Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 July 2012
206 Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the progress made in implementing those recommendations categorised as immediate, short and medium term of the Small Advisory Group’s Report entitled The Voice of Small Business for which he has been designated as having lead responsibility. [33641/12]
View answerThe Minister for Small Business, John Perry, chairs the Advisory Group on Small Business. This group published the Voice of Small Business Report in 2011, which was submitted to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Employment as the recommended small business actions for consideration in the Action Plan for Jobs. The Voice of Small Business contains fifty-seven actions across twelve broad policy areas. Thirty-four of the Advisory Groups actions/recommendations were included in the Action Plan for Jobs. The Action Plan for Jobs first Quarterly Report shows that twelve of the thirty-four actions met their Quarter 1 timeline (the others have varying timelines). This full Progress Report is published on the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation website. One action, the publication of the Official 15 Day Prompt Payment Notice is fully implemented. Twenty-two further actions have different timelines but will be progressed over the remainder of 2012.
