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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Beverage Exports: Discussion with Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (25 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I will recommend to the health committee that if it has not invited that group to appear before it that it should do so. I thank the witnesses for their contribution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Exports: Discussion with Irish Exporters Association (25 Sep 2012)

Damien English: The second session of today's meeting is a discussion on the general issue of Irish exports with the Irish Exporters Association. I welcome Mr. John Whelan, chief executive of the Irish Exporters Association, and Mr. Bernard Coyle, chairman of the IEA food and drink council. They are both very welcome and I appreciate their attendance. I will not go through the parliamentary practice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Beverage Exports: Discussion with Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (25 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I think Deputy Conaghan regarded it as a geographically bad plan inasmuch as it would affect his area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Beverage Exports: Discussion with Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (25 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. The debate has strayed into foreign trade and health issues but there are a number of issues we as a committee can take on. We will look at our programme of work next week to examine the areas on which we can focus. On the issue of the effect on consumption of increasing the price of alcohol, which is probably more related to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Beverage Exports: Discussion with Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (25 Sep 2012)

Damien English: We will move on to questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee (25 Sep 2012)

Damien English: Apologies have been received from Deputy John Lyons. I understand that as the Labour Party meeting is being held today rather than tomorrow Deputy Michael Conaghan will have to leave this meeting for a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (25 Sep 2012)

Damien English: It is proposed that COM (2012) 335 requires no further scrutiny. It is a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament of the Council establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party. The lead Department is the Department of Jobs, Enterprise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (25 Sep 2012)

Damien English: We will keep it as a proposal that does not warrant further scrutiny but we will ask for more information and seek a written note from the Department on what is behind the measure. We will decide at a later stage if we want to take it further. Is it agreed to take that action? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Beverage Exports: Discussion with Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (25 Sep 2012)

Damien English: We move on to our discussion on the report entitled Beverage Exports 2000-2011 with the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland. I welcome Mr. Kieran Tobin, chairman of the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland, Mr. Peter O'Brien, Diageo corporate relations director for Ireland and western Europe, and Mr. Anthony Foley, senior economist at Dublin City University business school. Members are reminded...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Damien English: There we go.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Damien English: The Deputy is guessing.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Damien English: What were they doing when Fianna Fáil was in office?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: Is it fair to say that many others in the same area as Mr. Moan are doing the same thing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: They want to help.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: Do Senator Michael Mullins and Senator Clune have any questions before we wrap up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: That is a good idea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I thank Mr. Griffin, Mr. O'Keeffe and Mr. Moan for attending the meeting. It was very important that we heard from the delegation before we finished our report because it brought another perspective to it. Like Deputy Calleary, I did not realise the in-depth work behind everything it does so that was informative and worthwhile. We will certainly get a chance to read all these documents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: Do Mr. O'Keeffe and Mr. Griffin have anything to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: We will take Mr. Griffin up on that some day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

Damien English: I thank Mr. Moan. That concludes our round-table discussion in terms of presentations and we have had many views from many sectors in recent months. It has been a very interesting process and the views expressed today are also very important. I call Deputy Calleary to begin the questions.