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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: It relates to him as the specific complaint, the circumstances of which we are trying to get to the bottom of, is that information was provided directly to the Minister as well. As the Minister is the political head of the Department, I assume he has a role in answering that complaint.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: I will rephrase the question. Did the Secretary General receive from the Minister correspondence that was purportedly sent to him in 2012 by registered post? Was that correspondence passed on to him as Secretary General and what subsequently happened that correspondence or information within the Department? What processes were in place within the Department? The Minister has previously...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: Was it September or December?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: I am on record as acknowledging the huge input of the Department in the Presidency. As recently as last Wednesday I acknowledged in the Minister's presence the huge input and co-operation of departmental officials in the Companies Bill. However, as the Secretary General said, the matter had been the subject of previous investigations and it was one of great importance to the State. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: I do not mean outsourced, but skills are available that could have come into the Department, as had previously been done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: I accept the wider agenda. While I do not want to impinge on the committee, other Departments, including, I am sure, this Department, have brought in retired staff for specific jobs given their experience. Was any consideration given to that? I am on record as acknowledging the work of the Department, but I want to know, specifically, from Ms Power, in what month in 2013 was an inquiry...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: Did Ms Power discuss it at a management committee? Did she seek support from the Secretary General? Ms Power will be aware of the importance of the document. She will be aware of the Department's history in dealing with the document. Surely when a grenade arrives in on a desk, the grenade gets dealt with first. I am sure Ms Power must have had a sense of the importance of the document...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: There is nothing new in it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: Similarly, did the Minister receive a request in March 2011 to meet the authorised officer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: A brief-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Department also has regulatory responsibilities, over which we have oversight.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: This year - 2014.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Resourcing: Discussion (16 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: Was any consideration given to bringing back on a contract basis retired officials who had worked on the file and in the area, as many Departments and agencies have done? Surely, given the importance of the issue - if it was thought to be important, which is subject to debate - and given their familiarity with the information, that would have been the way to deal with it? Were the resource...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Data (17 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new overseas offices established by IDA Ireland since 2011; the number of staff in each new office; the number of offices closed during the period; the plans by IDA Ireland to exploit opportunities in the Middle East and BRIC countries; the number of IDA Ireland staff based in Middle East and BRIC countries; and if he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Data (17 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: My first question relates to IDA Ireland's presence in BRIC and Middle East countries. It is a replica of a question that I tabled in January. I would like to know what progress has been made in the intervening period.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Data (17 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: I ask the Minister to provide more detail on the question of meeting the 20% target. He has said IDA Ireland is "confident" that it will be achieved, but it only has two weeks in which to do so. Is there any monitoring by the Department of IDA Ireland in reaching the target? On the 35 new staff recruited, I notice that the BRIC markets are well down the priority list. While I welcome the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Data (17 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: I wish to ask about the relationship between the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In the context of trade being the responsibility of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the past three years or so, what monitoring takes place of the economic wing of that Department? What is the level of monitoring of economic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (17 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how his Department will seek to support Irish-owned manufacturing firms to achieve growth in the domestic and export markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48393/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (17 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: Our manufacturing sector is under huge pressure at present while gaining from the so-called recovery. What actions is the Department taking in regard to costs and ensuring that we have a proper skills base for any growth that takes place? What supports is the Minister willing to put in place for start-up manufacturing industries around the country?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (17 Dec 2014)

Dara Calleary: How many of the 20,000 jobs that were due to be created by 2016, which is only a year from now, have been created? On skills needs, feedback is beginning to come through from employers in manufacturing, but also across all areas, is that it is getting more difficult and costly to find the skills they need as the economy grows. 10 o’clock Third, we had a discussion with the...