, then it is not enough to suggest that he change the pupil-teacher ratio without providing an alternative to make savings. I thank the Deputy for giving me the opportunity to outline to the House the position on the budgetary measure relating to the staffing of small...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: With due respect to the Deputy, if he wanted to speak about a particular school in his constituency, I respectfully suggest he should have put that into wording of the text of the matter. I reiterate that the unallocated deficit in the education budget for 2013 is €77 million and it is €147 million for 2014. If I understand the Deputy correctly, he said that there is a school in his...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: We do not interfere with parental decisions as to where they decide to send their children to school. That would set a dangerous precedent if that is what the Deputy is suggesting.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: If the Deputy is talking about taking pupils out of schools and putting them into other schools, he is setting a dangerous precedent.

Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Apr 2012)

Seán Sherlock: Parental choice as to where one sends one's child to school is paramount. It is important we recognise that within this State.