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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Service: Discussion with Employment Appeals Tribunal (6 Nov 2012)

Damien English: I thank Mr. Dowling for his detailed summary.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2012)

Damien English: There are two EU proposals before the committee. COM (2012) 124 is a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the access of third country goods and services to the European Union's internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on the access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Service: Discussion with Employment Appeals Tribunal (6 Nov 2012)

Damien English: The purpose of the next part of the meeting is to engage in a discussion with representatives from the Employment Appeals Tribunal on its response to the report of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Blueprint for a New Workplace Relations Service. I welcome from the Employment Appeals Tribunal Mr. Noel Dowling, chairman; Mr. Peter O'Leary, vice chairman; Mr. John Horan and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Damien English: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a review will take place regarding arrears paid to a person (details supplied) for disability allowance. [47940/12]

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Damien English: The Deputy missed the €3 billion.

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Damien English: As the previous speaker stated, the debate is a timely opportunity to look back over the changes under way in the economy since the Government took office approximately a year and a half ago. Sadly, the consequences of a long period of reckless ill-disciplined governance, which preceded the current coalition and which unleashed economic chaos in the State, are being suffered by citizens....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I wish to clarify two aspects. In fairness, having spoken to enterprise boards and in dealing with their customers, most of the staff are still doing their job and are implementing it. They are not sitting at home, they are fully active and, yes, they are concerned about their future. However, most of them recognise that the decision has been made. I am not too sure if we can reverse that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: We can. In the Deputy's absence last week that is what we decided to do, as a rule. I wish to thank Mr. Fielding and Ms McNally for coming in today. We may get a chance to debate the matter with Mr. Fielding again before Christmas in the pre-budget submissions. We did not get a chance to do so last week, although we did so with the Small Firms Association. I wish to now adjourn the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I thank Ms Avine McNally and Mr. Mark Fielding for their contributions and I appreciate the frankness and directness of their comments. On that last point, the committee can bring up the issue of developing a national policy on entrepreneurship. If Senator Feargal Quinn were present, he would be very excited about that. We have touched on that issue and talked about it in many ways without...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: That is the reason we are having these presentations. We will act on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I understand there is a good deal of time remaining before it will be at that stage. That is the reason we are having these presentations and going through this. That is our job and we will be going through all this. I want to clarify that the enterprise boards are represented on the implementation body. Some of the representatives from those boards could potentially be engaged in small...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: We can do that but we almost had that representation when Mr. Richard Murphy was present. I will find out the difference in that respect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: A departmental representative is not present today. That was an oversight. We can arrange that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Thank you for attending, Mr. Fielding. I know October is a bad month for you to come to the committee. The Small Firms Association addressed the joint committee a few weeks to ago to discuss its pre-budget submission and unemployment, particularly youth unemployment. You might like to use this opportunity to add some comments on those issues to your presentation. We might have a chance to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Are there any other comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Does Mr. Richard Murphy wish to respond to a question from Deputy Áine Collins?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Is it in certain sectors?