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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Damien English: I call Mr. Joe O'Toole.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Damien English: It is a levy. They have no choice but to pay it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Damien English: I gather there is concern about the evolving definition of the PIEs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Damien English: Would anyone like to add to what has been said?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Damien English: We can follow up on that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Dec 2012)

Damien English: I thank the witnesses for attending. I note the proposed changes to IAASA's board and wish the organisation luck with them. The committee has further work to do on this issue. We will try to engage further with IAASA over the next couple of months. There are two options open to the committee in respect of this issue - namely, to report to the Minister, or to make a direct contribution on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Dec 2012)

Damien English: The purpose of this meeting is to discuss with the chairman designate of IAASA, Mr. Brendan Walsh, the approach he will take in his new role and his views on the challenges facing the authority. Members will be aware of the Government decision of May 2011 which put in place new arrangements for the appointment of persons to State boards and bodies. The committee welcomes the opportunity to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Dec 2012)

Damien English: Do Senator White or Deputy Tóibín have any concluding comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority: Discussion with Chairman Designate (18 Dec 2012)

Damien English: I will invite in the new chairman of the authority and his staff as often as I can. As the chairman will have noted, one could get a good few jobs if one comes in here and one might not have only the one job to do. We want to cover many more topics as well. Unless Mr. Walsh wants to make any concluding comments, I would point out that it is important in terms of process that we agree that...

Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)

Damien English: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the motion, which covers a wide range of services, needs and desires of carers. I agree with much of the motion. Regardless of what happened in the budget, this area needs serious investigation. The motion refers to designing a tailor-made plan for each individual who needs care, help and support. "Design a service" are the actual words used. We need...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (20 Dec 2012)

Damien English: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent findings of the Ombudsman, the position regarding application made by a group (details supplied) under Axis 3 of the Rural Development Programme (Measure 322 –Village and Countryside Renewal Development); the significance to his Department of the findings of the Ombudsman in this instance; and if...

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jan 2013)

Damien English: I will share with my colleague, Deputy Frank Feighan, a Roscommon man. I welcome the Bill and the work and the efforts of the Minister for Health and his Department to try to tackle this area. I listened to the contribution of Deputy Mathews. Certainly, there is a good deal we can do through legislation and various Bills, but education is important as well. We need to convince people at a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears (16 Jan 2013)

Damien English: To ask the Minister for Finance in the instance whereby a financial institution (details supplied) has sold all rights, title, interests and benefits of a mortgage loan agreement to another financial institution, how stands a persons rights under the mortgage arrears protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1160/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy (16 Jan 2013)

Damien English: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage the use of solar photovoltaic cells as micro generators of electricity for end users of the residential sector; his plans to introduce a REFIT tariff to encourage the use of PV cells to generate electricity in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57775/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy (16 Jan 2013)

Damien English: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to encourage the use of solar photovoltaic cells as micro generators of electricity for end users in the commercial and industrial sectors; his plans to introduce a REFIT tariff to encourage the use of PV cells to generate electricity in these sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57776/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Damien English: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the installation of solar photovoltaic cells on residential housing units; his plans to amend current planning guidelines and or introduce legislative measures to allow for additional PV cells to be installed at households greater than the current restrictions allow; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Damien English: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the installation of solar photovoltaic cells on commercial and industrial units; his plans to amend current planning guidelines and or introduce legislative measures to allow for additional PV cells to be installed at business premises greater than the current restrictions allow; and if he will make a...

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Damien English: I welcome the chance to contribute on this motion proposed by Fianna Fáil in Private Members' time although I do not know what to make of it. Sometimes I read these motions and get angry at them or laugh at them. However, I listened to the debate last night in which speakers were criticising the numbers in PLC courses, complaining that the pupil-teacher ratio had changed from 17:1 to...

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Damien English: Not the ones that are needed.

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013)

Damien English: They will not.