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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Senator White, some of our colleagues have signalled their wish to speak and I would like to give them an opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Absolutely. I will allow the Senator to come in later. Allow our colleagues to have an opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Just before I go back to Senator White, I have a couple of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: My apologies, Deputy Kyne. I did not see the Deputy signalling.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I have a couple of questions before coming back to Senator White. I am thinking, for example, of women who have left the workplace. It is correct that they must form a company in order to deal with Enterprise Ireland? Is that off-putting? Perhaps they receive support from the local enterprise offices in respect of establishing a company before approaching Enterprise Ireland or making a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I was very interested in Ms O'Sullivan's reference to mentoring because mentoring is critical in every walk of life and those who have the benefit of it have an advantage. How does Enterprise Ireland match people? For example, if women approach Enterprise Ireland with ideas, does it match them with other women or does it match them with people who would be helpful one way or the other?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: In regard to skill sets, Ms Sinnamon said Enterprise Ireland tries to address deficiencies in skills. We heard last week that there was a call for a degree in sales. Maybe only one college is delivering on that. Does Ms Sinnamon see a requirement for a full degree? Many years ago, one could get a certificate in sales techniques or whatever. Does Ms Sinnamon see a need for that? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Another question which occurred to me during the presentation was linking with second level schools. We are trying to focus on encouraging female entrepreneurship and on what else we can do. Clearly, Enterprise Ireland is doing a huge amount, but I am really interested in what was said about going back almost to primary school, or certainly second level, as in other countries. I do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: In regard to third level courses, where there are a number of projects, with people working together and getting ready to enter the competitions, has any evaluation been done on the numbers of males and females, whether it is 50-50 or what the situation is in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Mr. Hayes spoke about the final that was held in the Google Foundry prior to Christmas. I was there and there was a very impressive line up of young entrepreneurs. Like Mr. Hayes, I was trying to recall how many women were involved, but there were quite a number of women there. I spoke to some of them afterwards and one of them was from Offaly, which was wonderful. She won the midlands...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Ms Sinnamon might send that to the clerk to the committee as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: Enterprise Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank all of the representatives from Enterprise Ireland for attending the meeting and for their presentations which were most helpful.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (4 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 124. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly who has been on an audiology waiting list for over a year will be called for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5086/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies (10 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 615. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bord na Móna, as part of its restructuring, is requiring some staff to re-apply for their positions, many of whom have worked in the company all their adult lives; the reason this is necessary; if it proceeds, if he will confirm that decisions on those appointments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (10 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I remind members, visitors and those in the public gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when on silent mode. There is one schedule A proposal for decision, COM(2014)585, a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the tariff treatment for goods originating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (10 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Further to that, we should establish the veracity of the document which none of us has yet seen. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will suspend to allow our guests to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: (Resumed) ISME, Startup Ireland, Cork Innovates and IDA Ireland (10 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: The next item is the resumption of the discussion on women entrepreneurship, women in the tech industries, skills needs and balanced regional development. I remind members, visitors and those in the public gallery to please ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment even when on silent mode. I welcome Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: (Resumed) ISME, Startup Ireland, Cork Innovates and IDA Ireland (10 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Thank you. I now invite Ms Mary Buckley, IDA Ireland, to make her presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: (Resumed) ISME, Startup Ireland, Cork Innovates and IDA Ireland (10 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Ms Buckley and invite Senator White to start off the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: (Resumed) ISME, Startup Ireland, Cork Innovates and IDA Ireland (10 Feb 2015)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Deputy Tóibín has indicated first.