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Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The purpose of this amendment is to ensure existing law is carried into this Bill. The 2001 Act provided an exemption to section 32 of the 1963 Act. In simple terms, this allows a subsidiary, whether limited or unlimited, to hold shares in its listed parent where that subsidiary is a member of an approved stock exchange. This permits market making in a parent's shares. This amendment...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: This is a refinement to clarify that the term "properly prepared" refers to statutory financial statements and not also to the "initial" and "interim" financial statements. This provision is only applicable to public limited companies and therefore a deletion is necessary in this section. Amendment No. 120 remedies the position in Part 17 which governs alterations and modifications of the...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The purpose of this amendment is to ensure greater clarity in interpretation. No substantive change is made to the Bill. The amendment refers to any provision in a former enactment. This section provides that the repeal of previous Companies Acts does not affect companies incorporated under those repealed Acts. It provides that documents referring to repealed Acts are to be read alongside...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The purpose of these grouped amendments is to provide for existing documents that contain a definition of "subsidiary" or "holding company" that is based on the construction of section 151 of the 1963 Act. It is important to provide certainty in law and to ensure the continuity of such an expression unless parties agree otherwise.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The purpose of this amendment is to assist with the interpretation of this Bill. Due to the very technical nature of the Bill, the draftsman has concluded that a clarifying provision along the lines of the proposed amendment is necessary to ensure a clearer reading of the Bill's structure. It is important that the reader understands that Parts 16 to 25, inclusive, may have an impact on...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The purpose of these amendments is to clarify that "holding company" and "subsidiary" are not to be read as covering only private companies limited by shares. With a close reading of Part 6, for example, a reader will see that it actually provides a firm indication that "holding company" and "subsidiary" are not to be read a restricted fashion. Nevertheless, it was felt prudent to ensure...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The purpose of these amendments is to update the legislative reference to a recent enactment.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The purpose of this amendment is to clarify that this section does not apply to an external company that could, by constitution, be either categorised as a private limited company or a designated activity company in this jurisdiction. The amendment provides a dispensation to an external company from having to used the words "limited", "LTD", "designated activity company" or "DAC" in their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: An implementation plan for the recommendations of the Review of Apprenticeship Training in Ireland was published on the 30th June 2014. The Plan sets out how a new Apprenticeship Council will make a call for proposals from consortia of employers and education and training providers for the development of new apprenticeships. I have sought nominations from the relevant stakeholders to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Funding (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The funding provided by my Department for the Youthreach programme in the years 2010 to 2013 was as follows: YEAR FUNDING 2010 €71m 2011 €74m 2012 €71m 2013 €69.6m SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, has taken over the funding of all further education programmes with effect from 1 January 2014. I understand from SOLAS that funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Reviews (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: SOLAS, the Further Education and Training Authority, is responsible for planning, co-ordinating and funding Further Education and Training programmes. As part of the Further Education and Training Strategy 2014-2019, SOLAS will undertake a review of all further education and training programmes, including the Youthreach programme. My understanding is that this process will begin with a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Funding (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: The funding provided for the Youthreach Programme was €69.6 million in 2013 and €69 million in 2014. The number of centres in operation in 2013 and 2014 was 110. There were 3,692 places available on the Youthreach Programme in 2013 and again in 2014. Funding for the Youthreach programme is allocated by SOLAS to Education and Training Boards who operate the centres in their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 535 and 536 together. The closing date for receipt of applications for school transport was 25 April 2014; the closing date for receipt of payments or submission of Medical Card details was 25 July 2014 and this was subsequently extended to 1 August. It is understood that these children were late applying/and or making payment for the 2014/2015 school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Damien English: Bus Éireann, which operates the School Transport Scheme on behalf of my Department, is responsible for the timetabling and scheduling of services. Officials in my Department are aware of the issues outlined by the Deputy and have requested that Bus Éireann address the timetabling issues as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Numbers (25 Sep 2014)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 and 247 together. My Department does not collect information on individual VTOS centres. The following table sets out the completion and progression data on VTOS courses for the years 2004-2012, data for 2013 is not yet available. Progression Destinations for those completing VTOS programmes 2004-2012 Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)

Damien English: Additional.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)

Damien English: I dealt with the banks a lot in the course of my work on another committee in the context of the cost of credit for businesses. We will use the same channels to raise this issue with them directly and see if we can get action on it. The Senator is right that they are strangling students. Obviously students are getting a reduced rate at the early stages and then the interest is being piled...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)

Damien English: Yes. Students will take what they are being offered at the start because they need it to get an education. We need to work on that because students are under pressure to get the money and have very little choice. It is an issue we will take up with the banks and see what we can do. I agree with the Senator that it is very important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)

Damien English: They do qualify, yes. The training centres have their own summer works schemes, as I understand it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Vote 26 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2014)

Damien English: That has been the same across the board but colleges running PLC courses, for example, would qualify under the schools capital programme. The arrangement is slightly ad hocin that the education and training boards would make a case for a grant for a particular college. There is no clearly set-aside budget for such works.