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Written Answers — Export Credit Insurance: Export Credit Insurance (7 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: My Department's continuous support for enterprises arises through maintaining a positive business environment and through particular interventions from the State development agencies such as Enterprise Ireland, FÁS and the County and City Enterprise Boards. The significant allocations in my Department's Estimates for 2009 for the development agencies ensures that we can continue to build on...

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (7 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: A properly functioning banking sector is an essential element for the maintenance and development of enterprises, especially SMEs. Government focus has been on creating a fit for purpose banking system as is evidenced by the bank guarantee scheme, the recapitalisation scheme, the nationalisation of Anglo Irish and the establishment of the National Assets Management Agency. Substantial...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The co-operative movement has made a huge contribution to economic and social development in Ireland over many years. We have only to think of agricultural co-ops, credit unions and other sectors such as social housing, group water schemes and community development in which the co-op model has been used with great success. A very good description and analysis of the co-operative sector was...

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (7 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) are the principal deliverers of State support to the micro-enterprise sector in Ireland. They provide support to businesses with 10 or less employees in the start-up and expansion phases, promote indigenous micro-enterprise potential and stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level. As locally based enterprise development...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (7 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: In the period 2003-2008, annual growth in total Irish exports has averaged 5.5%. Over the five years in question our Services exports have risen steadily from €37.1bn or 31.1% of total exports in 2003 to €69.2bn or 44.5% in 2008. With regard to total imports, the annual growth rate averaged 6.6%. The growth in Merchandise imports showed an average annual growth rate of 3.9%, while the...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (7 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Ultimately it is individual businesses that must take advantage of global markets but it is my responsibility to ensure that no barriers are placed in their way. In this regard, my immediate competitiveness objectives are to ensure that the broad business environment is conducive to improved export opportunities and to facilitate a return to sustainable export growth. We will continue to...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement. Apprentices Certified by year Projection 2009 County 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 ARMAGH 7 CARLOW 98 68 94 88 66 39 CAVAN 87 76 65 83 88 48 CLARE 171 120 115 117 144 99 CORK 800 692 583 703 687 382 DONEGAL 104 93 83 104 97 49 DUBLIN 1281 1285 1144 1073 1093 859 FERMANAGH 2 ...

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (8 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The County Enterprise Boards (CEBs) provide support for micro-enterprises (ten or less employees) in the start-up and expansion phases, promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level. The CEBs deliver a series of Programmes to underpin this role. The costs associated with the operations of the CEBs are incurred...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (8 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The County Enterprise Boards (CEBs) were set up in 1993 to provide support for micro-enterprises (ten or less employees) in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level. The CEBs deliver a series of Programmes to underpin this role and they can provide both financial and...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (8 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The banks' recapitalisation package was about securing the long-term health of the economy and about enabling our banks to get back to the business of lending to viable projects and about saving jobs. The package includes many supports for SMEs, including: The recapitalised banks have committed to increasing their lending capacity to SMEs by 10% over 2008. This should ensure that sound...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: He got in ahead of Deputy Kenny again.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: There is always Doheny and Nesbitts.

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (9 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Details of the funding available to each County and City Enterprise Board for the past five years and the allocations made available to the Boards in 2009 are as follows. The CEBs will use their 2009 funding to assist existing micro-enterprises in the survival and growth of their businesses, to assist new start-ups to the greatest extent possible and to continue to focus on the promotion and...

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (9 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I am aware of the survey carried out by the county and city enterprise boards (CEBs). The results of individual surveys, from State agencies, the enterprise sector and the banking sector can all be useful in highlighting the generality of the credit supply issue but they must all be examined in the context in which they are carried out and the methodologies applied. The banks'...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: I provided €6.6 million to FÁS in 2009 to provide an additional 400 Community Employment places. This therefore does not affect the number of activation training and work experience places for the unemployed which have been increased by 66,000 to 128,000 in 2009. This includes 92,000 training places delivered by FÁS.

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: On behalf of the Government, I welcome the opportunity to contribute in the Seanad to the statements on the recent IMF and OECD reports on the economy. Given the prevailing economic environment, the analysis and policy prescriptions set out in these reports have received widespread coverage and were the subject of a Dáil debate last week. This is entirely appropriate as it raises...

Seanad: OECD and IMF Reports: Statements (10 Jul 2009)

Billy Kelleher: No.

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (16 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Currently, the average time it takes to process new applications for business names is eight weeks. I can assure the Deputy that every effort is being made within the current resource constraints to reduce the current processing time and to ensure that customers of the Companies Registration Office receive the best possible service.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (16 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: The County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) can provide support to new business start-ups and micro-enterprises (i.e. small businesses with ten employees or fewer). Subject to certain eligibility criteria new and developing enterprises may qualify for financial support from the CEBs in the form of Feasibility, Employment and Capital Grants. All of the CEBs operate to the same criteria in...

Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Sep 2009)

Billy Kelleher: Statistical information as sought by the Deputy is not collected through my Department. Responsibility for statistical information rests with the Central Statistics office (CSO). The CSO have provided the information as set out in the table. The information relates to 2007 and is based on information coming from the CSO Business Demography 2007 report. This figure is taken from the CSO...