Peadar Clohessy
Ceist:25 Mr. Clohessy asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the meetings he has had with ISME; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4475/96]
Written Answers. - Ministerial Meetings.
Peadar Clohessy
Ceist:33 Mr. Clohessy asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the meetings he has had with the SFA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4476/96]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 25 and 33 together.
Shortly after my appointment as Minister for Enterprise and Employment, I met with the small business representative associations ISME and SFA on 23 January 1995.
I attended the ISME annual general meeting on 25 April 1995 and the SFA annual conference on 26 June 1995. I have met both organisations on other occasions as when I presented SFA's ISO9000 Awards and ISME's person of the year award. They are also on the Small Business Forum, whose inaugural meeting I addressed and who I am shortly to meet again.