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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: Thank you, Chairman. I welcome Dr. Jones. His company seems unique in having traditional technology bases and a training component. Will he indicate which came first, or have the two elements operated in tandem since the company was founded? Dr. Jones referred to the programmes run by Institute of Technology , Tallaght and Griffith College, as well as a recent upskilling programme in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: Is that done through the universities there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: That is how the programmes are accredited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: I am slightly confused as to what precisely is involved. Does Innopharma Labs only take in graduates and, if so, graduates of which courses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: How many separate courses is Innopharma Labs currently running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: Do they involve a traditional college year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: I presume Griffith College and the Institute of Technology Tralee have their own guidelines in terms of the duration and areas covered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: Do industries with vacancies or that predict they will have vacancies contact Innopharma Labs directly or indirectly asking whether it has anybody in a certain area or whether it can formulate a course in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: Dr. Jones mentioned enabling emigrants to return to Ireland through upskilling. How difficult is it for an emigrant to come home and enter a training programme with the possibility of a job?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: What is the level of awareness of Dr. Jones' company among multinationals and Irish companies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: I was at a recent IBEC conference with businesses in Galway. The view was expressed that it is difficult to get technicians, for example. It was felt many people with qualifications were possibly overqualified or did not want to go down this road. Does Dr. Jones have involvement in this area, or does he envisage a role in this area?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the allocation of the welcome increase in overseas development aid will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37688/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Strategies (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, with the impending expiry of the Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy, the Government Trade, Tourism and Investment Strategy 2010-2015, he will outline the work to date on a successor to this strategy; the areas of particular focus; and the envisaged commencement date for such a strategy. [37687/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: 365. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action has Department has taken on delivering the regional potential strand of the 2015 Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transport Services (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: 858. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding transport services to hospital for persons with limited transport means or with transport that is unsuitable for use with equipment such as wheelchairs, etc; and if the level of service available differs across hospital groups, particularly given the greater challenges facing patients who reside in rural areas, away from acute...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: 1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a minor works scheme will be introduced to enable schools to undertake improvement works. [38384/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: 1009. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision by her Department concerning works to prefabricated facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Galway can be reviewed, due to the larger problems than first anticipated with the facilities, which pose significant health and safety concerns, and are impacting on the school's work. [38386/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: 1013. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for the water conservation grant is deemed to be ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37471/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Harbours and Piers Development (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: 1110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans for investment in Inis Oirr pier; and Ros a'Mhil Harbour, as part of the capital investment plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34201/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Burial Grounds (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Kyne: 1210. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the investigations concerning the possible use of lands within the Annaghdown Abbey complex for the expansion of the Annaghdown cemetery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38382/15]