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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development Sites (17 Feb 2015)

James Bannon: 251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of vacant IDA Ireland sites in County Longford, which are available for potential inward investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7146/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (1 Apr 2014)

James Bannon: 248. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he raised the issue of Longford-Westmeath's high unemployment rate with IDA Ireland and, if so, the measures it plans to improve the employment situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15238/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

James Bannon: ...business stage. We have only to consider the Germans, French and British who send their president or prime ministers to sign up new international contracts. We usually send delegations from IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. While they are fine people, they do not have the same political clout as a Head of Government. Our Heads of State and Government must take a more active role in...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

James Bannon: ...have to deal with less bureaucracy and red tape from various Government agencies and that they will be allowed greater flexibility in awarding grants and determining their limits. I am disappointed with IDA Ireland because, based on responses to recent parliamentary questions, it does not visit every county or promote each county equally. I would like to see the Minister of State taking...

Topical Issues Debate: Job Creation (19 Dec 2013)

James Bannon: ...to consider the midlands because it has haemorrhaged jobs in the last ten years. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, is not responsible for that, but there is a view in Mullingar and Longford that the IDA has done sweet damn all for the northern part of the midlands.

Topical Issues Debate: Job Creation (19 Dec 2013)

James Bannon: ..., it has an educated, dedicated and skilled labour force of all ages, with a wealth of experience to offer any potential employer. It has a workforce hungry for work. God only knows the last time IDA Ireland brought a major Industry to the town. While we have a new IDA Ireland business park, all we have in it are the services provided and signs. The people of Mullingar are very...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

James Bannon: ...represented. It was a successful meeting at which the general consensus was the need to encourage companies to regionally diversify investment across Ireland, particularly in the midlands. Hopefully, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, represented at this meeting, will breathe new life into the midlands. We need to sell the employment and business advantages of the midlands abroad....

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

James Bannon: ...in the Chamber for the past hour, which shows their interest in this debate. I will be extremely pleased to welcome the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, and the economic forum consisting of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland to Longford on 5 November where they will present the action plan and programme for jobs which will encourage firms in Longford and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Location of Wind Turbines: Discussion (8 Oct 2013)

James Bannon: Regarding the employment opportunities that will be created, the figure of 55,000 jobs that is bandied around, we are told that the industrial development authority, IDA is very much in support of this. Have the witnesses made contact with the IDA on its claims that this number of jobs will be created?

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

James Bannon: There is an urgent need for innovative proposals to counteract the neglect of smaller counties such as Longford by State agencies, particularly IDA Ireland, especially given the increasing number of people on the live register and the loss of economic stability in the region arising from the closure of several industries and businesses. Ireland has gone through a raft of changes in the last...

Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2013)

James Bannon: ...will go some way to highlighting and resolving this matter. We urgently need innovative proposals to counteract the neglect of smaller counties such as Longford by State agencies, particularly the IDA, especially given the increasing number of people on the live register and the loss of economic stability in the region arising from the closure of several industries and businesses....

Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

James Bannon: ...forward. I hope the Minister will take note that we badly need jobs in the midlands, which is a region that is open for business. I was very disappointed when it was pointed out recently that the IDA brought no foreign investors to Longford in the past eight years. I would appreciate it if the Minister would look into this and see that this type of behaviour changes. Longford is a...

Topical Issues: Job Losses (6 Dec 2012)

James Bannon: .... The implications of this on the local and national economy are undisputed, as is the need for the Minister, Deputy Bruton, and my friend, the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, in tandem with IDA Ireland, to support the workers and prioritise jobs for the midlands. I have been seeking a debate on the cutbacks since the announcement on 8 November. I fully support the need to put every...

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

James Bannon: ...negativity that has engulfed the economy has led to the deferral of a number of foreign direct investments that had been earmarked for the midlands and for my county of Longford in particular. The IDA has confirmed that key money spinning foreign investments scheduled to come to County Longford have been temporarily shelved as a result of a negative perception of our economic standing....

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (1 Dec 2009)

James Bannon: ...in Fermanagh in Northern Ireland, Longford, Westmeath, Cavan, Leitrim, Roscommon, Offaly, Galway, Tipperary, Limerick and Clare, plus other statutory bodies such as the ESB, OPW, Bord na Mona, IDA Ireland, CIE, the fisheries boards, various drainage boards and committees under the auspices of local authorities, Tourism Ireland, at least three regional tourism organisations, a number of...

Government Charges on Businesses: Motion (20 Oct 2009)

James Bannon: ...to the detriment of businesses throughout the country, especially small and medium enterprises, SMEs. Government driven non-pay costs in Ireland compare poorly with other countries. According to an IDA business attitude survey, charges and energy costs are a strong ongoing deterrent to energy intensive companies coming to invest in Ireland. Prices were set extremely high in response to...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (28 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the IDA plans for job creation in Rathowen and Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25903/07]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (28 Nov 2007)

James Bannon: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the IDA plans for job creation in Longford Town and Ballymahon, County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25902/07]

Seanad: Industrial Development. (21 Mar 2007)

James Bannon: ...from working together across the Border to achieve common goals are now being highlighted and could bring a necessary boost to Granard. Granard Town Council has made repeated representations to the IDA and Enterprise Ireland requesting that they prioritise the town. I compliment my colleagues, Councillors Maura Kilbride-Harkin and John Maguire, for their wholehearted support for...

Seanad: Industrial Development. (21 Mar 2007)

James Bannon: ...from Granard Town Council which requested that Oireachtas Members for the area highlight the issue. I have done so and would have welcomed a more positive response and greater involvement by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland. I acknowledge the major contribution made by the Longford County Enterprise Board. It does a fine job but needs more support from national agencies and the...