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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Zero-Hour Contracts: Discussion (19 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: I think the Minister of State will hear that before I will.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of his investigations and follow-up following the closure of Clerys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2143/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: This question looks for an update to be given to the House on the Minister of State's follow-up investigations into the closure of Clerys department store. I particular want to focus on section 224 of the Companies Act, which states directors must have regard to the interests of employees. I welcome the report the Minister of State commissioned from Kevin Duffy and Nessa Cahill, both of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: I have written to the ODCE asking it to look at the whole scenario that unfolded, particularly relating to section 224. What happened was cowboy capitalism at its worst and, as outlined by "RTE Investigates" a few weeks ago, there was a high level of thought and investment in preparing it. While we delay with our response there is a danger it could happen again. We are in a bit of a lacuna...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: To date the liquidation has cost the taxpayer over €2.5 million. Natrium or the previous holding company have not paid anything. This is money which could have been spent in many other places but people are running away with millions in their back pocket and substantial assets while 600 workers and concession holders, who are often forgotten, are left high and dry. This may be a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation why the Government’s timeline for job targets has been extended to 2020 from what was previously declared by the Taoiseach in January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2144/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: When it comes to facts the Taoiseach is about as reliable as the Irish weather. He changed completely the goalposts in regard to job creation targets conveniently enough during the Christmas break, in the hope that nobody would notice. He says that full employment, which the Minister defines at 6%, will be achieved by 2020 instead of 2018. Will the Minister outline the background to that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: The Taoiseach said that the 6% would be achieved by 2018. Why is it that in other economies, such as Germany, 4.5% is regarded as full employment whereas we are going for the higher rate? The Minister has not outlined the reason for the change or why the targets are being pushed back. The Department of Finance indicated in October that we would not achieve a 6.4% rate in 2020 or a 6.2%...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: I welcome that the Minister's ambition is better than that of the Department of Finance. However, can the Minister explain why he is focusing on 6% versus 4.5% in Germany? As Deputy Tóibín has said, the reality is that we still have 88,000 people on activation schemes. We still have another 100,000 part-time workers who are seeking full-time employment and who are in receipt of a...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Instruction to Committee (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: We will be supporting all the amendments. They were signalled by the Minister of State on Committee Stage. This does, however, highlight a discussion all three of us have had. The Workplace Relations Act finished a process I started in 2010. It has taken far too long to bring it through. I know it is complex legislation and that there was a lot of consultation but, politics aside, we...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 4:In page 7, between lines 34 and 35, 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.”. This is a repeat...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 5:In page 7, between lines 34 and 35, 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...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: I share the Minister of State's wish that the SBCI would unlock any funds that are available and that we would get those funds to business. However, the difficulty is how we get them to business, given we are getting them through the existing pillar banks, which are not competitive. An Irish-based business will pay more for EU funding through COSME than a UK, Spain or Germany-based business...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the review of the scheme and commend the officials involved and the Minister of State, in particular, for the energy he brings to dealing with the issue. The legislation is a snapshot of much of the Government's spin and waffle on job creation and support for SMEs. The scheme was launched in 2012 by the Taoiseach, the then Tánaiste, about whom I had forgotten, and the...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: He is available and the Taoiseach should debate the matter with him.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: The Taoiseach should debate the matter with Deputy Micheál Martin.

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Designation (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and his office for allowing me to raise this issue. This is a simple case of bureaucracy gone mad and in so doing, it has affected the chances of the approximately 450 students of Coláiste Pobail Acla. This school is the product of an amalgamation in 2011 of McHale College, Achill, which had 450 students, and Scoil Damhnait, which had far fewer students. It...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Designation (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: I am disappointed with the reply. As I have consistently said, this has nothing to do with school identification or the identification of need. It is not so much an amalgamation but a takeover. A DEIS school with 450 students amalgamated with a non-DEIS school with 29 students and the status was lost. Nothing changed in terms of the student cohort. If the amalgamation had not proceeded,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Market Report (20 Jan 2016)

Dara Calleary: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the latest independent report carried out by Glassdoor Economic Research that found that Ireland ranked third highest for under employment in the European countries analysed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2093/16]