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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the main impediments to the small and medium enterprise sector's ability of firms to increase employment; the actions he is taking to resolve these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30047/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I ask the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy John Perry, what he regards as the main blockages to SMEs' ability to grow employment and how we can support the SME sector, our most stable sector, in its efforts to grow employment and prepare for the upturn in the economy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: On the 2011 report, I ask the Minister of State to outline the issues that remain to be addressed. We could beat each other over and back on access to credit which is not yet available for many businesses which want to expand. Banks are in the habit of lending to safe businesses, but businesses with good plans to increase employment which might be risky are not finding a home. The Joint...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review the manner in which the State assists employees in companies in which management has expressed a desire to undertake a major restructuring of operations, including proposing substantial pay cuts and job losses; if his attention has been drawn to any other planned large-scale restructuring; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I have tabled this question in the context of what happened at Bausch + Lomb and the manner in which a difficult and public choice was foisted on workers there. What strategies does the Minister's Department have in place to stop that process from happening in other companies? What assistance is available to workers from the Department?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I appreciate the range of responses from the Minister's Department and I am aware of the early warning system in place. The specific circumstances of the case at Bausch + Lomb were known in the Department and its agencies, but the workers seemed to be the last to know. They were then presented with a Hobson's choice and forced to take difficult reductions. I congratulate everybody involved...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Employment Support Services (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has teed it up for me. The company involved in the merger is sniffing around - for want of a better phrase - other Irish companies. I welcome the statement that there are no large-scale redundancies on the Minister's radar. Does IDA Ireland have a strategy in place, not just for the specific company mentioned but also for the pharmaceutical sector generally? Many companies...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Supports (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when Knowledge Transfer Ireland will be established; the targets that have been set for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29939/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Establishment (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise offices that have opened to date; his views on the roll-out of local enterprise offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29940/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions undertaken following the recent meeting of the retail consultation forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29938/14]

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The rural transport scheme is essential and has evolved to fill the gap in local services, about which Deputy Robert Troy spoke, to transport people to bigger towns to access basic services, including medical services, go shopping or simply get out of the house and meet friends. It has been adopted wonderfully in many rural areas and I am sure the Minister of State has had a chance to see...

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The difficulty for the Minister of State and his colleagues is-----

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: -----that they have all come to the Chamber with their scripts and given assurances that the Tánaiste stated this would not happen. I am willing to accept her at her word, but her currency is not good. She told us that the household benefits package, as she depleted it budget after budget, would remain in place. The telephone-----

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I am framing my contribution in the context of the Minister of State's defence, which is that the Tánaiste has stated it will be all right on the night.

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The household benefits package has been depleted so much that there is no longer a telephone allowance. That was not supposed to happen. The allowance does not just cover telephones, but also, as Deputy Troy mentioned, panic alarms. It provides senior citizens security at night. That pendant is the one item they speak about. The Government was elected to office in full knowledge of how...

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: -----made commitments that, in fairness, were adapted into a programme for Government that reflected the situation. Under the programme, however, prescription charges were to be abolished. Instead, they have been increased substantially. This currency means that we cannot accept the assurances. We have been discussing the medical card situation for 18 months. We have been advising and...

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I have no doubt that the Minister of State made representations to the Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the Taoiseach-----

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: -----that were not listened to until such time as the collapse. During that 18 months, unbelievable and unfair distress was caused not just to senior citizens, but to people generally. This concern and stress fell on deaf ears until people turned out on 23 May, but I am not convinced that they are even being heard now. People are still attending our offices because their cards have been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he expects outside consultants appointed by the State to carry out work on its behalf to take account of the Government's official pay ceiling in remunerating employees engaged directly in work on State contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29680/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Accountability (9 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timetable he envisages for implementing the report of the independent panel on strengthening Civil Service accountability and performance; the actions he has taken to commence its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29681/14]