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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Disputes (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action being taken to address the industrial unrest at Ireland’s largest indigenous retailer; the Government policy on job security for those on zero hours contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12183/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Disputes (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: A week from today, the country's largest indigenous retailer, Dunnes Stores, will be the subject of a strike owing to the frustration of its workers. I had the opportunity last Tuesday to meet some of them to discuss a range of issues relating to the current collective agreement. The company will not engage with the Labour Court. What work is the Government doing? Is anything going on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Disputes (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State. I acknowledge we do not have powers of compellability but we have moral powers. The company has benefited from the security of a Labour Court agreement in carrying out its business since 1996 and it has engaged on six occasions with the court on the agreement over the past 19 years. It is particularly disgraceful, therefore, that it has chosen to ignore it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: The entire infrastructure was put in place during our time in government.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his policy on capturing the long-term benefits of scientific research, following an open letter by over 900 scientists (details supplied); his strategy for the funding of applied research and basic research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12182/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: Over 900 of the country's leading scientists published a very damning letter in The Irish Timeslast week about current Government research policy. They expressed concerns about the commercial focus and highlighted the need to change the balance between basic and applied research. I notice that there has been no response to the letter from the Government. I also notice that submissions are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: When over 900 of the leading researchers in the world combine and publish a letter such as this, it should surely ring alarm bells. A number of issues arise. We have supported the Minister in the past in his attempts to focus research expenditure on job-related issues but not at the cost of long-term research. For example, in the 14 areas mentioned issues to do with neuroscience are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: If it is so great, how come 900 people came together to write the letter? According to Professor Kevin Mitchell of the Smurfit Institute of Genetics in Trinity College Dublin, if we want to have a knowledge economy, we have to invest in knowledge. The letter indicates that the people concerned are becoming "more and more dismayed" by the change in policy, which shifted all of the funding...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under the Action Plan for Jobs, the concrete measures that will be taken to improve the supports for self-employed persons and entrepreneurs following budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12092/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (26 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the details of a jobs announcement (details supplied); the timing of the job creation; the interactions that have been had between any State enterprise agency and the promoter; if his attention has been drawn to these interactions and to the announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12423/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (25 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the rationale for requiring young farmers who do not have a Further Education and Training Awards Council accredited qualification to attend classroom-based training under the new Young Farmers Scheme, when those with such an accredited qualification can complete the course online; his views on introducing a practical...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (25 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of training places that are available nationally under the Young Farmers Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12227/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Plan (25 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available to farmers who wish to construct road underpasses to assist in expanding their dairy herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12228/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (25 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 184. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the scheme to support national organisations; his plans for the scheme; the reason he has not acted on the appeal reviews submitted to him by Pobal in October 2014; if he will extend the bridging period to December 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12223/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (25 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: 185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding has been approved and sanctioned for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo. [12224/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Discussion (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State and his team. I have not had a chance to attach my questions directly to the heads. The Minister has already appointed a board and I suspect that none of the members of the interim board has ever been on the minimum wage or ever experienced living on the minimum wage. Equally, there is nobody on the board who has ever been a direct employer or run a small...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Discussion (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: Will the commission specifically recommend on the minimum wage or will the Minister give it a wider role in terms of joint labour committees, JLCs, wages, wages for apprenticeships and wages for part-time workers, under-age workers and so forth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Discussion (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: I am good, Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Discussion (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: Ms O'Toole referred to her concerns about the independence of the commission and that it may not survive another Government. I ask if she could expand on that view. What are the key factors that have driven the gender pay gap? What can this legislation do to address it? The majority of employers - in excess of 90% - are compliant and more than compliant with legislation. Ms Lynch...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015: Discussion (24 Mar 2015)

Dara Calleary: Should it be an issue in terms of the minimum wage?