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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: What about the 0.65 of a person?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: Obviously, there is considerable work underway in the Department and the Minister is trying to re-engineer much of its work, which is welcome. He and I may disagree on the outcomes but we all want to get to the same destination. Although the growth in employment is encouraging, I would maintain it is a growth in temporary employment. We still have an issue of long-term unemployment, in...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: Has the Minister told the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: He seems to be getting frustrated by the slow progress.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister of State give us an update on where we stand with C3, the tidying up of the institutions? When does he see that coming to fruition and finalisation? Can he give me an update on C9, the National Consumer Agency, and what the position is on the merger? In the context of the National Consumer Agency, would he like to comment on the story that broke yesterday which showed a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: That would be some deal.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: In fairness to those involved in microfinance, they are getting their act together in terms of PR, but the pricing of the credit guarantee and microfinancing schemes is totally out of sync with other loan products, and 8% is being charged at a time when ECB rates are low and there is talk of them going into negative rates. The timelines and the products do not fit much of the market. When...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, tell the committee exactly where we are at with Horizon 2020 which is crucial to many of these projections? Is it completely tied up with getting agreement on the budget at Parliament level? With regard to the capital programme, namely, the programme for research in third level institutions, PRTLI, the outturn for 2012 was €5 million...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: What about our presence in Asia?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: For the record, more resources should be allocated.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister get to the 50% mark this year? It is June now. Can the Minister call it?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: On subhead A12, which relates to the temporary loan guarantee scheme, will the Minister provide an update on the number of projects that have been funded and the number of jobs created? Will he indicate whether the targets for this year will be reached?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: I acknowledge the amount of work underway in the Department, particularly in the context of the Presidency. The Minister does not get thousands of people protesting outside his meetings but that is not to say his Department is not taking the burden of the Presidency in many areas. Under subhead A.5, IDA Ireland, considerable damage was done recently to our presence in the US market by the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Digital Strategy Implementation (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: 505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether Irish firms are not yet fully exploiting the potential of online commerce; the way the situation can be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24420/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Digital Strategy Publication (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: 78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will publish the National Digital Strategy; if he will outline the way in which Ireland can best capitalise on the digital economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27832/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that special needs assistants throughout the country are losing their positions and being replaced by candidates on the JobsBridge programme; his views on whether this is unfair on SNA who are losing their full-time hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27599/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that special needs students sitting State Examinations with the assistance of electronic aids such as computers and memory sticks, are paying for the purchase of these memory sticks even though they have already paid their examination fee;his views on whether this additional cost is unfair; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: 320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are still students awaiting a decision on their 2012/13 higher education grant applications; his views on whether a student (details supplied) in County Mayo has been unfairly treated; if he will expedite the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27910/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: 482. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will explain the rationale behind the decision to close the shops at Ireland's national museums (details supplied) in County Mayo; his views on the impact that this decision will have on jobs; if he will acknowledge that this decision will have an adverse knock-on effect to the economies locally; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Funding (11 Jun 2013)

Dara Calleary: 629. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of an average 13% reduction in the LEADER Rural Development Programme funding, the reason some companies received a reduction of more then the national average and others received substantial increases in their budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27723/13]