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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: How do we get it right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Do members have any further questions? Deputy Dara Calleary sent his apologies; he had hoped to be present because this is an issue on which he has been focusing, together with Senator Michael Mullins and myself. We want to work on this issue. The Retail Ireland report brought it our attention and helped us to focus on this issue. Our plan is that we will host meetings around the country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: We will travel to Kilkenny and Waterford next week and we hope to go to different places around the country in the next six months. We will try to engage with the local members of Retail Ireland when we visit these places. We will invite organisations from across the board to these meetings. We should then get the views of a good representative body, which will help us in our work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: The policy clerk has provided an advice note on a number of technical proposals that are being considered today as all relate to aspects of EU trade policy, an exclusive competency of the European Union. The proposals in the early warning notes are COM (2012) 277, COM (2012) 233, COM (2012) 237, COM (2012) 264, COM (2012) 269, COM (2012) 270, COM (2012) 294, COM (2012) 353, COM (2012) 424,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Is it agreed that we send COM (2012) 524 to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade for further scrutiny? Agreed. Is it agreed that all the other proposals do not warrant further scrutiny?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: There will not be a delay. The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade is meeting at 3.30 p.m. today so it can move quickly on the matter if it wants. Members of this committee may attend. Are the other proposals agreed to? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I welcome Mr. Tom Boland, chief executive, and Mr. Muiris O'Connor, head of policy and planning, Higher Education Authority, Mr. Ned Costello, chief executive, and Mr. Lewis Purser, director of academic affairs, Irish Universities Association, Dr. Brendan Murphy, president of Cork Institute of Technology, Mr. Denis Cummins, president of Dundalk Institute of Technology, and Professor Brian...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Mr. Boland certainly has not, which members appreciate and for which I thank him. He need not worry as I would tell him if he did so. I invite Mr. Costello to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Thank you, Mr. Costello. I should add that we will have the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, before the committee next week to discuss the same topic. We can raise the issues with them then. Following Mr. Costello's comments, we might invite the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, to attend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Our final presentation is from Professor Brian Norton, president of the Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT. I apologise for leaving him until last.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I thank the delegation for those presentations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: There has been a reaction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I do not doubt that there will be comments on this matter, but I will first call Senator White.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I invite our guests to answer and to make concluding comments. We will wrap up now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Unfortunately, Deputy Conaghan had to leave.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I congratulate the witnesses on their presentation today and how they teased through the issue. There is considerably more behind the scenes than people might see in a headline discussion. It was worthwhile and we will discuss it with Ministers also. It is about prioritisation and matching resources with the demand. In all areas the institutions have adapted to give students a choice to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (21 Nov 2012)

Damien English: To ask the Minister for Social Protection following the closure of the Community Welfare Service clinic in an area (details supplied) in County Meath, if she will provide the details of the reasons for closing this CWS clinic location here; If alternative sites had been looked at by her Department with the view of providing a more efficient and effective service to all customers, prior to a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (21 Nov 2012)

Damien English: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to an application for the carer's allowance by a person (details supplied), if she is satisfied that it is acceptable for the applicant to receive, 12 months later from the date of submission of this application, a request from her Department for further information in order to progress the application; and if she will make a statement on the...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012. I wish to reflect on this reforming legislation, which, like the Health (Amendment) Bill discussed last week, represents another indication of fulfilment of a pre-election promise by the coalition Government, one for which the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee (27 Nov 2012)

Damien English: As we have a quorum, the meeting is in public session. Apologies have been received from Deputy Áine Collins. I propose we go into private session to deal with correspondence and other housekeeping matters.