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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: Are there any final wrap-up comments before we finish?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: Are there any further comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: I thank Ms Higgins and the other witnesses. The points they have made today will not go unnoticed. I welcome the delegates from the Small Firms Association: Mr. A. J. Noonan, chairman; Ms Patricia Callan, director; and Ms Avine McNally, assistant director. They are present to discuss access to finance for SMEs. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: Yes, and the person who is most appropriate can answer the questions that Ms Higgins wishes them to field.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: Did Deputy Tóibín have some other questions that were not answered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: I thank the presenters. So as not to encroach on the time allocated for the next set of presentations, I ask that only those who are most qualified to answer questions do so. We have been hearing a lot about what the delegates said. It is good to hear the points reinforced. However, some nuances pertaining to the IT sector have not yet been made known to us so it was good to hear them today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: I thank Mr. Fielding for attending. He was very frank in the views he expressed and I welcome what he had to say. His comments will definitely feed in to our overall report into access to finance for SMEs. I appreciate the fact that Mr. Fielding was both honest and blunt in his observations and I thank him for giving of his time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: I welcome Ms Sharon Higgins, head of sectors at IBEC, Mr. John O’Dea, CEO of Crospon and immediate past chairperson of the Irish Medical Devices Association, IMDA, Mr. John Chamney, director of Walsh Whiskey and founding member of the Irish Whiskey Association, Mr. Karl Flannery, CEO of Storm Technology, and Mr. Frank Gleeson, managing director at Aramark Food Services and chair of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: On the credit refusal rate and the discrepancy between what the banks are stating and what Mr. Fielding's survey suggests, would it be helpful to encourage more SME owners to submit a formal application in order to put the banks to the test? It would be easier for us to stand over what Mr. Fielding is saying versus what the banks are stating if there were more data available in this regard....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: I thank Mr. Fielding for his open and frank statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: There are four Schedule A proposals for decision. COM (2014) 186 is a proposal for a regulation on personal protective equipment. The proposal will replace existing law and align it with the new legislative framework. The Department is in favour of the proposal which will assist operators and ensure consistency in standards for products across the European Union. It is proposed that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: It is agreed that these proposals warrant further scrutiny and a date will be arranged in the coming weeks to address them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: The next item on the agenda is our resumed discussion of access to finance for SMEs. I welcome Mr. Mark Fielding from the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises to discuss the matter. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the joint committee. However, if they are directed by it to cease giving...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify with the Revenue Commissioners the reason residents in certain estates (details supplied) who were issued with an unfinished housing estates waiver for the household charge in 2012 are now being issued with non-payment letters from the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to make contact with the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: 337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is aware of reports that former Dublin Airport Authority workers who are deferred members of the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme residing in the UK will be given protection of their full pension entitlements; if her Department will examine this issue and clarify the reason a similar arrangement could not be introduced for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (13 May 2014)

John Lyons: 449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will clarify that certain estates (details supplied) were issued with unfinished housing estates waivers in 2012 in respect of the household charge; and if his Department can communicate this information to the Revenue Commissioners as householders are being issued with non-payment letters from the...

Report on the General Scheme of the Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Motion (9 May 2014)

John Lyons: The International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival is being held over two weeks from 5 May and one of the plays is called "Eirebrushed". It was written by Mr. Brian Merriman of the Equality Authority and runs from 5 to 10 May, which means that Members have one more day to get to see it, if they have not seen it already. I went to see it on Monday night. It examines four heroes of the 1916...

Open Adoption Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2014)

John Lyons: As this is a Private Members' Bill, it must, under Standing Orders 82A and 118, be referred to a select or special committee. The relevant committee is the Select sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs.

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Supplement (8 May 2014)

John Lyons: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive response. In case anyone takes me up the wrong way, I am not asking for the rent supplement ban to be removed because that is not the right decision. The regeneration of Ballymun was about trying to create a social mix. We have an anomaly whereby people in Ballymun who cannot find a place to live but who can identify places in Ballymun where they...