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- Statutory Sick Pay: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: I move:That Dáil Éireann:recognises: - the fact that there are 200,000 small businesses in this country that employ more than 655,000 people; - the ongoing credit and cash flow problems being endured by small businesses; - that in 2010, employers paid €5 billion or 75 per cent of the total contributions to the Social Insurance Fund; - that cost competitiveness is one of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: I agree effectively with much of what the witnesses said. It is a disgrace the association has not been consulted. It says a good deal not about Enterprise Ireland but also about the parent Department that it did not even think to nominate representatives of the small business bodies to be on this body. That is not a criticism of the Minister but of the Department that the users were not...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: I second that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government is on it and in terms of most of our concerns about local authorities not understanding small businesses, the Department's representative should come before the committee and explain what the Department is doing to educate-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: Is that for every company?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: Regarding the service level agreement, will our guests revert to us regarding what is meant by "agreed funding guidelines" and "a range of local authority service-associated metrics"? What will the role of Leader partnership companies be? All of the discussion has been on exporting. Our guests seemed to be obsessed by it. While that is Enterprise Ireland's lead role, many CEB client...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: I welcome the delegation. Enterprise Ireland does fantastic work. I had the honour of travelling abroad with it to see the work it does there in addition to the work it does locally. I commend it on the initiative launched yesterday for female entrepreneurs. It is a niche that needs to be developed, and the initiative is a good start in that regard. I am not convinced that the...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made by Irish Water to date in progressing Government policy on water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46154/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a third level student (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect their application for a higher education grant to be processed. [45633/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions, if any, he will make to accommodate students on a national school bus route (details supplied) in County Mayo [45683/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a secondary school (details supplied) in County Mayo will qualify for funding towards the provision of night classes in adult literacy and numeracy; if he will outline the application process involved; the level of funding available to participants on the course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46052/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45727/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case concerning a former Health Service Executive employee (details supplied) in County Mayo who is disputing a pension issue; if he will order the HSE to release the information requested by the Ombudsman for Pensions in relation to the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the list of 200 locations which were earmarked for primary care centres; the reason the Ballyshannon Primary Care Centre was not prioritised for inclusion in the centres selected for progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46485/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45727/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case concerning a former Health Service Executive employee (details supplied) in County Mayo who is disputing a pension issue; if he will order the HSE to release the information requested by the Ombudsman for Pensions in relation to the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the list of 200 locations which were earmarked for primary care centres; the reason the Ballyshannon Primary Care Centre was not prioritised for inclusion in the centres selected for progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46485/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45727/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in a case concerning a former Health Service Executive employee (details supplied) in County Mayo who is disputing a pension issue; if he will order the HSE to release the information requested by the Ombudsman for Pensions in relation to the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Oct 2012)
Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the list of 200 locations which were earmarked for primary care centres; the reason the Ballyshannon Primary Care Centre was not prioritised for inclusion in the centres selected for progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46485/12]