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Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Damien English: Will that be dealt with in the next item of legislation?

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Damien English: Someone can be refused a licence for reasons on indictment in this State or another state. Three or four categories are set out in the Bill. Is the licence automatically refused in these cases or does discretion exists? Is it black or white? Discretion is important because an agency may have branches located in various countries and abuse of workers may occur in one branch. The Irish...

Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Damien English: Does the Government move as fast?

Research Funding. (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the problems that companies looking to develop physical products, such as a new computing device for international markets, from inception, research and development, tooling manufacture and to packaging development and so on, are encountering when trying to source early stage capital funding...

Research Funding. (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and for acknowledging that a problem exists. He did not really discuss the solutions but rather described the current situation. I wish to make clear that a problem exists in the venture capital market in the case of companies with a physical product which need funding of between €1million and €10 million. Enterprise Ireland can only give up...

Research Funding. (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: I recognise the important work done by Enterprise Ireland. My point is that funding is insufficient to meet the needs of the businesses to which I referred.

Research Funding. (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: The Minister of State has made my point for me. In some cases Enterprise Ireland makes it a condition of its assistance that a company must first secure venture capital. It should be the other way around, and that is a simple matter to review. Second, the Minister of State said that the report of the innovation task force is due in a month. There is no room for delay in terms of action;...

Research Funding. (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: The early stage is the problem. Once a company is in operation it has a good chance of attracting funds. Attracting the funding to become established in the first instance is the difficulty.

Research Funding. (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: May I make a final brief comment?

Research Funding. (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: My point is that the main problem is in securing early stage funding. That is the difficulty.

Research Funding. (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: The Minister of State is missing the point.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will explore the possibility of developing a tourism driven walkway and cycleway on the old Letterkenny to Burtonport railway line, with a view to developing the project through a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4967/10]

Written Answers — Venture Capital Programmes: Venture Capital Programmes (2 Feb 2010)

Damien English: Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to promote venture capitalism in the market here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5353/10]

Civil Partnership Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)

Damien English: I believe my colleague, Deputy Clune, wanted to speak.

Civil Partnership Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jan 2010)

Damien English: I shall only take a few minutes, in any event. I am grateful for the opportunity to say a few words on this very important Bill, which is a step in the right direction. The Bill means progress for same-sex and cohabiting couples in their relationships. Its purpose is to establish a statutory civil partnership registration scheme for same-sex partnerships together with a range of rights,...

Written Answers — Bovine Diseases: Bovine Diseases (27 Jan 2010)

Damien English: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason agricultural laboratories are not available for bovine viral diarrhoea, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis and Johne's disease testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3763/10]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Jan 2010)

Damien English: I am grateful for the chance to say a few words on this Bill. Although time is limited, I wish to deal with a couple of aspects that should be discussed as part of employment legislation. I accept that the inability to pay element is being introduced as an amendment, but it is a pity that the Minister is not here to discuss the matter. I understand the Minister is under pressure to...

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Jan 2010)

Damien English: It is good to see the Minister of State present for the debate because it is a very emotive issue and one which probably touches everybody but mostly the parents and children involved in the process. It is obvious that everybody speaking on the Bill has been contacted by and has engaged with people involved. The process may have failed them or they may have been very successful but we have...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (19 Jan 2010)

Damien English: Question 567: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for citizenship in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Meath; when he expects a decision to be made on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1126/10]

Meath-Tyrone Interconnection Project. (17 Dec 2009)

Damien English: I am taking this matter on behalf of myself and Deputies Crawford and McEntee who could not be here to join in the debate. I am glad to see that the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is present. I appreciate that. It is important that we have a good discussion on this. Before a Minister or Fianna Fáil colleagues try to accuse Fine Gael of being...