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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Persecution of Christians: Discussion (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Before calling on witnesses for closing statements, I should mention that the presentation has been most impressive. The response from committee members clearly indicates their knowledge in the area. Individually, we have brought the subject matter before the Dáil by way of parliamentary questions and letters to the Minister and his predecessors. It goes without saying that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Persecution of Christians: Discussion (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: We can have a discussion on that issue at a later stage and I will be delighted to accommodate it. Maybe Fr. Bartlett is right and maybe I am wrong. I am not so sure civilisation has changed. Man’s inhumanity to man has not ceased or changed at all. It continues as it was. For example, the war in Rwanda was started by a zealot who had access to a propaganda outlet, a radio...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Persecution of Christians: Discussion (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Translators are always available in this country. Asylum seekers should not attend a hearing without the assistance of a translator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Persecution of Christians: Discussion (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: Through the NGOs, Ireland focuses on a daily basis on all of these sensitive areas and does so effectively. It also uses its influence discreetly because we are sometimes advised that that is the best way to do it. All of the delegates have been televised live and the Minister, departmental officials and relevant sections will receive a transcript. We will deal further with the issue to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which measures continue to be taken to monitor the jobs market, with a view to ensuring early detection, where jobs may be at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18342/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the competitiveness of this economy to attract foreign direct investment, while supporting and encouraging the indigenous sector in both manufacturing and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18343/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation out of the total number of jobs created in the past four years, the proportion of those in manufacturing; and in the service sectors; the extent to which this country remains competitive in both sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18893/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which job creation, in both the manufacturing and services sectors, continues to be spread throughout the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18894/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation continues to play a major role in job creation, in both the manufacturing and services sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects the Irish jobs market to benefit from European Union support, by way of direct grant aid, or otherwise, from the relevant Commissioner in charge of research, innovation and science; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18897/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Equality Issues (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which women and men have had equal opportunity to take up jobs in the workplace over the past four years; the extent to which this is in line with international trends throughout Europe, or globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18898/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he continues to attract new investment to this jurisdiction from new locations globally; the degree to which this continues to benefit the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18899/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Employment Numbers (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new small or medium sized enterprises, and the resultant number of jobs created, arising therefrom, in the past three years to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18901/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate, arising from work permit applications in each of the past five years to date in 2015, the extent to which such applications were in respect of particular skills. [18902/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the level of assistance and opportunities for job creation available to the indigenous sector in each of the past four years to date in 2015; if he continues to be satisfied that adequate opportunities are available to this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which jobs have been created in the high skilled and medium skilled sectors in the past 12 months; the degree to which a pattern in skill requirements has emerged over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline, from experience over the past four years, the most sought after skills in the jobs market; the extent to which such skills continue to be supplied indigenously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18896/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (13 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects the skills available to match requirements in the job market in the future; her plans for enhancement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18900/15]

Order of Business (12 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: The Mediation Bill has been floating around for some time. This important Bill has wide implications, beyond those implied in its title. When is it likely to come before the House and have the heads of the Bill been cleared? Two national cultural institutions Bills, covering the area of administration, are expected. The first of these proposes to revise and upgrade the governance...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Growth (12 May 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he remains satisfied that targets in respect of savings and public expenditure reform will continue to be met in the context of economic recovery; if he has identified particular areas of conflict in this regard; if he remains satisfied that economic recovery and retention of public expenditure objectives are not mutually...