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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: I am concerned that there is a vagueness in that section, between lines 30 and 35. There is a vagueness in the language that may allow for a director to justify inappropriate behaviour. Perhaps the Minister of State could examine the possibility of tightening up that language on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: Subsection (3) provides "that a director of a company may have regard to the interests of a particular member of the company". However, that may be contradictory to the obligation on directors to act in the best interests of the company. Therefore, this could offer somebody a way out of acting in the best interests of the company if this language is not tightened up to clarify exactly what...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is there a contradiction in section 127(9)(3) between the approach being taken in this Bill and the approach taken in the UK Companies Act with regard to the treatment of reserves and undenominated capital?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: I draw the Minister of State's attention to section 8(4)(9) of the UK Companies Act 2006. I am happy to return to this later but I wanted to indicate that point. If we do not get clarification on this before Report Stage I indicate that we may table an amendment on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: It relates to section 8(4)(9) of the UK Companies Act 2006.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: Yes.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: Yes.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: When the Bill is finally printed it would be helpful to provide guidelines on what residency EEA is involved for the information of those who will read it to ensure there is no confusion about EEA or about guidelines in this respect.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: On the total number of directorships, does that only apply to Irish registered companies? One could be a director of any number of companies around the world and I take it that the limit indicated would not apply in that case and that it only applies to Irish registered companies?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: The process today has been fairly open and we have had several briefings. I am not concerned that anything will be pulled out of the hat.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who applied for and was awarded a higher education grant for 2012-13 but who subsequently did not receive any payment despite being asked for and providing bank details; if he will instruct Student Universal Support Ireland to review this file; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to his 4 July 2013 announcement on the disposal of closed Garda stations the position regarding the plan; if estate agents have been appointed for all of the lots identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of closed Garda stations that have been transferred to or leased to community groups throughout the country for community facilities; the number of groups with whom the Office of Public Works is currently engaging regarding such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46233/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 561. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the support available from her Department to a person in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, who wishes to re-train, but does not qualify for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Pensions Levy Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 624. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has engaged with the ESB to ascertain the reason the pension levy is being charged on all ESB pensioners for life as opposed to the duration of the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46715/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 791. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the amalgamation of the two Garda drug units in County Donegal; the moneys allocated to drug units in the county; the number of search warrants per year issued by the drug units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Misuse of Drugs (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 792. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths including road traffic deaths in County Donegal from illegal drug use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46462/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 793. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of search warrants per year issued to the drug units in County Donegal since the year 2000. [46463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 811. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the laundry at St. Joseph's in Clifden, County Galway, was not included in the Magdalen laundry list for the purposes of the redress scheme; if he will acknowledge that St. Joseph's laundry, Clifden, was a Magdalen laundry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46722/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Slaughtering Data (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 935. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of horses that were killed by his Department or by a local authority in 2011 and in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis; the number of these horses were mares in foal; if he considers that the killing of mares in foal is a particularly cruel practice except in the most extreme of circumstances;...