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Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: -----that were not listened to until such time as the collapse. During that 18 months, unbelievable and unfair distress was caused not just to senior citizens, but to people generally. This concern and stress fell on deaf ears until people turned out on 23 May, but I am not convinced that they are even being heard now. People are still attending our offices because their cards have been...

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The rural transport scheme is essential and has evolved to fill the gap in local services, about which Deputy Robert Troy spoke, to transport people to bigger towns to access basic services, including medical services, go shopping or simply get out of the house and meet friends. It has been adopted wonderfully in many rural areas and I am sure the Minister of State has had a chance to see...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects outside consultants appointed by the State to carry out work on its behalf to take account of the Government's official pay ceiling in remunerating employees engaged directly in work on State contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29680/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Accountability (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timetable he envisages for implementing the report of the independent panel on strengthening Civil Service accountability and performance; the actions he has taken to commence its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29681/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review the manner in which the State assists employees in companies in which management has expressed a desire to undertake a major restructuring of operations, including proposing substantial pay cuts and job losses; if his attention has been drawn to any other planned large-scale restructuring; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I have tabled this question in the context of what happened at Bausch + Lomb and the manner in which a difficult and public choice was foisted on workers there. What strategies does the Minister's Department have in place to stop that process from happening in other companies? What assistance is available to workers from the Department?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I appreciate the range of responses from the Minister's Department and I am aware of the early warning system in place. The specific circumstances of the case at Bausch + Lomb were known in the Department and its agencies, but the workers seemed to be the last to know. They were then presented with a Hobson's choice and forced to take difficult reductions. I congratulate everybody involved...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has teed it up for me. The company involved in the merger is sniffing around - for want of a better phrase - other Irish companies. I welcome the statement that there are no large-scale redundancies on the Minister's radar. Does IDA Ireland have a strategy in place, not just for the specific company mentioned but also for the pharmaceutical sector generally? Many companies...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the main impediments to the small and medium enterprise sector's ability of firms to increase employment; the actions he is taking to resolve these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I ask the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy John Perry, what he regards as the main blockages to SMEs' ability to grow employment and how we can support the SME sector, our most stable sector, in its efforts to grow employment and prepare for the upturn in the economy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: On the 2011 report, I ask the Minister of State to outline the issues that remain to be addressed. We could beat each other over and back on access to credit which is not yet available for many businesses which want to expand. Banks are in the habit of lending to safe businesses, but businesses with good plans to increase employment which might be risky are not finding a home. The Joint...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: There is also the matter of bureaucracy and red tape. Work has been under way in the Department for some time to address the number and type of regulations. How effective has that been in the past three years since the issue was identified in November 2011? Is it now easier for companies to do business with regard to licences, etc.? Will the Minister of State provide an update on the work...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that have been taken in response to the analysis of the action plan on jobs carried out by the OECD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29937/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: This question seeks the reaction of the Minister in regard to the recent OECD report on the action plan on jobs.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: One of the criticisms of the report was that the overall strategy was too centralised and needed to be adjusted and that bodies representing different industries and sectors in different regions of the country would be involved in it. This would support the ever and ongoing discussion on regional investment. Has the Minister any thoughts of a departmental review of regional policy? I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the employment opportunities and challenges arising from the transatlantic trade and investment partnership talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29941/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: This question seeks to establish the position in regard to the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, TTIP. I notice the Taoiseach is getting very involved in that area this morning, in the context of one transatlantic project. This is an area that is hugely important for Ireland and the Minister puts a lot of store in it. What exactly does the partnership mean for us?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: What are the downsides and what work is under way in the Department to look at the downsides?

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for sharing his time with me. I take the opportunity of the debate on this finance issue to wish Derek Moran every success and congratulate him on his selection as Secretary General of the Department of Finance, although it is a position though that should have been advertised. When we consider the level of coverage being given to the so-called - on-off or...

Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Grant Administration (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Has Deputy Lawlor not got his on?