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Seanad: Adjournment Matters.: Health Services (27 Sep 2012)

John Perry: I listened carefully to the Senator. He stated clearly that four regional narcolepsy co-ordinators were designated. It is important that the actions introduced by the Government to deal with the issue are implemented on the ground. The concerns raised by the Senator will be brought to the attention of the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly. What is required is straight talk, action and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: I congratulate Deputy Calleary on his appointment to this important area of responsibility. Micro and small businesses are crucial parts of our economy. Ensuring more such businesses can start up, expand and export is a key pillar of our plans for jobs and growth. For this reason, the Government has decided to implement an ambitious reform of the delivery of services to small and micro...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: Much work has been done and the role of county enterprise boards is still very effective. I attended the national ploughing championships last week and I noted a certain number of start-up businesses getting on with their enterprise. There have been closures but there are also some very high-potential start-up businesses. There has been an establishment of the first-time exports division...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: I disagree that there is inertia.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: There is a big commitment from within the enterprise sector, and even in the county and city enterprise boards, to be effective on the ground. The advisory groups are dealing with business people who are coming in, and there is an allocation of budget for each county.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: That is the view I have from meeting the people involved. The restructuring process will tackle the local enterprise office process that has operated since 1993. The microfinance fund will be operational and people with an idea can go to a local enterprise office and seek up to €25,000. In the short term that will be operated by enterprise offices.

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50, 51 and 57 together. The achievement of balanced regional growth is a core objective of the Government. Promoting entrepreneurship, attracting inward investment, helping indigenous companies grow and facilitating the key infrastructural needs of Irish enterprise are key policy instruments for building the competitive advantage of regions and promoting...

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: In 2011 there were 69 IDA client companies in the Border region employing a total of 8,223 people. In accordance with the Horizon 2020 strategy launched in 2010, the IDA's specific target for job creation in the period 2010 to 2014 is 105,000 new jobs in IDA-supported companies and a further 42,000 indirect jobs. With regard to facilitating IDA visits, the IDA is working with all its...

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: The Deputy should look at the BMW region and the accelerated level of incentives that were given in the Border region.

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: The IDA brings in the potential investor. It is about location but there is a big emphasis on the north west and Border regions. I agree there is a difficulty getting people out of the main centres and the job of the Government is to encourage the IDA to support that. Obviously, however, business is driven by its customer and that determines its preferred location. The IDA has had a...

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: The focus of Government agencies is to create jobs. Unemployment in Donegal is very high. The Border region has an unemployment rate of 16.3% compared with the national average of 14.7%. To get foreign direct investment into Donegal, or even indigenous start-up companies, the local enterprise officers will be rolled out, which will start with small companies, which will be the driver of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Closures (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: The latest official statistics available on business start-ups and closures were published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in their Press Release on “Business Demography 2010” which was published on 22 June 2012. These returns show that: - During 2010, there were over 195,000 enterprises active in the private business economy in Ireland, with nearly 1.24 million...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Advisory Group on Small Business Recommendations (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: The Advisory Group on Small Business which I chair, published the Voice of Small Business Report in 2011, which was submitted to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Employment as the recommended small business actions for consideration in the Action Plan for Jobs. The Voice of Small Business contains fifty-seven actions across twelve broad policy areas. Thirty-four of the Advisory Groups...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41312/12]

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Industrial Relations (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter on the Adjournment. It concerns a dispute between the company and eight employees regarding the selection criteria used for making them redundant. The workers concerned have been engaged in a protest outside of the Cherry Orchard depot in Ballyfermot since 24 September. I understand that following a contract loss the company made 12 of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Industrial Relations (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: The reply states that the Department has informed me that it has no record of having received any claim against the Gleeson Group to date. No doubt the Minister will respond directly to the Senator on this issue as well. That is the current position.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Accommodation for Asylum Seekers (2 Oct 2012)

John Perry: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue, to which I am responding on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter. The Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, of the Department of Justice and Equality is responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers in accordance with the Government's policy of direct provision and dispersal. Standard...

Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (4 Oct 2012)

John Perry: I thank the Deputies for raising this important issue. Self-employed individuals who have fallen on hard times or who are without work for some time may establish entitlement to assistance-based payments. Those who have been previously self-employed can apply for the means-tested jobseeker's allowance if their business ceases or if they are on low income as a result of a downturn in demand...

Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (4 Oct 2012)

John Perry: The advisory group's overall method of work is based on producing modular reports on the priority areas identified in the terms of reference. Where possible, the aim is to provide recommendations that can be acted on in time for the annual budget, Estimates and legislative cycle and to allow the Government to best address its commitments under the EU-IMF programme of financial support. I...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Emigration Statistics (4 Oct 2012)

John Perry: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. The statistics released by the CSO last month reveal that just over 87,000 people emigrated from Ireland last year, of whom almost half were non-Irish nationals. Many of these non-Irish nationals are likely to be individuals who came to Ireland in search of work in the previous decade and are now either returning home or moving to...