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Other Questions: Credit Availability (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Some of my transferred questions were to seek the Minister's views on whether the Credit Review Office had sufficient resources to fulfil its mandate. What are the Minister's views on the success of the office to date? One of my questions sought clarification on whether the Minister agreed there should be formal targets for the banks in respect of debt resolution for SMEs similar to those...

Other Questions: Credit Availability (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Another issue is the delay in approvals from the time an application is submitted. While it is still a problem that applications are not being submitted, the review of a submitted application may be dragged out for months such that the project for which finance is originally sought may no longer be viable. The business may actually have moved on. Will the Minister put turnaround targets in...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: The innovation vouchers were there long before the Minister was appointed.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether a target of 20,000 additional manufacturing jobs can be achieved by 2016; the measures necessary to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24405/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: We have placed a great deal of attention in recent years on the service and pharmaceutical industries but it is important to remember that approximately 206,000 people are employed in manufacturing. In 2012, manufacturing companies exported €79 billion of merchandise and sourced €14 billion of produce from within the island. It is a hugely important sector and I welcome the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister's confidence. Has he given the increase in labour costs in what were previously developing economies to which a great deal of manufacturing was outsourced in the middle part of the last decade and identified any competitive advantage that may be derived from that labour cost increase and quality issues in those countries that may assist him in reaching the target?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Registered Employment Agreements (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on Registered Employment Agreements; his plans for legislation following the ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24550/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Registered Employment Agreements (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Can I make a general comment about questions today? I tabled eight questions about the serious issue of SME finance and finance for business and its implications for job creation and enterprise growth. All of the questions were transferred to the Department of Finance for answer by the end of June. I am writing to the Ceann Comhairle on the issue. SME finance is a major issue for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Registered Employment Agreements (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: I want to put it on the record of the House. It is unacceptable that we are not allowed to raise SME finance and the various challenges surrounding it with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Registered Employment Agreements (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: In his response, the Minister outlined that the key challenge is that new employees can now be taken on by existing companies and others under the minimum wage. That gives such companies a huge competitive advantage over those companies that are part of the REA and have contractual obligations to it. As long as there is some sort of doubt over this, that competitive advantage will grow and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Registered Employment Agreements (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: I emphasise that there is a serious lacuna here for companies adhering to their contractual obligations under the REA system and who will continue in good faith despite the striking down of the REA as opposed to other companies who will now use the competitive advantage open to them while that space is there. The Minister said the REAs are not enforceable in law and there is now a huge...

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Does the Tánaiste believe him?

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Does the Tánaiste believe him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: I thank the two groups for appearing before the committee. The committee also met the groups at its recent meetings in Castlebar and Ballinasloe. To hammer home the point in terms of employment, when we left Castlebar we stopped at a newsagent in Ballinrobe which employed 15 people two years ago, between full and part-time, and today employs one person plus the owner. Mr. Colin Fearon gave...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: I have some further questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is the smartphone app solely for cigarettes or tobacco or can it be used for pharmaceuticals and electrical equipment? I think Mr. Prendergast said it again, the majority of our ports and airports still have an insufficient number of scanners. There is nothing to stop people bringing this stuff into the country. Can Mr. Fearon confirm the methodology that he used in the Grant Thornton...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with Construction Industry Federation (21 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is there a timeline on the review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with Construction Industry Federation (21 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the witnesses. They outlined a number of proposals which have direct implications for Revenue's business processes. What discussions have they entered into with Revenue? Have they tabled proposals for pilot schemes directly? I welcome the proposals on grant assistance for upgrading principal private residences in light of their potential for creating employment. Construction...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Initiatives (21 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether EU wide growth would be enhanced by a looser fiscal policy being adopted by those Eurozone countries with capacity to increase spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23911/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Sector (21 May 2013)

Dara Calleary: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he will take to help those small and medium enterprises whose viability is threatened by property related debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18970/13]