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Topical Issue Debate: Job Creation (24 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: I acknowledge the points made by the Deputy. It is important to note that 18 jobs are still being retained and it is surviving as an entity. One hopes that it will grow over time and that the lost jobs could be clawed back. I also note the point that the Deputy makes on the other technology centres that are available. If the Deputy contacts the local agencies and Department officials...

Topical Issue Debate: Job Creation (24 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Deputy Corcoran Kennedy for raising this issue. I share her concern in relation to the jobs being lost at EJ Ireland Access Solutions Limited, formerly EJ Cavanaghs. IDA Ireland notified the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on 21 October that EJ Ireland Access Solutions Limited is currently engaged with workers regarding a restructuring proposal, which will result in...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: I wrote mine myself.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: The Government is committed to the vision of using research and innovation to generate jobs and economic growth. Within the constraints of our economic circumstances, we are maximising the funding available for research, development and innovation and, critically, maximising the impact of this investment on jobs and the economy. I am confident the 2014 Exchequer capital allocation, together...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unified Patent Court (16 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: The international Agreement on a Unified Patent Court was signed by twenty-five EU Member States in February of this year during the Ireland’s EU Presidency. It will provide the enforcement element of the so-called ‘Patents Package’ which includes the Unitary Patent, ensuring that this single patent for the twenty-five participating Member States can be enforced or...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Court Sittings (15 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: I acknowledge the statement of the Senator. If we are to make statements in public fora such as this, we should try to extrapolate a little more from the data. The data go back to 2006 and suggest some 3,000 houses do not have access to a motor vehicle. We can extrapolate from that the number of people who will present before the justice system and it would be fair to say that the number...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Court Sittings (15 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: I preface my remarks by saying that I know my good neighbours in Kerry to be a neighbourly and affable bunch. One would never be stuck for a lift to any part of the county at any given time of the day or night.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Court Sittings (15 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Deputy Shatter, is unable to be here today and has asked me to convey his thanks to the Senator for raising the matter. As the Senator may be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service. The 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (15 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, who has been unavoidably detained. The availability of dedicated urological input is particularly relevant for children with spina bifida, a highly complex physical disability. On average, 30 children are born each year in Ireland with open spina bifida, the most severe form of the condition. Best practice is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property Protocol (15 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: The recently published study referred to by the Deputy carried out jointly by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and the European Patent Office is the first ever EU-wide study of the impact of Intellectual Property Rights on the European economy in terms of GDP, employment, wages and trade. The study focussed on data collected from twenty-seven EU Member States and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tobacco Control Measures (15 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: The Government announced on the 28th May last that it intends to bring forward legislation for the introduction of plain or standardised packaging for tobacco products in Ireland. The Department of Health is the leading Department on this matter and the Minister of Health has set up a High Level Implementation Group to oversee the project plan for the implementation of standardised packaging...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Bodies Membership (10 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: Ireland's membership of international research organisations must be predicated on whether the benefit of membership, in terms of support to Irish researchers, companies and jobs, justifies the cost involved. For example, in the case of the European Space Agency, Ireland has chosen to pursue membership because of the major benefits that can accrue to innovative Irish companies in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (10 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: In order to deliver on a commitment in the Programme for Government which was further articulated in the Action Plan for Jobs 2012, my Department commissioned a Feasibility Study to examine what structures and policies could be developed to make Ireland a world centre for managing and trading in intellectual property. The objectives of the study were to identify and describe the emerging...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (2 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: With the Cathaoirleach's permission, I welcome the young ladies from Loreto secondary school in Clonmel to the Seanad. I thank the Members for their constructive and positive approach to the consideration of this Bill. To preface my report to the House on the two amendments made to the Bill by Dáil Éireann, which are grouped together for the purposes of this debate, I will note...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland)(Amendment) Bill 2012: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (2 Oct 2013)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Senators for the robust debate in which we engaged on the Bill when it was previously before the House. I enjoyed the contributions of Senators and the manner in which they were made. I thank the Seanad for its support for the legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Sherlock: That point is duly noted. I will relay it to the Minister, Deputy Bruton. As we speak, new innovations are being created by the Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster as part of its work with Commodore Mark Mellett and the entire Naval Service, which is funded through the public purse and has its headquarters at Haulbowline, and its engagements with University College Cork and Cork...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Sherlock: I was going to come to that point in terms of the overall answer. It goes back to the point Deputy Áine Collins was making earlier. Many SMEs that operate in the technology sector are already well versed because they were born out of academic institutions. Radisens Diagnostics in Cork has developed innovations in the area of point-of-care blood testing. This is an example of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Sherlock: On that point, every institute of technology in this country has a technology centre, which is based on the same philosophy as the RTOs to which Deputy Collins refers. There are competency centres which are managed through Enterprise Ireland which are very much focused on commercialisation of research and there are also the larger Science Foundation Ireland centres. It might not be any harm...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Sherlock: This was a co-decision procedure so effectively it involved negotiations between over 700 MEPs and, at the time, 27 member states and the Commission. One of the areas on which the Commission and the Council of Ministers, represented by myself, had a very stringent view was on the need for simplification. The process has to be simplified. The manner in which researchers and industry engage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Seán Sherlock: I take the point. We have deliberately set out targets and increased the targets for engagement by the SME sector in Horizon 2020. The subject of today's committee meeting is the upcoming Competitiveness Council. The challenge, as Deputy Áine Collins said, is to engage the SME sector. There are people who come into our offices who have had no formal engagement, who have great ideas...