Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-09-13-Speech-2-462-750"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-09-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110913.34.2-462-750"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-09-13-Speech-2-462-8752
lpv:speaker	lp:Phil Prendergast2
lpv:spoken text	"Female entrepreneurs must often overcome discrimination in order to operate in what has traditionally been a male environment. The European Commission’s Report of the Investment Readiness for Women Entrepreneurs Workshop concluded that female entrepreneurs often have different goals for their businesses and face greater difficulties than men in accessing finance. Women can also face institutional, legislative and infrastructural barriers as well as barriers relating to inadequate child care provision. Women are now a significant part of the workforce of Member States. Indeed, in 2010, women represented 46% of the total labour market in Ireland. Last week, the Irish Minister for Small Business launched a new National Mentoring Programme for Female Entrepreneurs as part of a wider EU Commission initiative called European Network of Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs. The programme aims at boosting female entrepreneurship and supports women’s start-ups in their first year of activity. Boosting female enterprise promises valuable returns for an economy, and it is in the interest of policy makers to remove barriers to entrepreneurship by women. More must be done to encourage women to become entrepreneurs and to eliminate the barriers facing them."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; S&D (2011-04-21--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2011-05-09--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Labour Party (2011-04-21--2014-06-30)3 substitute; AGRI (2011-05-05--2012-01-18)3 member; IMCO (2011-05-09--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Switzerland and Norway and to the EU-Iceland Joint Parliamentary Committee and the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee (2011-05-05--2014-06-30)3 substitute; PETI (2011-05-05--2012-01-18)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Phil Prendergast (S&D ),"1 "in writing."1

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