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Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps his Department has taken to implement the south-east economic development strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12164/14]

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: This question continues today's theme of regional development. One of the regions that is not performing is the south east where the unemployment rate is 15.5% versus 12.2% nationally. The Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation appointed Senator David Cullinane as a rapporteur to produce a cross-party report including a series of actions on how the problem can be addressed. I...

Other Questions: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The difficulty is that there is a long-term problem there, although I accept that a lot of progress has been made. Has the Minister pursued the appointment of an IDA regional manager for the south east and the establishment of a regional operation so that the IDA would be based in the community? Can the Minister explain why Waterford was excluded from a series of "better business" seminars...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: That was a private sector initiative. It had nothing to do with the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The idea came from a private individual and fair dues to him, but the Minister should not be taking the credit for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Minister takes the credit for everything.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Action Plan for Jobs 2013 referred a great deal to the construction sector but when we put a question to the Minister at the end of January to ascertain employment creation in that sector in 2013, he was unable to provide a figure because it was not being monitored. Last July the Forfás strategy stated that a consultation and co-ordination group should be established under the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: To pick up on the last point, the procurement difficulties have nothing to do with the financial problems we have. They relate to contracts being awarded. The procurement laws and rules are driving a lot of companies out of business. Many companies, in particular regionally-based companies which have employment potential, are not in a position to bid. I do not know if the Minister has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Forfás strategy for the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12293/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Construction Sector Strategy (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: This year's version of the jobs action plan acknowledges that the construction sector has, by international comparison, overcorrected and is now operating below its long-term sustainable level. What is the Minister's plans for employment creation in this area?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: I am not making any thesis that anyone who sets up their own business are inferior. What the Minister read into my argument in his response was that half of those jobs he claimed he created were in fact created by people who have the courage and the ability to set up their own company. If one takes those figures out of it, then 33,000 jobs were created. The fact is that the jobs are lower...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: It should not be abused by the Minister so as to massage the figures, however.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which he will address the falling level of employment in the 15 to 34 age bracket shown in the recent quarterly national household survey report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12292/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: Tá a fhios agam gur inniu Lá na Gaeilge agus beimid ag baint úsáide as an Ghaeilge agus an Béarla. We welcome the improvement in the employment figures, but when one looks at the breakdown and the population figures, there were 13,500 fewer people aged between 15 and 34 employed compared with 12 months previously. The number of 15 to 24 year olds in the workforce...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: Employment rose by 3.3% but average weekly earnings are down by 0.6%. The income tax figures for the first two months of the year are flat compared with the same period in 2013. If we have the kind of employment growth the Minister is trumpeting constantly, there should be a similar growth in income tax receipts. This shows the jobs being created are paying less and that is still driving...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if part-time jobs are included in the figures provided by the Industrial Development Agency for employment in its client companies; the number of the net jobs created by IDA client companies in 2013 that were part-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12163/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether regional development goals are receiving adequate attention from the Industrial Development Agency Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12162/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans for future joint trade missions with Ministers from the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12165/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs and excise officials who work at Ireland West Airport, Knock; if they work there on a full-time or part-time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12538/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (13 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 213. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when work will be completed on the adoption information and tracing Bill; her views on whether the current facilities for adoptees wishing to find their birth parents are adequate; her views on whether the inability of adoptees to access their family's medical history is a major health concern for those involved; and if she will make a...