Now that we need to encourage enterprise to help reduce unemployment we need to reform our out of date bankruptcy laws.

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View Deirdre Clune TD questioning the Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Innovation in the Dáil on the Innovation Taskforce Report and his plans to respond to it

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View my speech to the Dáil on the Fine Gael Motion on Energy

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Any future energy policy must focus on security of supply and provide a price impact analysis to improve our competitiveness

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Bonus points for maths must be introduced not delayed while we wait for yet another report. Numerous reports including the Innovation Tascforce have called immediate introduction

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The Government’s education cutbacks are undermining attempts to establish Ireland as an innovation hub and this has been proven in an ASTI survey of science education

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Innovation Taskforce Report – Correct Recommendations but Wrong Government – Little action can be expected from Brian Cowen and his Government

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Government Innovation Taskforce Report has not been published yet but leaks indicate it will repeat a number of recommendations made in previous reports that the Government has to date ignored

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World Maths Day is a chance for the Government to consider how to improve the teaching of maths and how to encourage a greater uptake of maths related subjects in second and third level education

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Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment questioned in the Dáil on the National Competitiveness Council and investment in innovation

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