The Jobs Action Plan is essential in tackling unemployment and in getting our people back to work. The Plan mobilises all of the Government departments and many of the state agencies in implementing measures which have a real and evident impact on creating new jobs and retaining existing ones. Many of the actions in the… Continue Reading
I am happy to speak on the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill. Unfortunately, there is a cynical school of thought that regards any effort to reform this area as a cover for cost savings and reductions. While it is true that cost is always a factor, and no more so than when the State is… Continue Reading
To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm that the proposed Irish consulate in Austin, Texas, will follow the template of other embassies which house representatives of the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and so on and are successfully attracting foreign direct investment particularly from those with a… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, in the context of the development of the new Local Enterprise Offices which will provide directed and targeted supports for businesses and entrepreneurs, the specific needs of Gaeltacht and business/potential businesses operating through the Irish language will be addressed by LEOs, particularly by LEOs with… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 and 295 of 4 February 2014, if he will set out the names, membership numbers and the organisations represented regarding the working groups that have been established to examine the workings of Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court. –… Continue Reading