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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: No, it is down to three months or it should be at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I thank the delegation for their attendance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I would like to make two more points on the black economy. We have had this debate with the Minister for Finance a couple of times. We are hoping we might some move on tackling the bigger projects. There is a black economy that cannot be tackled. However, where there is an outlay of €5,000, €10,000 or €20,000 this can be tackled through a tax incentive or grant system...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Would anybody else like to make some concluding comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: The point being that if an employer receives a certificate of sickness there is not much he or she can do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: A lot of work has been put into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: We might take on that topic

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Does Mr. Noonan wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: The issue of PRSI for the self-employed was raised in the presentations by both delegations. It is being discussed by another committee which was formerly part of this committee. It will be raised at its meeting on Wednesday next. We have been pushing it very strongly. There has been some movement on it. There must be a safety net for the self-employed. l hope it will be allowed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: The committee has put forward proposals on the investment bank. We do not believe it will take a number of years to set them up. We have worked with various people who are interested in setting them up. This can be up and running quite quickly as a short-term measure. I would not call it a state investment bank because that might focus on State investment. It is the old ICC model....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Senator White may make a quick comment before she goes to the vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: The Senator may ask the question and we will get the answers afterwards

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: We had a very good presentation from the Department of Social Protection. One can argue the case that when the family income supplement is included it is better to go back to work, but when one factors in the cost of going to work and child care, it takes from the incentive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: A number of points have come to the fore. I would assume from what I know that businesses get CVs on a daily basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I get CVs on a daily basis, I get letters from people telling me they have sent their CVs everywhere. It is important for the joint committee to hear the feedback from companies. We do not have a list of companies who tell us they cannot get workers. We made a call for this information, but we received no replies. It would help our argument if we knew that there were companies that cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: Ms Callan touched on the minimum wage. I am a long-term advocate of the minimum wage. I would not have a problem with a lower wage for the first six months if it would create jobs. Is there merit in considering a lower wage for a period of three or six months to see if a person is suitable? The gap must be closed by a social welfare payment because it will defeat the purpose if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: We need to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: In fairness, we shall move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: I am sorry, Senator, but we are moving on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment and Youth Unemployment Issues and Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with IBEC and SFA (2 Oct 2012)

Damien English: We are taking answers first. There will be ample time to come back to the issues raised later.