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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Creation (9 Oct 2013)

John Perry: I cannot guarantee that.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Creation (9 Oct 2013)

John Perry: I thank Senator Cullinane for raising this important issue. There has been a long-standing unemployment problem in Waterford and in the region. The structural challenges that the region faces have built up over many years and could not be reversed with a simple set of actions. When TalkTalk announced job losses in Waterford in 2011, the Minister decided to take a very focused approach to...

Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2013)

John Perry: To clarify the issue raised by Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill, the primary allocation under this scheme will equal the moneys allocated under existing grants. Exchequer funding currently secured by the Minister will continue to be allocated under a separate subheading on a collective basis to Enterprise Ireland, and responsibility for the distribution of these funds to and between the county...

Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2013)

John Perry: I will clarify this issue for the Senator. The new local enterprise offices - in 31 locations around the country - will comprise the existing staff resources of the county enterprise boards and those of the business development units of the local authorities. These combined resources will deliver an enhanced service via a very effective service level agreement, which I will circulate. It...

Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2013)

John Perry: Following advice from the Parliamentary Counsel it was decided to redraft this section to ensure that the Companies Registration Office is properly notified of the dissolution. The purpose of this amendment is to allow the Minister to comply with the winding-up obligations of limited companies - in this case the county enterprise boards - under the Companies Act by virtue of a written...

Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

John Perry: That will continue, as those boards still will be in place.

Seanad: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 Oct 2013)

John Perry: I welcome this opportunity to present the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 to the Seanad. The purpose of the Bill is to give effect to last year's Government decision to reform the system for the delivery of State supports to micro and small enterprises by dissolving the current county enterprise boards structure and creating an enhanced enterprise support model to be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration (18 Sep 2013)

John Perry: The table shows the post-1 July 2013 annual salary for the CEOs of the Non-Commercial State-Sponsored Bodies under my Department’s remit and identifies the savings that would arise from a 10% cut in the salary of each. The individual salary of each of the 35 City and County Enterprise Boards (CEBs) CEOs was not immediately available to me in the time provided to answer the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Official Languages Act (18 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I am not overstating the reply. The Minister stated clearly that a new legislative programme is coming on stream. I will certainly bring to the attention of the Minister the concerns expressed by the Senator.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Official Languages Act (18 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I thank Senator Ó Clochartaigh for the opportunity to address the Seanad on the subject of the Official Languages Act 2003. I express my gratitude to Senators for the interest they have shown in this matter. The Official Languages Act was signed into law on 14 July 2003. This was the first time that the provision of State services in general through Irish was placed on a statutory...

Topical Issue Debate: Company Takeovers (18 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I appreciate fully Deputy Lowry's remarks and I believe it is very important that the due diligence being carried out by C&C Group will be open and upfront. The Labour Relations Commission is available for consultations on this issue and it is all about livelihood as for every action, there is a reaction. It is important for the livelihood of everyone concerned that meaningful...

Topical Issue Debate: Company Takeovers (18 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I thank Deputy Lowry for raising this matter. I am mindful of the anxiety that possible redundancies in the group's operations in County Tipperary would create for the workers involved and their families as well as the local communities. The rationalisation plan of the company concerned is a commercial matter for that company. I understand that the C&C Group completed the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I shall respond to this Adjournment on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton. She welcomes the opportunity to outline to the Seanad the steps that are being taken to improve the processing of disability allowance applications and the significant improvements made over the past 12 months in the processing of applications for other departmental schemes...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I compliment the Minister on the transformation business model in the Department.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Disability Allowance Appeals (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: The Minister has clearly stated that the residual claims have been reduced to over 2,000 and are being processed, and will be processed, within the next number of weeks. That is a great transformation when one considers the level of claims that are being processed. Procedures have also been put in place to deal with the backlog. She has also clearly stated that ongoing claims will be dealt...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting Applications (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, who is unavoidably detained elsewhere, I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. The Garda central vetting unit, GCVU, provides employment vetting for approximately 20,000 organisations in Ireland registered with the unit for this purpose. These organisations employ personnel to work in a full-time,...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Garda Vetting Applications (17 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I will convey the Senator's concerns to the Minister. In 2012 there were 328,000 applications processed, a significant number. It is a positive sign that the Minister has received approval for the redeployment of personnel. I have no doubt, with retraining and additional staff, unless there is a massive increase in the volume in work, that there should be a reduction in timescale. As the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Creation Issues (16 Jul 2013)

John Perry: I thank Senator Lorraine Higgins for raising this very important issue. From the time of taking office, the ultimate goal and top priority of this Government has been to get Ireland back to work. Job creation is this Government's top priority. However, there is no big bang solution to the jobs crisis built up through years of poor policy choices. It will take a period of hard work by...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Missing Persons (16 Jul 2013)

John Perry: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, who is unable to be here, I thank the Senator for raising this topic on the Adjournment. The Minister is aware of the Senator's keen interest in this area as evidenced by the fact that he has previously brought forward a Private Members' Bill on the subject and I am pleased to be given the opportunity to respond to the intervention which he...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Missing Persons (16 Jul 2013)

John Perry: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, I thank the Senator once again for his considered intervention. He has raised issues which are of genuine human concern and where legislative intervention can play some role, however small, in addressing the difficulties faced by those whose loved ones have disappeared. While not strictly relevant to the need for legislative intervention, I...