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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Rural Transport Services (24 Apr 2013)

John Perry: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister of State with responsibility for public and commuter transport, Deputy Alan Kelly. An overall budget of €9.133 million has been allocated to the rural transport programme, RTP, for 2013. This is a small decrease on the 2012 allocation and it comes during a very difficult time financially. Cavan Rural Area Transport, CART, has been...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (24 Apr 2013)

John Perry: The message in this respect could not be more clear. The hospital provides acute hospital services jointly with St. Vincent's University Hospital and St. Michael's Hospital in Dún Laoghaire. This reorganisation does not represent a downgrading of the hospital in Loughlinstown but a reconfiguration of services. The Deputy does not appear to have heard clearly the message contained in...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (24 Apr 2013)

John Perry: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which I am responding to on behalf of the Minister for Health. Small hospitals, such as St. Columcille's hospital, Loughlinstown need to be supported within a hospital group. This is necessary for the safe management of patients who present with varying levels of complexity, for education and training, continuous professional development and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (24 Apr 2013)

John Perry: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress that was made on a persons disability allowance appeal (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19321/13]

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Losses (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: The Government is very aware of the opportunities in Waterford and Enterprise Ireland will be actively working with the company to pursue alternative enterprises on this site. Clearly, this is not a blame game. What is important is that the Government creates an environment which is supportive of enterprise and the creation of jobs. We must encourage those with good ideas to commercialise...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Losses (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: I thank Senator Cullinane for raising this important matter. The operations of the company referred to by the Senator have been under review for some time. The company is expanding in St. James's Gate with a €153 million investment which will secure the future of brewing in Ireland. In this regard, €16 million is being invested in concentrate technology. While the expansion...

Other Questions: Retail Sector (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: I have seen the report. Town trading is made very difficult by the out-of-town centres and it is important to incentivise people to shop in town centres. This report has been before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. I will report to the Deputy on the recommendations of the interdepartmental committee.

Other Questions: Retail Sector (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: In response to Deputies Tóibín and Wallace, there are many integrated plans for town centres, some of which are very effectively managed by the local authority. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, is examining the management of local government. The local enterprise offices will consider every aspect of business and there will be...

Other Questions: Retail Sector (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: I will not deal with the property tax but from what I hear about the evaluations the rate will be as low as the cost of a TV licence in certain cases which should not dramatically affect the overall spend. It is important to encourage activity in town centres and offer variety. Some retailers are doing exceptionally well in certain town centres. Where the owners or proprietors personally...

Other Questions: Retail Sector (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: I understand parking by-laws are a roads function of local authorities and made under cover of the Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2011. They fall within the remit of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar. There are no specific measures in the 2013 Action Plan for Jobs related...

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: This is important.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: We are talking about lifting confidence in the domestic market. The facts are not as depressing as stated by Deputy Peadar Tóibín.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: There were 60 new jobs created directly.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: I met representatives of banks in recent weeks. They are very much determined to support small companies. People are using the simplified application procedure operated by Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks and they can appeal the banks' decisions. The banks are clearly supporting viable companies and, naturally enough, are not supporting non-viable companies. It is very easy to come...

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: I do not know how the Deputy arrives at statistics indicating how many people are emigrating per hour.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: There are people emigrating by choice. I know several young people who will be quite delighted to go to the United States if they can get in, or to Canada if they have the required qualifications.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: There is certain balance. For highly educated people, emigration was a matter of choice.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: Obviously, we are doing our utmost to sort out the mess in which we found the economy two years ago. One cannot just wave a magic wand. There is a definitive action plan for jobs that is encouraging enterprise. I visit companies all over the country and note it is not all doom and gloom. This morning, I was in Louth to visit an enterprise development company creating jobs. There was an...

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: I understand that fully.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

John Perry: The Deputy has all the solutions, but it is not as simple as coming up with a cocktail of solutions. It would be very simple if we could take that recipe on board. Enterprise Ireland has had the best year ever, with exports by companies it supports topping €16 billion. At the showcase I attended in Drogheda today at 8.30 a.m., there were approximately 35 companies and they are very...