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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Space-Related Enterprise Activities (9 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: 263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Irish companies or persons who have won contracts awarded by the European Space Agency each year since 2002 inclusive. [32997/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Space-Related Enterprise Activities (9 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: 264. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proportion of Enterprise Ireland's annual budget, in percentage and actual terms, which is devoted to space related enterprise supports and activities. [32998/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (9 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: 277. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views as to the reason Ireland has an unemployment rate of 30.3% in the 15 to 24 age group, almost double the OECD average of 16.2%. [32999/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: 352. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total spend on artworks in each of the past seven years by his Department and bodies under his aegis. [33000/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Artwork (9 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: 353. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated value of artworks owned by the State, under the aegis of his Department, that are currently in storage. [33001/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: 385. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 360 and 361 of 20 March 2013, when the circular letter referred to in the reply will be issued to planning authorities, in view of the fact that a number of applications are in limbo due to the ambiguity surrounding the five year grant of permission time limit; and the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: The expert group is the nexus or main forum for interaction.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Who oversees this interaction?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Is Dr. Fields aware of the issues I have raised? Do such minutiae reach his desk? An example of a big issue would be an advance factory not being available or the language deficit in the south east to which I referred. Does such information reach Dr. Fields and is it filtered down at that point?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: What is the process for releasing the report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: He has not yet circulated the report to his colleagues. Is that what Mr. Ó Foghlú is saying?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: What is the timeline for this process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: I would like to pick up on the point Mr. Ó Foghlú just made about engagement on the ground. He said a couple of times that this area is reviewed constantly and that the Department has learned a great deal since the initial approaches. I suppose I am trying to get a picture of what is happening with regard to TalkTalk. Can Mr. Ó Foghlú give the committee an idea of what...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: The expansion of the programme has led to more inclusion. Is that it, in effect?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: According to figures I have seen, the level of participation in the measures is 62% in the case of TalkTalk, 55% in the case of Dell, 57% in the case of Waterford Crystal and 50% in the case of SR Technics. There is an increase in the case of TalkTalk, but it is not massive. Can Mr. Ó Foghlú explain the factors that apply to the 38% of TalkTalk workers who do not get involved in,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: I do not have a calculator, but on the basis of the figure Mr. Ó Foghlú has just given, the participation rate among TalkTalk workers has reached 70%. I presume he considers that to be a very high percentage.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: Does Mr. Ó Foghlú have a rough idea of the reasons 30% of people have not engaged to date?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

John Deasy: It seems the Department has tracked down and accounted for the majority of those who were affected by redundancy in this case. That is fair enough. Does the Department have any idea of what the projected underspend will be when the course finishes in February 2014? That might be a difficult question. I would like Mr. Ó Foghlú to compare the figure in the case of TalkTalk with...