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Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Let me correct the record. I said 40% had not been delivered. The Minister said 30% had not been delivered. I may have been a little bit out but I was not far out. The Minister certainly did not deliver what he was supposed to deliver. All the enterprise sector targets were covered. The only thing missed out in the strategy statement-----

Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Was the Minister's own responsibilities.

Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: What about red tape? What about the Competition Authority? What about any of those things that are key to the Minister's strategy?

Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: We know the Minister commissions reports by the lorry load, but he does not do anything about them.

Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: We would want a wheelbarrow to wheel them around.

Departmental Strategy Statements (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Can the Minister show us his record of delivery?

Job Creation (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he has satisfied himself that the measures in place to counter youth unemployment and emigration are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2909/11]

Job Creation (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister of State for his reply but he did not answer the central question, namely, whether he believed the measures in place were adequate. When we have seen 165,000 young people under the age of 25 lose their jobs in the past three years and 81,000 people under the age of 25 on the live register, among whom the highest and most rapidly growing group is the long-term unemployed...

Job Creation (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: I asked the Minister of State how he could justify what he has said. That is a question. The total number of places on that programme is 2,500, which is not one in 150 opportunities for people out of work, and there are just 1,000 people on the scheme where employers take on people. These schemes are simply not responding to the scale of the problem. I ask the Minister of State to...

Job Creation (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: The Government is not even scratching at the surface. Some 40,000 young Irish people emigrated in the past 12 months. In the past six months, some 400 places have been added to the job placement programme, which is simply not adequate. If we want to retain our talent at home, the Government needs to be much more ambitious in this area and not just trot out those statistics and ignore the...

Job Creation (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: The rate is growing by 50% per annum from a very low to an extraordinarily high level.

Enterprise Support Services (19 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Yes, but at a time when closures are going up, so the inevitable consequence is what Deputy Clune is saying.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who has been forced to take early retirement on health grounds may withdraw money from a pension fund before retirement age in order to apply the money to other purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2115/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Equipment: Hospital Equipment (18 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the breakdown of a piece of equipment in a hospital (details supplied) is causing the postponement of orthopaedic surgery for over six months now; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2506/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he would make arrangements in order that persons who switch from jobseeker's allowance, including the fuel scheme, to illness benefit will not lose their entitlement to the fuel scheme when there is otherwise no break in their claim. [2439/11]

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (18 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has the power to require retail outlet operators here and in other countries to reveal the profit margins they make from their Irish operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2114/11]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (12 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle increases in insurance costs; the person or agency that has responsibility for their implementation; the timeframe for their implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45388/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of retaining patent relief as a more targeted tax concession, perhaps by capping the benefit or in other ways; and if he will indicate whether a cost-benefit analysis of the charge has been undertaken [1421/11]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (12 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the future of the ambulance service in Dublin city and county; her views on the fact that the number of ambulances operated by Dublin City Council through the Dublin Fire Brigade is being reduced; if she believes there is an adequate number of ambulances servicing the needs of the people of Dublin; and if she...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (12 Jan 2011)

Richard Bruton: Question 800: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will explain the increase in the tenancy registration fee by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1804/11]