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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: It would improve the legislation if we were to be upfront and say credit unions and crowd funders would be part of the scheme apparatus. We are not making it exclusive to them, but the fact that we would incorporate them in the legislation would show that we took them seriously as organisations with a role to play in the provision of financing for SMEs.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 4:In page 7, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(5) The Minister will commission a report within 3 months of the Act becoming operational outlining how the Credit Guarantee Scheme can help make it easier for businesses that owe money to banks exiting the Irish SME market to refinance those debts with domestic institutions.”. Given the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: Before I move the amendment, I would like to seek clarification from the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 5:In page 7, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(5) (a) The Minister shall work with his colleague in the Department of Finance to facilitate a role for State promotional financial institutions such as the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland in the scheme in order to enhance the provision of credit to SMEs directly. (b) The Minister shall be...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: There were also some in north Dublin.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: On the issue of the ceiling of €15.6 million, is that the amount of guarantees that would exist in any one year? Will the Minister of State talk me through that?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: To what specifically does that relate?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: What are the practical implications for somebody seeking support under the credit guarantee scheme? If I make an application, how will this limit impact on my business?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: I wish to indicate that I may consider tabling an amendment in respect of this matter on Report Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Parks (15 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 195. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application for funding of a feasibility study on a business park (details supplied) in County Tipperary, including if it is complete and the grant awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45010/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (15 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of net jobs created since the Action Plan for Jobs was established in each Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 3 Region, in 2015 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45199/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (15 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received farm payments; the reason the transfer of entitlements has taken so long to be finalised; if he will expedite the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44970/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive farm payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of gardaí stationed in Garda Síochána stations in Crumlin village, Sundrive Road and Ballyfermot in Dublin on 1 December in each of the years 2010 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44853/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Projects (15 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the funding of each LEADER Programme administered by the Mayo North East Company, by project, by amount, by date approved, by date paid, from 2007 to 2013, if the amount of €9,535,062 was fully allocated to the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45086/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Annual Report 2014: Discussion (15 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the IDA Ireland delegation. To start with the point on which Mr. Shanahan finished, I pay tribute to him and his team on this island and across the world for the work they do. There is no doubt they continue to break records everywhere and they will manage to keep ahead of the competition. Approximately 15,000 jobs have been created and nearly 8,000 have been lost so how does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Annual Report 2014: Discussion (15 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: I wish to broaden the discussion a little. Will Mr. Shanahan explain what IDA Ireland is doing on the potential implications of a Brexit in the context of the Dublin-Belfast corridor and how it might impact on IDA Ireland's plans? Are there contingency plans in place? It was not mentioned once in the Border region jobs action plan, but it is, presumably, on everybody's radar.

1916 Quarter Development Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: I congratulate Deputy Ó Cuív, our colleagues in Seanad Éireann, led by Senator Darragh O'Brien, and the Fianna Fáil councillors in Dublin City Council who came up with this idea and worked with various political parties, groups and relatives to bring this proposal forward. This Bill owes its genesis to Dublin City Council and the acknowledgment within that group that they...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in JobBridge schemes, by county, in each of the years 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45525/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of persons participating in community employment schemes, by county, in each of the years 2011 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45526/15]