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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy regarding the manufacturing industry and the way it can be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52080/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister. I welcome the number of initiatives announced, particularly the manufacturing and development forum. Can the Minister outline the membership of it? While there was growth in employment in the sector last year, which is welcome, the QNHS survey showed a decline of 4,000 jobs between April and June this year in the manufacturing sector. Some 50% of IDA jobs are in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he proposes to help the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52079/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State but he should compare that answer to the answer given for the manufacturing sector, which had specific initiatives, task forces, reporting deadlines and job targets. This Government is doing nothing specific for the retail sector. The Minister of State listed the measures under the action plan for jobs, but nothing specific is being done by the Department to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: What is it doing?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: What measures are specifically for the retail sector?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Government has been in office for 18 months. What is it doing?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: It took 18 months.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Protection (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: Again, there are no specific proposals for retail. I accept the Minister of State is meeting people but he mentioned the €3.5 billion. At the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Expenditure meeting three weeks ago, AIB admitted that of the €3.5 billion, it was making only €600 million in new finance available to businesses. We have discussed this before. I welcomed the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: They are saying it to me.

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: I also want to ask a question.

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: I understand the strategic investment bank is with the five point plan somewhere in the ether. The credit guarantee scheme is welcome. As the Minister of State said, it has been open since 24 October. Can he give any indication of the application level to date? The microfinance scheme set up on 1 October is welcome. I asked about that because there appears to be no promotion of it....

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: Nine hundred cases.

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Central Bank.

Other Questions: Retail Sector (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action he will take to assist the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51836/12]

Other Questions: Retail Sector (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State knew that before the election.

Other Questions: Retail Sector (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: Returning to my previous question on a promotional campaign - before the Acting Chairman gets excited, it is applicable to the retail sector - and a knowledge campaign for the two new schemes, these are not known of among the general business community. Would the Minister of State give me any idea of the drawdown of the facilities? The Minister of State will not convince me that he is...

Other Questions: Retail Sector (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State is in cloud cuckoo land.

Other Questions: Retail Sector (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Minister is in some other land.

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (22 Nov 2012)

Dara Calleary: No, we have it. I am satisfied with that.