* To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress made on the implementation of incentives and measures to improve skills, farm structure and scale set out in Budget 2012 and outlined as a key action for the Department in the 2012 action plan for jobs. … Continue Reading
Recent job announcements further vote of confidence for Galway & highlight success of Jobs Action Plan The recent announcements of 115 new jobs at Cisco Systems in Oranmore and 100 jobs at SAP, Europe’s largest software provider, is a further vote of confidence in Galway and its ability to attract top quality investment in Information Communications Technology (ICT)… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to harness renewable sources of energy, such as wave energy on the west coast; the progress made of any supported or funded by him into maximising the effectiveness of harnessing such sources of energy in view of the potential for employment creation… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to date on investing in the better home schemes for the retrofitting of homes as outlined in the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs; his plans to retrofit public buildings across the State; and if he will make a statement on the… Continue Reading
* To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the progress for establishing new research centres in the area of pharmaceuticals production, medical devices and connected health, as set out in the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs. Reply: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to establish a… Continue Reading