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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: That is under review.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: We look at the glass being half-full, while Deputy Tóibín is very selective in what he picks on. We look at the reality and we talk to business people.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: We meet business people on the ground and we are not being selective like Deputy Tóibín.

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: The Deputy will recall that the capital budget for enterprise supports was broadly protected for 2013 to ensure continued support for Irish business and the implementation of the Action Plan for Jobs programme. This plan is about using available resources in smarter ways and achieving new forms of collaboration across Government to promote enterprise and jobs. Many of the innovative ideas...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: The Minister, Deputy Bruton, will be working on the Action Plan for Jobs which will review all of the actions.

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: First, on the points of Deputies Broughan and Calleary on the issue of women in business, the support by Deputy Joan Burton's Department is very much to encourage people back into work, for instance, the announcement this week of the fund to provide up to €10,000 to an employer of the long-term unemployed. As I stated initially, the purpose of this Government is business. The actions...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I reiterate the commitment of the support agencies, who are doing the best they possibly can. We attended the launch of the pilot local enterprise office in south County Dublin and the county manager was also in attendance. This scheme will be quite revolutionary when it is rolled out from next September and it will mark a new beginning for local enterprise. The point about LEADER...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his indulgence.

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: He is dealing with that.

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: The 2013 budget contained an effective plan for the domestic economy and I am confident the action plan for 2014 will reflect the policy of entrepreneurship and the policy to encourage women in business. We are becoming more competitive. It is not just the 12.5% rate of corporation tax that attracts foreign direct investment. Companies come here because they get highly motivated, highly...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I am very disappointed to be leaving.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Missing Persons (16 Jul 2013)

John Perry: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, who is unable to be here, I thank the Senator for raising this topic on the Adjournment. The Minister is aware of the Senator's keen interest in this area as evidenced by the fact that he has previously brought forward a Private Members' Bill on the subject and I am pleased to be given the opportunity to respond to the intervention which he...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Missing Persons (16 Jul 2013)

John Perry: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, I thank the Senator once again for his considered intervention. He has raised issues which are of genuine human concern and where legislative intervention can play some role, however small, in addressing the difficulties faced by those whose loved ones have disappeared. While not strictly relevant to the need for legislative intervention, I...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Creation Issues (16 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I thank Senator Lorraine Higgins for raising this very important issue. From the time of taking office, the ultimate goal and top priority of this Government has been to get Ireland back to work. Job creation is this Government's top priority. However, there is no big bang solution to the jobs crisis built up through years of poor policy choices. It will take a period of hard work by...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting Applications (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, who is unavoidably detained elsewhere, I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. The Garda central vetting unit, GCVU, provides employment vetting for approximately 20,000 organisations in Ireland registered with the unit for this purpose. These organisations employ personnel to work in a full-time,...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting Applications (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I will convey the Senator's concerns to the Minister. In 2012 there were 328,000 applications processed, a significant number. It is a positive sign that the Minister has received approval for the redeployment of personnel. I have no doubt, with retraining and additional staff, unless there is a massive increase in the volume in work, that there should be a reduction in timescale. As the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I shall respond to this Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton. She welcomes the opportunity to outline to the Seanad the steps that are being taken to improve the processing of disability allowance applications and the significant improvements made over the past 12 months in the processing of applications for other departmental schemes...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I compliment the Minister on the transformation business model in the Department.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: The Minister has clearly stated that the residual claims have been reduced to over 2,000 and are being processed, and will be processed, within the next number of weeks. That is a great transformation when one considers the level of claims that are being processed. Procedures have also been put in place to deal with the backlog. She has also clearly stated that ongoing claims will be dealt...

Topical Issue Debate: Company Takeovers (18 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I thank Deputy Lowry for raising this matter. I am mindful of the anxiety that possible redundancies in the group's operations in County Tipperary would create for the workers involved and their families as well as the local communities. The rationalisation plan of the company concerned is a commercial matter for that company. I understand that the C&C Group completed the...