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Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. The promotion of individual areas, including towns such as Enniscorthy, is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency. While I may give general policy directives to IDA Ireland, I am precluded under the Industrial Development Acts from giving from giving...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The issue of job creation by companies supported by the enterprise development agencies is a day to day matter for the relevant agencies and County Enterprise Boards (CEB), and not matters with which I am directly involved. Enterprise Ireland recognises that there have been a number of significant job losses over the past number of years in County Wexford due to the closure of some key...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: In considering changes to the immigration system in the context of the proposed immigration and residence Bill, the issues of family reunification and residence status for migrants are being considered fully. There is no system of "long-term resident" or "permanent resident" in the immigration system. A person can after a period of time obtain permssion to remain "without condition as to...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The tabular statement sets out the losses in full-time jobs and the full-time job gains in companies assisted by the enterprise development agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA, in County Wicklow for the years 2002 to 2005. While these figures reflect the more difficult global market of the last few years, it remains the case that full-time employment in agency assisted companies in Wicklow...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: State support for enterprise and job creation is channelled through the industrial development agencies, IDA Ireland, which has responsibility for foreign direct investment and Enterprise Ireland, which is concentrating on the development of indigenous industries. The Forfás Annual Employment Survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the industrial development agencies. A...

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 734 and 735 together. A total of 712 public appointments have been made by my Department since 1997. Details of the public appointments made, as well as the number of vacancies where they exist, are set out in the following tables: Interim Personal Injuries Assessment Board — 12 Appointments — Nil vacancies Appointee Term of Appointment Ms Dorothea...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: Following the resignation of the Chief Science Adviser late last year, I announced that the post would be filled by open competition. The CSA is appointed by the Government and I intend to bring forward proposals to Government on this matter in the near future.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: Under my Department's refund of fees scheme, the costs of appropriate third level courses, which are pursued in officers' own time, are refunded on successful completion of such courses. All staff are encouraged to participate in the scheme, as the pursuit of appropriate third level qualifications enhances their personal development and assists the Department to meet its business objectives...

Written Answers — Metrology Service: Metrology Service (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The tabular statement that follows sets out the inspections carried out by the Legal Metrology Service during 2005. Furthermore, the Legal Metrology Service has advised that, while a limited inspection regime is operated, a full programme of inspection of weighing equipment in meat processing plants will not be possible until an industrial relations issue relating to the conveyance of testing...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The company in question announced through its corporate headquarters that it was rationalising its European operations and that this would require a reduction in job numbers of 300 across its facilities. Part of its manufacturing operation in Drogheda is being transferred to a sister facility in Holland. This will result in the loss of approximately ten permanent and 15 part-time jobs in...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: Job creation and job losses are a feature of economic development in all countries as various sectors expand and contract in response to market demand for goods and services, competitive forces, restructuring and technological change. State support for enterprise and job creation is channelled through the industrial development agencies, IDA Ireland, which has responsibility for foreign...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is being compiled by my Department but is not yet complete. Given the broad range of activities involved and the time period encompassed by the question, together with the Deputy's decision not to set a minimum cost threshold below which the data were not required, my Department is unable to supply the material sought by the Deputy within the timescale...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: Current employment at the company's Westport facility is 40 and is expected to increase to 60 by the end of the year. The company is recruiting for high level financial services positions on an ongoing basis and this has enabled management to attract additional high level activities for the business in County Mayo.

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment, FDI, to Ireland and its regions. The Forfás annual employment survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the IDA. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and provisional data on a county basis for 2005 in respect of IDA client companies is not yet available from the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The work permit section of my Department has informed me it has no record of any valid application in this instance. Incomplete or incorrectly completed applications are returned to the employer concerned for amendment.

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The issues of job creation and retention in Enterprise Ireland supported companies is a day-to-day matter for the agency itself, and not one in which I am directly involved. In 2005, a total of 122 Enterprise Ireland supported companies provided 3,054 full time jobs in County Mayo. During the year, Enterprise Ireland client companies in the county showed employment gains of 400 and losses of...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The work permits section of my Department received an application for a work permit renewal in respect of the above named individual on 3 January 2006. A reply will issue within a week.

Written Answers — Science and Technology Advisers: Science and Technology Advisers (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 755 and 756 together. The post of chief science advisor, CSA, to the Government was established to provide independent scientific advice to the Government on a confidential basis. The CSA did not advise the Government on the subjects of the incineration of waste and the genetic modification of food.

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment, FDI, to Ireland and its regions. The cost per job sustained in IDA supported companies is calculated by taking into account all IDA Ireland expenditure to all firms in the period of calculation and is calculated using data collated for the Forfás annual employment survey. Only jobs...

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: County and city enterprise boards, CEBs, assist enterprises in the micro-enterprise sector, that is, enterprises with no more than ten employees. The primary role of the CEBs is to develop indigenous enterprise potential by stimulating economic activity and promoting the establishment of micro-enterprises at local level. The average cost per job created by the CEBs in 2004 stands at €4,463...