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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board: Chairman Designate (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: I wish Mr. Divilly well because he brings a great deal of experience to this role and we look forward to working with him in the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: Yes, they are enterprise offices which were funded by the county council but operated voluntarily as hot desks by the community and voluntary sector. They are fully fitted out with broadband and other technology and have meeting rooms and so forth to ensure they can deliver education programmes. Without support to pay staff, it is difficult to operate them as they are currently staffed by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: We should not waste the opportunity these centres present, especially as State funds have been spent on them. I have a question to Ms Sinnamon on finance. I have had a bee in my bonnet for a long time about securing financing of between €1 million and €5 million. I am repeatedly told that €750 million is available for allocation but it is not clear how to access this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: This includes the €5 million provided to Lighthouse BCS.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: Who will be able to apply for these funds? Are they only available to companies that are going global?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: What is the maximum available under the NPRF?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: How much funding is available under the NPRF?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: I understand Ireland is the only country in the OECD where one cannot draw down money for research unless one is attached to a university or third level institution. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: Under the current model, a company that invest a certain amount in a research project cannot draw down European funding unless it is linked to a third level institution. I understand this arises because of the policy we have adopted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: Is information available on the return on investment in research over the past ten years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: I ask Mr. O'Donnellan to circulate that information to me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: That recommendation was made by the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: I welcome the representatives and it is good to have them here. I congratulate Ms. Sinnamon on a great year and I particularly congratulate her on female entrepreneurship. It is good to see and it is very encouraging. I wish to ask Mr. Tom Hayes about the LEOs in regard to the community enterprise offices and to relate this to the position in local offices in Cork. The local county...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (15 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: 742. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the restructuring of the rural transport programme into the 18 transport co-ordination units, if he anticipates that there will be job losses; and if so, the redundancy that will be put in place. [31048/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: It is good to hear that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: What about the Schengen project?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: What is the proposed outcome of the Schengen project? What do we hope to achieve?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: Is there a lot more movement of non-Europeans in Ireland?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána
Chapter 8 - Management of Outsourced Safety Cameras (10 Jul 2014)

Áine Collins: I thank the witnesses.