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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: There has been a reaction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I do not doubt that there will be comments on this matter, but I will first call Senator White.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I invite our guests to answer and to make concluding comments. We will wrap up now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Our final presentation is from Professor Brian Norton, president of the Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT. I apologise for leaving him until last.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I thank the delegation for those presentations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Thank you, Mr. Costello. I should add that we will have the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, before the committee next week to discuss the same topic. We can raise the issues with them then. Following Mr. Costello's comments, we might invite the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, to attend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Mr. Boland certainly has not, which members appreciate and for which I thank him. He need not worry as I would tell him if he did so. I invite Mr. Costello to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: The policy clerk has provided an advice note on a number of technical proposals that are being considered today as all relate to aspects of EU trade policy, an exclusive competency of the European Union. The proposals in the early warning notes are COM (2012) 277, COM (2012) 233, COM (2012) 237, COM (2012) 264, COM (2012) 269, COM (2012) 270, COM (2012) 294, COM (2012) 353, COM (2012) 424,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Is it agreed that we send COM (2012) 524 to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade for further scrutiny? Agreed. Is it agreed that all the other proposals do not warrant further scrutiny?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: There will not be a delay. The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade is meeting at 3.30 p.m. today so it can move quickly on the matter if it wants. Members of this committee may attend. Are the other proposals agreed to? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Mismatch between Industry Requirements and Third Level Courses: Discussion (20 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I welcome Mr. Tom Boland, chief executive, and Mr. Muiris O'Connor, head of policy and planning, Higher Education Authority, Mr. Ned Costello, chief executive, and Mr. Lewis Purser, director of academic affairs, Irish Universities Association, Dr. Brendan Murphy, president of Cork Institute of Technology, Mr. Denis Cummins, president of Dundalk Institute of Technology, and Professor Brian...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I thank Deputy Neville for sharing time. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012, which is an important item of legislation and which I am happy to support. The Bill forms part of the bigger picture. Health insurance is still very expensive for some people, while others cannot afford it at all. However, at least the Bill will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Would Mr. Gleeson be able to estimate the number of jobs that would arise from doing this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: It would be helpful if the energy retail industry could do a detailed comment on the Irish Road Haulage Association report because we are trying to influence a major decision on energy costs. Our motivation is job creation and tax collection. One assumes the measure would be self-financing. The association has done a great deal of work but it would be good to have the view of Retail...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Mr. Hickey mentioned the intention to introduce plans for tobacco and to change the design on the boxes and so on. There are always pros and cons to most of these suggestions and changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: How do we get it right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: Do members have any further questions? Deputy Dara Calleary sent his apologies; he had hoped to be present because this is an issue on which he has been focusing, together with Senator Michael Mullins and myself. We want to work on this issue. The Retail Ireland report brought it our attention and helped us to focus on this issue. Our plan is that we will host meetings around the country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: We will travel to Kilkenny and Waterford next week and we hope to go to different places around the country in the next six months. We will try to engage with the local members of Retail Ireland when we visit these places. We will invite organisations from across the board to these meetings. We should then get the views of a good representative body, which will help us in our work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: A key to addressing this is the use of concentrated efforts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tackling the Black Market and Retail Crime Report: Discussion (15 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I have a few questions before we wrap up the discussion. To return to the point Mr. Frank Gleeson and Mr. Stephen Lynam made, their report shows that the potential loss here is close to €1 billion. If we implemented all their recommendations, how much of that lost income could be recoup? I am conscious they cannot solve every problem. Do that have a figure for what could be...