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European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The Deputy is not. He is wandering into a different area not covered in the amendment.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I remind the Deputy that, much as I like him-----

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: -----he cannot wander around the House on the amendment.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I do not have to dislike the Deputy either. Will he, please, stay within the amendment? We do not want a history lesson and this is not a Second Stage debate.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am sorry, but that is not a matter for debate.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I will manage the debate and call Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett in due course. Will Deputy Peter Mathews, please, refrain from going outside the remit of the amendment?

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I have just provided clarification; please stay within the amendment.

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I will read the amendment for the Deputy: "Following the passing of this Act the Minister for Finance shall in 2014 make an application for the direct retroactive recapitalisation of the capital injected by the State in Irish banks as per the Direct Recapitalisation Instrument". Deputy Pearse Doherty who tabled the amendment spoke at length, but he stuck to what was contained in the...

European Stability Mechanism (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report Stage (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am slow to intervene again, but, please, do not try to explain to me what it means. I know what it means, as the amendment has been moved. The next part is that the Deputy should speak to it. To be fair to other Members of the House who also wish to participate, please stick to the amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation and technology continue to contribute to national recovery, with particular reference to the extent to which industry here has been in a position to access and avail of advances in this area, including relevant EU grant aid; the most important factors likely to affect growth in industry in the future...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which job creation through foreign direct investment and-or indigenous sources are in line with or ahead of projections in each of the past three and a half years to date; if he expects to continue to meet the ambitious targets required in this regard to facilitate economic recovery further; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 38. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which economic and or unemployment black spots have been identified throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39640/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Creation (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which she expects job creation efforts in the future to focus on the long term and youth unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39641/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Eligibility (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for ongoing delay in restoration of a mortgage interest supplement in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39603/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseeker's allowance was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39650/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when transfer from jobseeker's allowance to disability allowance may be effected in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39656/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 86. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created indigenously and through foreign direct investment in the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39636/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Growth (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which it can be expected to encourage economic recovery broadly throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39637/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which any appraisal has been done to determine the extent to which infrastructure required in the context of job creation is deficient in various regions throughout the country; if any action plan is in place to address such infrastructural deficiencies thereby facilitating a balanced economic recovery countrywide; and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (16 Oct 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects innovation and technology to feature in job restoration at various economic black spots throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39639/14]