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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Entrepreneurship Forum (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: The Minister described it as the core group.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Entrepreneurship Forum (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the remit of the recently established Entrepreneurship Forum; the reason he has not sought a better gender balance on the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33644/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Entrepreneurship Forum (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the raison d'être of the forum, which has the usual Andrex puppy feel of all of the Department's statements at the moment. The Minister described the seven people as "a core group of active and dynamic business people", yet he could only find one woman to fit that profile - there is only one woman out of seven people on the core group that will devise and drive...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Entrepreneurship Forum (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: I have previously welcomed the fund. However, it was one of the lowest of the funds made available in Enterprise Ireland's suite last year. I want to see whether that fund will be launched again this year and, given the oversubscription to the fund, I want to know whether there will be a bigger budget. Second, the fact that the fund was oversubscribed must give the Minister an indication -...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Export Growth (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the likely impact of the recent fall in exports on employment levels in the State; how exporting firms can be assisted in maintaining and winning new markets in the context of the ongoing eurozone economic weakness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33643/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Export Growth (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: Export growth in 2011 was 5.4%, compared to 1.6% last year. That is substantially below expectations. Goods exports, which are dominated by the pharmaceutical sector, were down by almost 10% on the corresponding period last year. Services exports from Facebook and the other new industries in which we have invested so much effort dipped in the first three months for the first time in three...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Export Growth (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: Can the Minister give an indication of the most up-to-date figures for the first six months of 2013? Has the trend worsened or has it stabilised? At what level is the Department engaged in examining these figures in order to stem the fall in value of the exports on which the Department's credibility has been based over the past two and a half years?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential benefits and challenges for Ireland from the proposed transatlantic trade and investment partnership between the EU and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33573/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Eitilte (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 178. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é an staid reatha i dtaca le hAerstráice Thoraí, Dún na nGall. [33620/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility (10 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment options scheme 3 application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33933/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: I thank my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, for giving us the opportunity to debate the issue of mortgage arrears. It has been approximately two years since he first raised the issue of mortgage arrears. In the summer of 2011 he, along with Senators MacSharry, Byrne and Darragh O'Brien, pointed out the need for an independent arbitration agency to address a number of issues that had...

Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (9 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions her Department has planned to ensure that rent supplement is only used as a short term solution to the current backlog in social housing; the plans she has to ensure that the 43,891 persons who have claimed rent supplement support for more than 18 months are provided with a more long term solution; and if she will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: I also asked about the partners involved in rolling out reforms.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: The underlying numbers are solid enough, but if the trend of the last quarter continues, it will impact on employment. Has the Minister done any work to see if there is a trend emerging?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister and his officials. I apologise in advance as I will have to leave early. As this is the first time the Minister has met the committee since the conclusion of the EU Presidency, I compliment him and all of the officials on their accomplished work. His Department probably had to shoulder the greatest burden during the Presidency. We can measure the outcomes on another...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Single Euro Payments Area (9 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has set a deadline for Irish banks to implement the SEPA B2B scheme, if his attention has been drawn to the potential danger to credit supply here if this scheme is not implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33452/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (9 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide for a gratuity for councillors who will not contest local elections in 2014; the conditions he proposes applying to this gratuity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33451/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (4 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve the regulation of childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32552/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Courses Availability (4 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an ongoing situation that prevails in relation to a Level 8 Course at a third level institution (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if he will outline the steps his Department are taking to rectify the situation; if he will outline the measures that will be taken to reassure students undertaking this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Jul 2013)

Dara Calleary: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on a single farm payment for 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [32688/13]