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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Correspondence (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a letter from Davy Stockbrokers in connection with the Siteserv sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17156/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Centres Programme (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the technology readiness level of research funding through agencies under his Department has been examined; and if so, if he will state, for each agency, the technology readiness level of research funding provided for all available years. [17120/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the definition of basic research used by his Department in deciding allocations to different types of research. [17121/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Centres Programme (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of research positions supported by funding schemes operated by his Department, by agency and by year, for each of the past five years. [17122/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Centres Programme (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of submissions he has received concerning the new science strategy. [17123/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Centres Programme (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has met with the originators of a recent public letter protesting against the impact of changes in research policy. [17125/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Centres Programme (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has provided a commitment to all organisations involved in awarding publicly-funded research that they will be treated equally in relation to participation in the drafting and consideration of the new science strategy. [17128/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has conducted any review into the impact of the most recent legislative changes to the legal mandate of Science Foundation Ireland. [17124/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Supports (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium sized enterprises which are research-active; and the number which have some form of engagement with research facilities in publicly-funded institutions. [17126/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Implementation (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the latest estimates concerning meeting set goals in assessing Irish success in Horizon 2020 programmes. [17127/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding filling research programme-related vacancies in agencies under his Department. [17129/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (30 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: 105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will estimate the percentage of funding awarded by agencies under his Department available for basic research, in general, and for basic research outside of the research prioritisation area, in particular. [17130/15]

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the forthcoming by-election in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency. I commend my party's candidate, Mr. Bobby Aylward. He is an excellent choice and will be an effective and influential representative of the people of Carlow-Kilkenny in Dáil Éireann. The Minister and Minister of State noted that the by-election has been caused by the need to...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: None of this is meant personally. It is the reality, however, and it encapsulates, in a broader sense, the Government's arrogance and detachment from the feelings of people on the ground on issues such as education and jobs. This detachment has also been evident in the discussion on the spring economic statement over the past two days. People have a choice in the forthcoming...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: His two sons played on it. I am simply giving a sense of where the man comes from. The community from which Bobby Aylward springs is characterised by great solidarity. He is rooted in his community and has a genuine commitment to serve the wider community. In that regard, he is an excellent candidate. Mr. Aylward will raise issues such as significant cutbacks in local development...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: No, the Government announced them only three or four months ago.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: Now that Deputy Reilly has been exiled to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, he would not be aware of the broader issues. He sums up the problem facing the Government parties in that his Government is so Dublin-centric that it does not understand how people in the regions feel about being excluded from its economic and social policies. There is a real sense-----

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt the Minister or Minister of State. There is a great sense of grievance in rural areas.

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: In addition to regional disparities, there is a sense that the economic recovery is two-tiered, not only in terms of the wealthy getting everything and those on the lowest incomes being hardest hit but also, as the ESRI and other bodies have indicated, in terms of the regional spread of economic development. One needs only to drive through rural towns in the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency and...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: With the greatest respect, I expect that Deputy Phelan will remember the decision of SmithKline Beecham, as the company was then known, to locate in Carlow. I happened to be Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment at the time and I also decentralised the Department to Carlow town.