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County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I keep telling the Minister of State that.

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I join the Minister of State in thanking the staff of the Houses and the Department for their work on this legislation. The county enterprise boards have done very good work since 1993. The notion that the new regime will offer some type of all-singing, all-dancing show serves only to undermine that legacy. In fact, the local enterprise offices will essentially be building on the very good...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Government is not listening to it.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: He has had his Weetabix.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: I did not think we would be discussing political reform this early in the proceedings, but I agree with much of what Deputy Flanagan has said. However, the fraud that is political reform is absolutely evident right now in this Chamber. Deputy Tóibín and I are here but the Minister has left. He is now attending a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recommendation 6.3.1 of the Entrepreneurship Forum report in relation to personal guarantees; if he has had any discussions with the Central Bank around this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10956/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their capital funding application processed; if he will expedite the application in view of the fact that the school building in its present guise represents a health and safety hazard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10989/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 144. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current position in Irish law regarding the implications of the conclusion of the Sorensen and Rasmussen versus Denmark case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10423/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Work Placement Programmes (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been allocated to each local authority to support the gateway local authority activation scheme; if he will outline same on an authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10329/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will have their farm payments processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10773/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 480. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when making medical card application assessments, the Health Service Executive use 3% as a rule for determining the value of interest earned on applicant's bank deposits; his views on whether this is unfair when most financial institutions are offering a much lesser rate of interest and when consideration is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 481. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is fair that over 70s applying for a medical card have their income assessed at gross while under 70s have their income assessed at net; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10864/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister and his officials. I am aware that many of the issues may arise in the next discussion on the jobs action plan but I am intrigued by the tussle, as it were, between ECOFIN and the Council. It is important that we get a jobs-focused agenda at the heart of Europe, otherwise, recovery will not mean anything to anybody. Where does Ireland stand in that regard? In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: Is there is a contradictory view on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: I have a number of questions in respect of the Action Plan for Jobs. Would the Minister prefer me to group them or ask them individually?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The first area I wish to consider is what the Minister called disruptive reform last year. Thereafter, I wish to examine the financial side of things and I then wish to make some general comments, if that is all right. I will keep them as brief as I can. Last year, the big idea of the plan was disruptive reforms and the first of which was to make Ireland the leading country in Europe for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: Am I right in saying that only 50 people have taken up that voucher so far?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: Will it be 2,000 by next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: What are the 2014 targets for the pillar banks for SME lending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: What about the IDA's targets?