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Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Damien English: I welcome this opportunity to say a few words on this Bill and to keep key an eye on my constituency colleague from Meath West opposite and monitor the telephone calls he has received. I must take a note of the number he received. I was lucky in that I grew up beside a Gaeltacht near Baile Ghib and I live quite close to Ráth Cairn but I was not lucky enough to be part of a Gaeltacht. That...

Electricity Transmission Network (18 Jul 2012)

Damien English: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this issue, the 500 kV interconnector power line from Meath to Tyrone. This initiative has been under way for a long time and I am glad we have reached this stage where we have an expert commission's report and a report by the Oireachtas committee. I have tabled this issue to discover what the next steps are with this project. This...

Electricity Transmission Network (18 Jul 2012)

Damien English: I thank the Minister for his clarity and for updating us on the position. As a local Deputy I am disappointed that the Government cannot or will not come out and specifically suggest a technology. I would not expect the Government to suggest the route because I understand who will pick the route and I accept that. However, I hope there can be direction with regard to the technology. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to this committee. If you are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and you continue to so do, you are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in respect of your evidence. You are directed that only evidence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: We will leave questions until the end. I invite Mr. Jack O’Connor to make his presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: Thank you, Ms Halligan. Several members wish to contribute. I will begin with Deputy John Lyons as co-author of the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: That might change over the coming months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I urge the Senator to ask a question of the delegation. We are pressed for time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I am sorry to interrupt again, but we must move on. There are further presentations to come.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: That is not the function of today's meeting. We are here to extract ideas and information and discuss them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: That is why we are meeting as a committee - to try to advance them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I am going to go to Mr. Strauss first, then to Ms Halligan and finally to Mr. O'Connor. I ask them to address the questions raised and then sum up, if they would. We must finish this part of the meeting soon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I thank all of our speakers for their useful contributions. We will be engaging more regularly with them in the next few months. I hope we will keep in touch with Mr. Strauss and Ms Nolan. We will finalise our report in the next couple of weeks and hope it will feed into the Action Plan for Jobs, as well as into the preparations for the budget. Some key recommendations were touched on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I thank Mr. O'Keeffe. We will hear from Mr. Moan before taking the question-and-answer session. Some members have been obliged to leave in order to attend various other functions and meetings. As Senator Quinn indicated prior to his departure, he really wanted to be present for this part of the meeting because he has a particular interest in entrepreneurs. He referred a great deal to Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I thank Mr. Moan. That concludes our round-table discussion in terms of presentations and we have had many views from many sectors in recent months. It has been a very interesting process and the views expressed today are also very important. I call Deputy Calleary to begin the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: Is it fair to say that many others in the same area as Mr. Moan are doing the same thing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: They want to help.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: Do Senator Michael Mullins and Senator Clune have any questions before we wrap up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: That is a good idea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I thank Mr. Griffin, Mr. O'Keeffe and Mr. Moan for attending the meeting. It was very important that we heard from the delegation before we finished our report because it brought another perspective to it. Like Deputy Calleary, I did not realise the in-depth work behind everything it does so that was informative and worthwhile. We will certainly get a chance to read all these documents...