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Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (12 Jul 2011)

John Perry: The High Level Group on Business Regulation was set up in 2007 to provide a fast-track mechanism for business to communicate specific, concrete red tape issues to the Government and follow through on their implementation. The Group works to identify the administrative burdens placed on businesses arising from regulation and to determine ways to reduce and simplify these burdens or eliminate...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Jul 2011)

John Perry: Since 2009, Central Government Departments have been obliged to pay their suppliers within 15 days of receipt of a valid invoice. This 15 day prompt payment rule was introduced to Government Departments on an administrative basis only and does not alter the current legal position on late payments as covered by the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2002...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2011)

John Perry: I thank the Deputy.

School Accommodation (23 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I listened carefully to what the Deputy said and I hope those who will make the decision on this matter are also listening. I am replying to this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn . I thank the Deputy for affording me the opportunity to outline to the House the current position regarding the provision of accommodation for...

National Monuments (23 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank Deputy Costello for tabling the motion on the need for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to disclose the contents of the report he has received on the development of the national monument at Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street. I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Deenihan. The Government fully appreciate the historical significance of these...

National Monuments (23 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I apologise.

Missing Persons (23 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald. I thank the Deputy for raising the matter of the 116 000 hotline for missing children. The establishment of this hotline is a cross-departmental issue and the Minister intends to ensure every effort is made to have the hotline up and running as soon as...

School Staffing (23 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank the Deputy for providing me with the opportunity to outline the position on the allocation of resource teaching support in schools generally and in respect of the particular school referred to by him. As he will be aware, the Department of Education and Skills provides for a significant level of additional teaching support in schools for pupils with special educational needs....

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank all the Deputies who have contributed to this debate. A number of important issues were raised, arising from the report of the independent review of our statutory wage setting mechanism. An agenda for a radical overhaul of the ERO and REA systems from my colleague, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, includes proposals dealt with in the report...

Seanad: Jobs Initiative and Competitiveness: Statements (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank Senators for their contribution to this debate and for their encouraging words of support for the measures in the jobs initiative. I am also grateful for the expressions of personal support on my appointment. I also congratulate the Leader on his appointment. As Minister of State with responsibility for small business, I fully recognise the critical role of 250,000 companies...

Seanad: International Agreements (16 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank Senator Reilly for raising this very important issue. The Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters was adopted on 25 June 1998. It seeks to ensure that members of the public and their representative organisations can play a full and active role in maintaining and enhancing our environment. The...

Seanad: Human Rights Issues (16 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter and wish her well in her political career. I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the House on the Government's position on the important issue of the detention, torture, intimidation and trials of medical professionals in Bahrain. The Government has taken a number of urgent steps in response to this worrying situation. First,...

Seanad: Road Network (16 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank the Senator for raising this very important issue and congratulate him on his election to the Seanad. I offer apologies from my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, for his inability to make this Adjournment debate. He is currently travelling between Luxembourg where he was attending a meeting of the European Union Transport Ministers and Frankfurt where is due...

Seanad: Road Network (16 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I will raise the Senator's concerns about this important issue with the Minister. They will be taken into consideration in the future plans for infrastructural development in Ireland.

Seanad: Local Authority Charges (16 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank Senator Bradford for raising this very important issue which does have an impact on small companies. I apologise on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, who cannot be present. Commercial rates income is a very important contribution to the cost of local services provided by local authorities such as roads, public lighting,...

County Enterprise Boards (9 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 and 13 together. An Exchequer allocation is provided each year under the Estimates process for the funding of the county and city enterprise boards, CEBs. Allocation of funding to individual CEBs is conducted each year by the central co-ordination unit, CCU, within Enterprise Ireland. In determining these allocations a systematic approach is adopted by...

County Enterprise Boards (9 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank the Deputy for her question. The CEBs stimulate enterprise potential at local level and play a key role in creating jobs in the local economy. I fully respect where the Deputy is coming from, namely, that an allocation of funding to a enterprise board may have been spent. There is a system at the year end whereby there can be a reallocation of unspent funding. Much of the funding...

County Enterprise Boards (9 Jun 2011)

John Perry: On that point, I draw the Deputy's attention to the level of soft supports given by enterprise boards. It is all about business plans and the formulation of them. The boards are certain that funding is only one part of the success of any company. The formulation of the business plan, meeting an enterprise officer, getting the mentoring support and the initial allocation of funding are...

Enterprise Support Services (9 Jun 2011)

John Perry: I thank Deputy Tóibín for raising this important question. Small and medium enterprises are central to our economy. My appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for small business is confirmation of the Government's commitment to this sector. The programme for Government outlines several measures which the Government will take to assist small and medium enterprises with a view...

Enterprise Support Services (9 Jun 2011)

John Perry: The Government certainly acknowledges the importance of entrepreneurship, as indicated by my appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for small business. We fully recognise and support the role of the 250,000 small companies in the State which employ 700,000 people. The Government is devising a clear and direct plan for small enterprises which will work with third level colleges...