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Fine Gael Mayo TD John O’Mahony has this week welcomed a 6.2 per cent drop in the number of people on the Live Register in Mayo over the last 12 months. Deputy O’Mahony was speaking following the publication of figures by the Central Statistics Office, which show that, nationally, the Live Register has now dropped for the last 18 months in a row.

The suggestion by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation Richard Bruton, that the cost of undergrounding cables in the planned EirGrid development would prevent more balanced regional development, was the type of argument which raised questions about the honesty of those favouring overgrounding of the various projects.

PROBABLE European Parliament candidate for this region Mairead McGuinness MEP has called on the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton to look at the experience in the UK of tackling unfair practices in the food supply chain and take similar action in Ireland.

Insight, a new research centre for data analytics run by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), has been officially announced by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Richard Bruton and the Minister for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock.

Ballina based Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary has criticised the lack of gender balance on a new forum to encourage entrepreneurship. Calleary has questioned why the Jobs Minister, Richard Bruton has only appointed one woman to the seven person forum, when a key aim of the group is to encourage greater female entrepreneurship.

Despite withdrawing his controversial Seanad “Regina Monologues” and “fanny” outburst, David Norris is still be called upon to apologise for the remarks.

Local TD, Denis Naughten questioned Minister Richard Bruton in the Dáil this week on steps being taken to address the loss of up to 230 staff in two important local employers, Alkermes and Covidien.

The Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, this week announced that €21m in funding is available to support the commercialisation of research in 2013. The objective of the funding, which will be provided through Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund, is to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative new products and services and increase the number of new technology-based start-up companies.

The Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton, this week announced that €21m in funding is available to support the commercialisation of research in 2013. The objective of the funding, which will be provided through Enterprise Ireland’s Commercialisation Fund, is to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative new products and services and increase the number of new technology-based start-up companies.

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Jobs, Dara Calleary, has accused the Government of sleep-walking through false and destructive claims that Ireland is a tax haven.