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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research Funding Applications (29 Mar 2018)
Mary Butler: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application (details supplied) which was deemed to fully meet the evaluation criteria and received the panel score "A" was unsuccessful in receiving the necessary funding and was placed on the reserve list for funding. [14713/18]
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: I remind members, officials and those in the Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of this meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when on silent mode. This meeting is for the consideration of Revised Estimates for Public Services 2018, Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation. This was referred by the Dáil to the committee...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: There is quite a lot of information there. We will now open it up to the floor for any questions. If possible, I ask members to stay within programme A which deals with InterTradeIreland, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, agency legacy pensions, credit guarantee, INTERREG, etc. Who would like to kick off?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: The Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, wants to make a comment.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: If I could interject with a supplementary question, is that scheme designed to Brexit-proof those companies?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: Is the reason the take-up of that scheme has not been great is due to people not being aware of it or that they find it difficult to match the funding?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State for that response. I apologise for interrupting Deputy Collins.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: Whatever the Deputy likes. He can see how it is going.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: Does the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, wish to come in?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: The Minister spoke in her introductory remarks about her intention to carry out an impact assessment on the Action Plan for Jobs. It is very welcome. I have raised this on several occasions in respect of the south east. Much good work has been done but the unemployment rate in the region is still double the national average. It is not as bad as it was and I admit we came from a very low...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: They have, absolutely.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: I now invite the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, to make a brief statement on programme B. Deputy Lawless is chomping at the bit with questions for him.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: What page is it?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: Is it the Department's briefing?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: We are on page 32. Vote 32, sorry. Where exactly on the page? We start with "financial and human resource inputs" on the left?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: The Minister wants to come in here as well.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: I will let the Minister in now.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: Before I allow any more questions, to be fair, I will allow the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, to make his statement. He has waited patiently for over two hours. We can then take any subsequent questions on programmes B and C together.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: I thank the Minister of State. I note that an extra €1 million has been allocated to the Health and Safety Authority, which is very important. The Minister of State said that additional checks and balances were to be introduced. Is this where he expects the money to go?
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018) Mary Butler: I have a question on C9, the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB. I am aware that the purpose of this subhead is to make provision for pension payments made by PIAB to retired staff, but I see that there has been a significant reduction in it. Will the Minister of State explain that? When I looked at it first I thought that perhaps the decrease happened because fewer people were going...