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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: That is good. It is important we recognise Microfinance Ireland is doing that work because I accept it is not in its reports. On behalf of the committee, I thank the representatives of Microfinance Ireland for coming in to join us today at short notice. I appreciate it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: Can Ms Murray pick up on those questions, as others also have questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: Perhaps we can take all the answers and then we can revert to this afterwards.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: A couple of questions remain to be answered and I believe Ms Geraldine Kelly wishes to respond.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: Before we conclude, I have a couple of questions of my own. First, today's session has been highly informative in respect of teasing through matters and we might make this an annual visit, if the witnesses have time in their schedule next year to do the same. However, I compliment the work Microfinance Ireland is doing. It is not the organisation's fault if the applications do not come in....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: The issue for the county enterprise boards is that of displacement. They can only do it with new businesses because it is not interference.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: They do but in respect of initial grant aid, the State's rules are first on their list of priorities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: It is not that at all. It is a rule of the State that they cannot do it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: Is the 5% included in the 45% that were originally declined?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: Does that mean the original decline rate was 60% with a grant rate of 40% and then it went up to 45%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: Before we move on to Senator White, I have a quick question on reasons for refusal. I presume some of the companies might not be in a position to pay back money owed in the first year or two. Is that factored into the process? Are principle holidays offered or does the money have to be repaid from year one?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: The Senator might get a job out of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: Thank you very much for that detailed presentation. It is very informative and useful to members. It is timely that we have you before the committee to go through this after the first year of operation. A number of members are indicating, so I will call on Deputy Calleary first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Progress Update: Discussion with Microfinance Ireland (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: I welcome our guests, Ms Adrienne Murray, CEO, Ms Geraldine Kelly, chairperson, and Mr. Pat Kilbane, head of finance and risk, of Microfinance Ireland. They are here to discuss the progress made since its establishment and related issues. They are very welcome. I thank them for coming in today. This meeting was organised at short notice because of committee changes and I appreciate them...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Registration of Births (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: 178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regard to the registration of a birth here, if a mother or father, who was not in a position to present as an informant at the time of the registration of the birth at the Registrar's Office, can subsequently have the birth certificate of their child amended so that they can be recorded as an informant of the birth on the birth certificate;...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Registration of Births (12 Nov 2013)
Damien English: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection with regard to the written text of the birth certificate, if she has plans to amend the wording Faisnéiseoir A/Informant A and Faisnéiseoir B/Informant B contained within this document, to better reflect that the informants are the parents present at the registration of the birth at the Registrar's Office; if she has plans to remove the...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (7 Nov 2013)
Damien English: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath was refused a higher education grant on the grounds of their residency status even though they are in posession of a stamp 4 GNIB card; the reason this person was not granted a full review of their original application in view of information provided; the reason for refusal; and if he will...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Damien English: I take it that Deputy Calleary will be available to help with the translation over Christmas.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Damien English: Members have raised that issue enough times at the right stages and this has been recorded.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)
Damien English: On foot of that we will have discussions with the Ministers.