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Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: In August, Fáilte Ireland published a study for the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, and the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, which said that the jobs created by the measure equated "to a benefit to the Exchequer of circa €55 million" and further estimated "that the Exchequer’s tax take on the growth in spending by overseas visitors in 2012 was worth €40 million". The...

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge that it has created jobs. We want to keep the jobs that have been created in domestically owned businesses in local communities throughout the country.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: This matter was brought to the floor of the House yesterday by Deputies Ann Phelan and Derek Nolan of the Labour Party and Deputy Brendan Griffin of Fine Gael because they want to maintain these 15,000 jobs. The Minister has an opportunity to make a similar commitment, as his backbenchers did last night.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: I did not denounce it.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: It is about to destroy the industry creating them.

Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: Short and sweet.

Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is that Dáil reform? I refer to the consumer and competition Bill which has been listed for some time. There is a complex disagreement in Government between the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, about who "owns" the Bill. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, seems to have...

Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: So the argument was lost.

Other Questions: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (26 Sep 2013)

Dara Calleary: 6. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he proposes to improve the working conditions of non-consultant hospital doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39992/13]

Other Questions: State Airports (1 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the international aviation centre of excellence will be established at Shannon airport, his views on the number of jobs it can support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33578/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Community Welfare Services (1 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue with Deputies Seán Kyne and Thomas Pringle. In the past week it has been brought to my knowledge that the Department plans to withdraw the community welfare service offices serving Ballyhaunis and Claremorris in County Mayo and transfer them to Castlebar. I sought clarification from the Minister's office, but I have not...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Welfare Services (1 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: The difficulty continues to centre on a number of issues such as access on a geographical basis. I note the Department will put telephone arrangements in place. There is a fantastic community welfare system, with front-line community welfare officers who work incredibly hard. Their personal knowledge of clients is essential in serving not only the clients but also the Department. They...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (1 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, on a county basis for 2011 & 2012, each Industrial Development Agency supported jobs announcement; the number of jobs announced at the time of announcement; the number of jobs actually created at each site as at 30 August 2013; an explanation for any disparity between the jobs announced and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (1 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis for 2011 and 2012 each Enterprise Ireland supported jobs announcement; the number of jobs announced at the time of announcement; the number of jobs actually created at each site as at 30 August 2013; an explanation for any disparity between the jobs announced and the jobs created...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bench Warrants (1 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants currently outstanding in Dublin; if he will provide a breakdown of these bench warrants on a Division and District basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41047/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (1 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 564. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons aged 16 to 25 years who are in receipt of social welfare allowance at the reduced rate of between €100 and €164 are being turned down in their medical card applications because they are not receiving the full jobseeker's amount of €188; if he will agree that medical card guidelines state that persons with only a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Time to Go Report: Discussion with NYCI (1 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the National Youth Council of Ireland delegation and thank it for its work. This is the first study or snapshot we have ever had of a generation. Does the delegation plan to keep it updated by reviewing the cohort surveyed to hear what they have to say, perhaps, this time next year? Last weekend in my constituency, because of the all-Ireland final, many people returned from...

Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: We need the James Bannon interpretative centre.

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: They might need a few taxis.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs incurred by his Department in using VIP services at Irish airports during Ireland’s chairmanship of the OSCE and the Irish Presidency of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41190/13]