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Other Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is there a timeframe for the publication of the action plan? Will the Minister of State give a commitment that he or another Minister or Minister of State will be accountable for the delivery of those plans.? There is no sense in dividing them across three Departments, because they will not be delivered; they will fall between the cracks. This brings me back to a common theme of mine....

Other Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: By whom?

Other Questions: Grocery Industry (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: The Consumer Association of Ireland and the CSO figures have brought the spotlight back on to the supermarket sector. The Minister mentioned relatively weak competition and the difficulty here is that relatively weak competition is impacting on people's day to day existence. Everyone has suffered severe income cuts and they are cutting expenditure to the bone. When we see even a 2.5%...

Other Questions: Grocery Industry (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: Another issue on which the Minister may not have a briefing is that of alcohol sales within the retail sector. Is the Government any closer to publishing its strategy on that area which will impact on the overall sector?

Other Questions: Skills Shortages (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: A proposal for a high-tech visa for those who bring very specific skills has been with the Minister for some time. It is the one forwarded by Open Ireland. Has the Department advanced that proposal? What has the Minister done and what consultation has he had with the Minister, Deputy Quinn, on the language deficit, particularly to up-skill persons to the proficiency of a native speaker?

Other Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: The old ones are good and never bad.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support the proposed structured non-judicial debt settlement system outlined in the report submitted to him by the Company Law Review Group in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9096/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Levels (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the next action plan on jobs will include specific regional measures in view of the geographical disparity in unemployment rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9073/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the next action plan on jobs will include specific regional measures in view of the geographical disparity in unemployment rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9432/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the provision of funding to provide two cochlear ear implants for children who require such devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9504/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licence Fee Collection (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to replace the television licence; the number of other EU Member States that impose such a charge in order to provide revenues to a commercial broadcaster; the way charges here compare in real terms with charges in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10074/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that PRSI contributions in respect of accrued holiday pay, covering actual school holiday weeks, is not appearing on substitute teachers' P60s at the end of the financial year; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Department of Social Protection is counting such holiday weeks in the case...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Outsourcing of Public Services (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of non-core public service activities that have been selected for priority outsourcing to companies based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9083/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foilseacháin Ghaeilge. (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méid airgid in aghaidh na cóipe a thugann Foras na Gaeilge mar mhaoiniú ar fhoilseacháin, amhail Gaelscéal, Comhar, Feasta agus aon fhoilseacháin eile. [9726/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Issues (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an institution (details supplied) has been excluded from the proposed Magdalene redress scheme; the options available to those who were in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10249/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have a their REP scheme payment processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9570/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 14 February 2013, if he will clarify what he means where he points out that legislation to extend access to general practitioner services without fees to persons with prescribed illnesses and it will be published shortly; the expected date for publication of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10358/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister and his officials, Mr. William Parnell and Ms Gráinne O'Carroll. Over the weekend the Minister and I discussed the action plan for jobs. There is nothing wrong with it and I welcome the plan's approach. With regard to the Action Plan on Jobs 2012, at the end of the year we had 429,000 people on the live register of which 329,000 people were full-time...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: Will they be formally represented on this committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Dara Calleary: The private sector involvement in structural reforms will be a monitoring committee. Will individuals not champion each of the reforms?