9 Feb 2015, 15:29
The Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, February 10th, to continue their discussion of female entrepreneurship; the issues facing women in business and tech and the need for balanced regional development of entrepreneurial hubs.
9th February 2015
In the first session, the Committee will hear from representatives from ISME; Start-Up Ireland and IDA Ireland. In the second session, the Committee will hear presentations from Niamh Bushnell, the Dublin Commissioner for Startups, and young scientist, Anna Porter.
Committee Chair, Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy, TD, said: “The Committee looks forward to continuing the discussion on the myriad issues facing female entrepreneurs, as well as the wider issue of balanced regional development of entrepreneurial hubs. Also of great significance is the fact that we will get to hear from Anna Porter, a 15 year old Transition Year Student from Newpark Comprehensive School who exhibited in the BTYSE 2015 and received a highly commended award in the Social and Behavioural Category for her project titled \"Why Do Women Stay in STEM Careers?\"
Also up for discussion tomorrow are two EU legislative proposals relating to the tariff treatment for goods originating from Ecuador (COM(2014)585) and the suspension of customs duties applicable to imports of certain heavy oils and other similar products (COM(2015)38).
The meeting will start in Committee Room 2, Leinster House, tomorrow, Tuesday, 10th of February 2015 at 1.30pm. Committee proceedings can be viewed live here.
Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the move, through the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.
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Committee Membership:
Chair: Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy (Fine Gael)
Deputies
Dara Calleary (Fianna Fáil); Áine Collins (Fine Gael); Michael Conaghan (Labour); Seán Kyne (Fine Gael); Anthony Lawlor (Fine Gael); John Lyons (Labour); Peadar Tóibín (Sinn Féin); Mick Wallace (Independent)
Senators
David Cullinane (Sinn Féin); John Kelly (Labour); Michael Mullins (Fine Gael); Hildegarde Naughton (Fine Gael); Feargal Quinn (Independent); Mary White (Fianna Fáil)