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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Does Mr. Scannell believe they should be held?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Who within the Department is authoring the terms of reference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Is Mr. Scannell telling us the Minister decides on the terms of reference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: It is incredible that this contract is being allowed to run out when it is clear from ConnectIreland's opening statement that it is paid on a no foal, no fee basis. In addition, it is filling the gap, particularly in rural Ireland. In the past two weeks, a closure in Nenagh was announced. Brexit was one of the reasons cited. Brexit was mentioned a number of times in the earlier session...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: I deduce from what the witness has said that ConnectIreland connected with companies or potential investors in Ireland and sought to further that contact with them only to be stopped by the IDA. The reason given by the IDA is that it had already been in contact with those people. However, ConnectIreland subsequently found out from those people that the IDA had not been in contact with them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Will the representatives of ConnectIreland confirm for us that two numbers given to us by the departmental officials in their presentation earlier in the meeting are correct? It was suggested the cost of a ConnectIreland-created job was approximately €4,000, whereas the cost of an IDA Ireland-created job was over €10,000. According to the Department, ConnectIreland claims to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: I have a final question. We pressed the previous witnesses quite hard on what I have described as the drift in the past 12 months. The contract of ConnectIreland was extended for a 12 month period. Will the witnesses comment on the level of engagement with the IDA and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in terms of ensuring that the programme continues in some shape or form,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Who told or assured ConnectIreland that a new tender would be advertised in the second six months of the 12 month period of extension, was it the IDA or the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Is it the case that IDA Ireland told ConnectIreland one thing and went away and did the complete opposite? We now find ourselves in the situation we are in today. Did the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation have an input or was it trying to be hands off on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Were there minutes for those meetings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Then Deputy Neville would not be a Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ConnectIreland's 'Succeed in Ireland' Programme: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: I concur with what Senator O'Reilly has said. I have the impression that IDA Ireland feels threatened and undermined by ConnectIreland. I know what it is doing is a success. I know there are difficulties. Am I right in my impression?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual breakdown between the number of female and male graduates in each of the years 2014 to 2016 in third level graduate courses in engineering, manufacturing, construction, science, technology and maths, in tabular form; the incentives and polices in place to fill the current shortage of qualified graduates here for vacancies arising in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Museum (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 649. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process by which an association (details supplied) can have the Ardagh Chalice put on display in the village of Ardagh as part of its itinerary of commemorative events being planned for 2018 to mark the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Ardagh Chalice in Ardagh, County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 1029. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Irish Greyhound Stud Book is the property of the State; the annual revenue it generated from 2000 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12994/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 1307. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her visit (details supplied); the assurances she gave during the visit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13816/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 1309. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on her visit to a community centre (details supplied); the detail of the assurances she gave during the visit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Regulatory Impact Assessment Data (9 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 63. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 45 and 46 of 2 March 2017, if she will provide each legislative proposal listed which underwent a regulatory impact assessment and that was subsequently published, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Process RIA (9 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 2 March 2017, if he will provide each legislative proposal listed which underwent a regulatory impact assessment and that was subsequently published, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12676/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Regulatory Impact Assessment Data (9 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 97 and 98 of 2 March 2017, if he will provide each legislative proposal listed which underwent a regulatory impact assessment and that was subsequently published, in tabluar form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12675/17]