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Jobs Funding (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The seventh EU Framework Programme for Research and Development, also known as FP7, with a budget of €55 billion for the period 2007 to 2013, is the EU's main instrument for funding research and development in Europe. FP7 offers Ireland's SMEs, multinationals and research institutions valuable opportunities to participate in high-calibre research collaborations with our European...

Jobs Funding (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: Truthfully, it is not possible to say how many jobs have been created as a result of this programme. It is important to note the number of successful applications in the SME sector is over 1,000 while in the multinational sector, it was 270. In the SME sector, we have taken in over €66 million in funding with €21 million in the multinational sector. While it does not answer the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The proposed Statutory Instrument is intended to ensure the return to the legal position that was considered to pertain, in relation to injunctions against intermediaries, prior to a High Court judgment in October 2010. This judgment also stated that Ireland was not in compliance with its EU obligations under Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC. The wording of the proposed Statutory Instrument...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The proposed Statutory Instrument is intended to ensure the return to the legal position that was considered to pertain, in relation to injunctions against intermediaries, prior to a High Court judgment in October 2010. This judgment also stated that Ireland was not in compliance with its obligations under EU law. Several concerns were expressed after the judgment by interested parties....

Written Answers — Innovation Initiatives: Innovation Initiatives (28 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The European Commission's Innovation Union Scoreboard, published earlier this month, shows Ireland retaining its position among those Member States with above average performance in their research and innovation systems. The scoreboard shows that Ireland has strengths in a number of areas including Human Resources, open, excellent and attractive research systems, and economic effects, which...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: An issue arose following a High Court judgement in October 2010 where it was held that Ireland was not in compliance with its EU obligations under Coyright Directive 2001/29/EC. It was held that the court could not grant an injunctiont against an intermediary in relation to transient communications. Until this judgment, it had been considered that Ireland was fully compliant with Article...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (21 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: One of the recommendations arising from the European Science Foundation "Forward Look, Mathematics and Industry" publication which I launched in October 2011, was that EU and National funding agencies should coordinate clusters of excellence in industrial mathematics to create a European Institute of Mathematics for Innovation (EIMI). The European Institute, given the complexity with so...

Written Answers — Copyright Law: Copyright Law (21 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The proposed Statutory Instrument is intended to ensure the return to the legal position that was considered to pertain, in relation to injunctions against intermediaries, prior to a High Court judgment in October 2010. This judgment also stated that Ireland was not in compliance with its obligations under EU law. Several concerns were expressed after the judgment by interested parties....

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: What is Fianna Fáil's policy?

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: In other words, it has no policy at the moment.

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: We will wait for that.

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: Who gave the Deputy his speech?

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: An issue arose following a High Court judgement in October 2010 where it was held that Ireland was not in compliance with its EU obligations under Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC. It was held that the Court could not grant an injunction against an intermediary in relation to transient communications. Until this judgment, it had been considered that Ireland was fully compliant with Art 8(3)...

School Transport (9 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. He has spoken about a specific area in County Donegal. The broader school transport scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. It transports 113,000 children, including more than 8,000 with special needs, and 4,000 vehicles are used daily. It has been in operation for more than 40 years. For the...

School Transport (9 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: A recent survey showed that 82% of pupils attended their nearest post-primary school. I agree that there can be anomalies in the system which have been well documented by the Deputy. I will speak to the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, about the matter. I also advise the Deputy to make representations to the school transport section of the Department.

Seanad: Job Creation (9 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I am glad that both Senators have raised the issue. The last point made was about the over-dependence on the construction industry. That is part of the structural difficulty which exists in many of the regions outside of the larger urban conurbations, where the labour force moved into the construction industry. When the construction industry fell apart, all of a sudden there were massive...

Seanad: Job Creation (9 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister intends in the coming year to facilitate a series of further meetings of that same group as a means of monitoring the implementation of the proposals in this report and also to forge greater co-operation and collaboration between the various stakeholders across the region. I hope Senator Cullinane will get on board with that process.

Seanad: Job Creation (9 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: It is not just a matter of identifying a set of metrics from 2007 to 2010. We need to consider the problem from a qualitative point of view. We cannot just extrapolate from the rate of investment by IDA Ireland or Enterprise Ireland and say that in monetary terms, the south east has not benefited, because other regions have the same claim, in real terms. We can say that the larger urban...

Seanad: University Rankings (9 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: Yes.

Seanad: University Rankings (9 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Senator Walsh for raising this matter on the Adjournment. It is recognised that international ranking systems are referenced by international investors, employers and students and consequently they cannot be ignored. However, it should also be noted that these systems are not infallible and it is widely agreed that they should be interpreted with caution. We can draw encouragement...