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Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
1. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to London during the Olympic Games. [37962/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any bilateral meetings he held with political or business leaders during his visit to London during the Olympic Games. [37963/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Official Engagements
Joe Higgins
3. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any recent discussions with British Prime Minister Mr David Cameron. [38951/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Official Engagements
Micheál Martin
4. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the matters he raised during recent contacts with Prime Minister Cameron. [40257/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Official Engagements
Gerry Adams
5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach his plans to meet the British Prime Minister David Cameron. [41487/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Official Engagements
Richard Boyd Barrett
6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent discussions with British Prime Minister David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41631/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Credit Guarantee Scheme Applications
Dara Calleary
43. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the loan guarantee scheme; when it will be fully operational; the reason for the delay in launching the scheme; the proposed interest rate regime; when he expects it to become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41821/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Job Creation
Peadar Tóibín
44. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is on track to create the additional 100,000 extra jobs as committed to in the action plans for jobs. [41824/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure
Mattie McGrath
45. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will comment on the views of the Small Firms Association that proposals to pass on sick pay costs to the employer will cost jobs and restrict future recruitment; the steps he has taken to ensure that such jobs are protected [42021/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure
Dara Calleary
46. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will respond to the continuing concerns of thousands of small businesses here regarding the Minister for Social Protection's proposal for a mandatory sick pay scheme; if he has carried out an impact assessment on the effect that a mandatory sick pay scheme would have on small and medium enterprises in terms of additional costs and impact on employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter [41822/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Local Enterprise Offices Remit
Peadar Tóibín
47. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline when the new local enterprise offices will be established and operational. [41825/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Youth Unemployment Data
John Browne
48. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he has had any discussions with the Department of Social Protection regarding plans for the introduction of a youth guarantee scheme as part of the EU presidency in 2013; his views on whether this goes far enough in tackling youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41645/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Unemployment Levels
Mary Lou McDonald
49. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to tackle long-term unemployment; and the way in which he will assess the success of these steps. [41601/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Industrial Development
Michael Colreavy
50. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to promote enterprise and employment and address the employment differentials across the State. [41610/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Industrial Development
Pádraig MacLochlainn
51. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to address the loss of more than 10,000 jobs in the border region since taking office. [41599/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Job Creation
Éamon Ó Cuív
52. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the measures he has taken to support manufacturing industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41655/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
written
Copyright Legislation Review
Catherine Murphy
53. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation when he expects to receive the final recommendations of the Copyright Review Committee; the timeframe in terms of new legislation being drafted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41591/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
written
Job Creation
Pearse Doherty
54. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps that he is taking to create jobs and stem on-going emigration. [41598/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Unemployment Levels
Dara Calleary
55. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation following figures in the most recent quarterly national household survey, his views on whether the jobs plan is successful in tackling long term unemployment; the new and additional steps he will take to tackle long term unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41646/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
oral
Job Creation
Bernard Durkan
56. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he has studied the potential for job creation throughout the manufacturing and services sectors in each of the past two years to date; the number of jobs created in both areas excluding those involving foreign direct investment in the same period; if any particular issues have been brought to his attention which might have a direct impact of job retention or creation; the action or actions arising or pending on foot of any such information; if it is expected or intended to put in place specific measures to address any negative influence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41639/12]