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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I welcome our visitors from IDA Ireland: Ms Eileen Sharpe, head of growth markets and IT, Mr. John Conlon, executive vice president and head of Asia Pacific operations, and Mr. Shane Nolan, head of growth markets. They are attending to discuss activities in developing business and investment in growth markets. Our specific interest is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN, area,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I was conscious while reading the presentation of the drop in investment from Britain, which is the most dramatic thing that has happened in the past ten to 15 years. It highlights the need to adapt all the time to where business is coming from. Indonesia is one of the places we have targeted by opening an embassy because we see the potential there. I think the same applies in Thailand....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: On the flights?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Before turning to the IDA, someone has his or her telephone on and it is interfering with the communications system. The telephone must be turned off and not just put on silent mode. I will come back to Senator Mullins and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Will the Senator be brief?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: There is only one more speaker. I call Senator Mullins and the witnesses can then take all the questions together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Senator. There is plenty for Ms Sharpe to deal with, but there is an overlap also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: That is perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Ms Sharpe spoke about branding Ireland. Was she referring to the lack of knowledge of Ireland in these countries or was she referring to Irish brands such as Kerrygold?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: On education and the phenomenon of universities competing, are we doing enough in the case of foreign languages? What is the position on English language schools? While I know that these are peripheral issues, the delegates might like to comment on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Reference was made to using a different diaspora and to those who come from countries with developing markets to be educated. I was in Taiwan last year. The Minister for Finance there, a doctor, was educated in the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and had a great interest in the issue. He is representative of a very valuable diaspora. However, it has arisen a couple of times at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: They are to attend a meeting of the committee in a couple of weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: A couple of people mentioned the issue of visas for companies coming here and for bringing staff with them in the early stages. Some companies have contacted me to say they cannot get a visa for their key person. Is the availability of visas an issue or has the situation improved? What can the IDA do to ensure this is not an issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: That is good news.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I do not know why the Senator is asking that question. There is only one answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: The delegation does not have to answer. On behalf of the committee, I thank the delegation for its presentation and participation. On behalf of all of us, including the members who are not present, would like to express our appreciation of the work done by the IDA now and in the past, particularly now. In recent years, the news of new jobs coming to Ireland were the first signs that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Committee (6 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: Motion No. 5 refers to the undocumented Irish in the United States. The motion was submitted by Senator Mark Daly but he has withdrawn it for the moment. I propose that we go into private session. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: I am pleased to support this very important legislation. As the Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, said in her opening remarks, we already have a body of anti-terrorist legislation but the last major legislation was almost ten years ago and, since then, the geopolitical landscape has changed utterly. We have seen the inexorable growth of terrorism striking right into the heart of Europe, most...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (7 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current number of claimants and jobs supported under the JobsPlus scheme; and the associated cost. [18056/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 May 2015)

Olivia Mitchell: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an impact on funding and the number of teachers allocated to a school by admitting a child that has not reached 12 years of age by 1 January of the enrolment year; and, if funding implications do exist, whether exceptions can be made. [17968/15]