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- Job Creation (7 Jun 2012)
Brendan Smith: I am particularly concerned that Enterprise Ireland should be involved.
- Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Jun 2012)
Brendan Smith: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he has taken to improve credit conditions for small and medium enterprise; his views on the success or otherwise of these actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27537/12]
- Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (6 Jun 2012)
Brendan Smith: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to receive a report from the Higher Education Authority on a proposal for funding the higher education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26792/12]
- Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (6 Jun 2012)
Brendan Smith: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address skills shortages in the area of languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26793/12]
- Departmental Agencies (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister and advise him to stick to the ambitious target. When targets are missed they will continue to be missed and the people who will suffer will be the potential customer or client of FÃS who needs that particular support. There is a need for root and branch review of courses that have been provided and we cannot wait for months for that to happen. I do not know if FÃS...
- Third Level Courses (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. Approximately 33,000 people are employed in more than 500 companies at the Irish Financial Services Centre. This huge sector has grown consistently and incrementally since the late 1980s. The Minister will be aware that according to the best projections, a further 10,000 jobs will be created in that sector in the coming years. We would like most of...
- Third Level Courses (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: Absolutely.
- Third Level Courses (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: Yes.
- Third Level Courses (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: The internship programme we have suggested could be similar to the important JobBridge programme that is under way. I understand that the Finuas programme is receiving approximately â¬1 million in Exchequer support each year. If another â¬1 million could be found somewhere, it would be put to very good use. The State-owned and State-supported banks, which have been given substantial...
- Third Level Courses (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: They have an obligation to assist people who have relevant qualifications and need an opportunity to get experience in the financial services sector. If such people are given a chance to participate in the labour market, they will contribute handsomely to our economy in the future.
- Third Level Courses (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister.
- School Accommodation (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposal to provide additional permanent accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; if this application will be reviewed in view of the urgent need to provide much needed accommodation and in view of the growth in the pupil enrolment of that school over recent years; and if he will make a...
- School Accommodation (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister for his reply. The four other schools in that area, thankfully, have had new accommodation in recent years. The capacity of each of those schools is being maximised.
- School Accommodation (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: I will outline some facts which are very relevant to this school. The population of Virginia increased by 31% between 2006 and 2011.
- School Accommodation (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: From 2003 to 2012, the school enrolment has doubled, reaching 380. Since last September, 81 pupils have joined that school, the largest enrolment ever. There has been massive expenditure on temporary accommodation and it is now at the stage were some of the prefabs need to be replaced with additional accommodation. The project was included, as the Minister knows, in the 2011 school...
- School Accommodation (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: To give one other example, 52 new local authority houses have been built and are about to be allocated. I know from my constituency work that many young people will be moving into the area with families, which we welcome. In a county that was ravaged by emigration in the past, I am particularly proud of the fact there has been huge growth in population in recent years throughout County...
- School Accommodation (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: We come from a poor area, not from Deputy Naughten's rich pasturelands of south Roscommon. The issue of the GIS is one on which we need to be careful, as I know from speaking to many of the local people in Virginia. The Minister met Fr. Dermot Prior, the chairperson of the board of management, and the principal, Mr. Peadar Quealy. The board of management, the parents association and the...
- School Accommodation (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: We would be very glad of that. Hopefully, the application can be reviewed with a view to making progress to construction stage as soon as possible.
- Religious and Sexual Discrimination (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: I attended a briefing in Leinster House when Senator Averil Power published the legislation and the representative groups there were very appreciative of the work that had been done. Also, the Minister announced at the teachers' conferences last Easter that he would bring forward the legislation on an all-party basis and this was warmly welcomed. I appeal to the Minister to ensure the...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (24 May 2012)
Brendan Smith: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the proposal to provide additional permanent accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cavan; if this application will be reviewed in view of the significant increase in pupil numbers at the school in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25882/12]