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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: The Senator may ask the question and we will get the answers afterwards

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: We had a very good presentation from the Department of Social Protection. One can argue the case that when the family income supplement is included it is better to go back to work, but when one factors in the cost of going to work and child care, it takes from the incentive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: A number of points have come to the fore. I would assume from what I know that businesses get CVs on a daily basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I get CVs on a daily basis, I get letters from people telling me they have sent their CVs everywhere. It is important for the joint committee to hear the feedback from companies. We do not have a list of companies who tell us they cannot get workers. We made a call for this information, but we received no replies. It would help our argument if we knew that there were companies that cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Ms Callan touched on the minimum wage. I am a long-term advocate of the minimum wage. I would not have a problem with a lower wage for the first six months if it would create jobs. Is there merit in considering a lower wage for a period of three or six months to see if a person is suitable? The gap must be closed by a social welfare payment because it will defeat the purpose if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I would like to make two more points on the black economy. We have had this debate with the Minister for Finance a couple of times. We are hoping we might some move on tackling the bigger projects. There is a black economy that cannot be tackled. However, where there is an outlay of €5,000, €10,000 or €20,000 this can be tackled through a tax incentive or grant system...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Would anybody else like to make some concluding comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: The point being that if an employer receives a certificate of sickness there is not much he or she can do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: A lot of work has been put into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: We might take on that topic

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Does Mr. Noonan wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: The issue of PRSI for the self-employed was raised in the presentations by both delegations. It is being discussed by another committee which was formerly part of this committee. It will be raised at its meeting on Wednesday next. We have been pushing it very strongly. There has been some movement on it. There must be a safety net for the self-employed. l hope it will be allowed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: That is when people have earned the right-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: There is an enterprise grant available in those circumstances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: No, it is down to three months or it should be at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I thank the delegation for their attendance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee (16 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Apologies have been received from Deputy John Lyons and Senator Feargal Quinn. We will go into private session to deal with correspondence and other housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Damien English: You are all welcome. This meeting is for the purpose of the scrutiny of EU proposals COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 by officials from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. I welcome Mr. Pat Houlihan, Ms Marie Dempsey and Mr. John Moynihan from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. They are here to brief the committee on COM (2011) 778, a proposed directive on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Are there many countries in that group? Is the UK in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779 (16 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Do other countries have the same concerns?