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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Are you are satisfied that that is sufficient?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We can seek an update, certainly. Before we conclude our work this afternoon, I invite the Minister and the Minister of State to make some concluding remarks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the Minister, Deputy Bruton, the Minister of State, Deputy English, and their officials for attending the committee today.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Does anybody wish to add anything further?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: On the Employment Appeals Tribunal, is the caseload to which the briefing paper refers substantial?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: If members are satisfied in respect of programme C, we will proceed to discuss programme D, appropriations-in-aid. Do members have any questions? As there are no questions, we will review together the administration subheads for each programme - namely, A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. We are considering salaries, wages and allowances, travel and subsistence, learning and development, incidental...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We will move on to programme C, which relates to regulation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We will now move on to Programme C, regulation. I call Deputy Tóibín.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the Minister of State. That project is very relevant to the discussion on climate change because of the type of monitoring it can do of the activity in space in terms of weather events and how they can impact on our weather. The project will have a very broad benefit on many levels if we can find some way of allowing it to go ahead. I would be critical for the country to have such...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the Minister of State. That has been very helpful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: We will now move on to programme B - Innovation. I ask that members identify at the commencement of their questioning the subhead about which they wish to ask questions. I call Deputy Tóibín.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Perhaps while the Deputy is reviewing the subhead I will put my questions to the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: On the science and technology development programme, in the context of the next three-year strategy, will consideration be given to our once again investing in pure research? There is concern within the science community that we may be losing out on opportunities to acquire information which would be very helpful with big data. While the role of the scientist is to inquire, all the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Before we move from programme A, I have a few questions. Has the Minister's Department communicated with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding the broadband scheme upgrade that was announced to identify the towns and villages that have technology centres or enterprise parks that require an upgrade as a priority? I have been approached and told that some...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Is there anything else members would like to ask under Programme A, specifically from A(4) to A(16)?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Thank you, Minister. Deputy Lawlor is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Does anyone wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Thank you, Minister of State. Senator Quinn is next.