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Topical Issue Debate: National Dementia Strategy (25 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: The HSE people on the ground have endorsed the project. We cannot wait for months. We need an indication urgently to assure those employed by the project and, most important, the 100 families that do not know where they stand. This project has broken many boundaries in a field that needs boundaries broken. Let us not lose it. Let us have regard for these families, the daily lives of whom...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (25 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive outstanding payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41855/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment (25 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 118. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and an agency within his Department followed proper procedures in relation to an issue (details supplied); the communications he, his Department or any agency of his Department has had with any other Department on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41989/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Eligibility (25 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the supports that are available to a public building located beside a river to harness that river to assist in its power and energy requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42002/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he is taking to increase Irish competitiveness levels given the increased competition from the United Kingdom as a location to establish a business compared to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41849/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Employment discuss the actions he is taking to increase our competitiveness in light of the competition coming from the UK, particularly in respect of non-taxation matters but also in the context of the decision to reduce corporation tax in Northern Ireland to our level?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Let us try something different here and let us try to get an answer to the question. That is the cut-and-paste answer that is the Minister's standard speech on start-ups. What I want to focus on is the challenge we face from the Six Counties and Great Britain in respect of their competitiveness for start-ups, the package and offering they have put together and their agencies' hunger to get...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Given the increased competition from the UK.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Is there a group or focus within the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the competitiveness of Great Britain and the Six Counties and their impact on our potential to grow jobs? Has any work been done in the Department on the potential consequences of the change in corporation tax in the Six Counties?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the current regional spread of jobs and on Industrial Development Agency Ireland site visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41757/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: The various regional jobs action plans are being rolled out around the country but I am seeking specific information. All of the plans contain commitments to increase the number of new IDA Ireland investments, as opposed to existing employment. Many of these commitments are similar, with the targets for the mid-west, south west and the west set at 30% to 40%. I ask the Minister to detail...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: I accept that there are many more elements to the Action Plan for Jobs than IDA Ireland, although I pay tribute to the agency for the work it does. The Action Plan for Jobs for the west has a very specific target. It refers to 92 additional projects from IDA Ireland within the lifetime of the plan. However, between 2013 and the end of September 2015, 561 IDA Ireland site visits were to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: I agree with the Minister about the existing workforce and I would direct those commentators, particularly in the US, who have commented on the Allergan takeover this week, which I welcome, to the quality of the 1,000 strong workforce in Westport. The Minister made a specific commitment in the Action Plan on Jobs to provide 92 additional new projects to give new opportunities to a talented...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: There goes the Minister of State’s invitation.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Consumer Rights Bill will be brought to Second stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41758/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures that will reduce the regulatory burden for small businesses, given recent surveys on red tape for small business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41756/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on If and When Contracts, as they are described in the recent University of Limerick study on short-hour and zero-hours contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41759/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential number of projected jobs that will be created, and the number that will be created in each region, under Enterprise 2025, in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42067/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if job projections under Enterprise 2025 include employment forecasts once the transatlantic trade and investment partnership negotiations are complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42068/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if jobs projections under Enterprise 2025 include targets already set out in Food Wise 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42069/15]