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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Robert Dowds: ...When the Secretary General was here in April 2012, I was not a member of the committee. He mentioned at that meeting an intention to examine co-operation across a range of agencies, including the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, under an initiative called "Houses of Ireland". Has there been progress on that and what is its status? It seems to have been a good idea for trying to promote...
- Topical Issue Debate: Job Protection (19 Nov 2013)
Robert Dowds: ...Ireland and it would be a major blow to our area and the country generally if they were lost. It is welcome that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, has asked IDA Ireland to engage with this case and that there is a 30 day consultation period. I urge IDA Ireland, the management and the trade unions involved to come together to see if it is possible to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)
Robert Dowds: ...other area that I wish to ask Mr. Shanahan about, that is, the Forfás throughput of expenditure with regard to pensions. I understand that Forfás is responsible for pensions for former Forfás, IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland people. What will happen to that role when Forfás is subsumed into the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Forfás Annual Accounts 2012 (17 Oct 2013)
Robert Dowds: As regards the Forfás function, to what extent does it have a role in trying to encourage certain types of industry to locate here, whether through the IDA or by encouraging Enterprise Ireland to go down particular tracks Forfás believes would be useful in terms of employment creation? Tremendous work has been done in this area and it is extremely important, given the changing...