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Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (2 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: The work permit section of my Department has advised me that applications for work permits to employ the named individuals were refused on 28 February 2006 on the basis that the positions were not highly skilled and highly paid.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (2 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is an autonomous statutory agency set up under the Industrial Development Acts 1986 to 2003. The agency operates in accordance with the provisions of the Acts and under the aegis of my Department. The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio, including the purchase and disposal of property, is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency as part of the statutory...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (2 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: The board appointments to bodies under the aegis of my Department over the past five years are set out in the following table: State Body Appointees Motor Insurance Advisory Board Ms Cora Collins Mr. Adrian Cummins Interim Personal Injuries Assessment Board Ms Patricia Byron Personal Injuries Assessment Board Ms Patricia Byron IDA Ireland Ms Loretta Brennan Glucksman ...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (2 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: There have been two IDA site visits to the advance technology building in Enniscorthy but neither of the companies in question took up the option on the facility. However, I now understand that negotiations with a potential tenant are ongoing in relation to the facility and I will inform the Deputy of the outcome of these negotiations in due course.

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion. (7 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: I may be sharing time with Deputy O'Connor if he arrives.

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Motion. (7 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: —notes this reaffirmation of the Government's commitment to the protection of whistleblowers; being persons who legitimately bring to the attention of the appropriate authority, sensitive information gained in the course of their employment and notes that Government has already demonstrated...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: Currently, 44 people are employed in my Department who are recorded as having a disability, representing 4.5% of the total staff number. My Department therefore exceeds the 3% target for the employment of people with disabilities required of all Departments. The Public Appointments Service, following approval from the Department of Finance, undertakes the recruitment of staff to all...

Written Answers — Hazardous Substances: Hazardous Substances (7 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: The principal legislative provisions covering warning labels on dangerous substance products are contained in the European Communities (Classification, Packaging, Labelling and Notification of Dangerous Substances) Regulations 2003 and the use of products by the European Communities (Dangerous Substances and Preparations) (Marketing and Use) Regulations 2003. These regulations are enforced by...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (7 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: It is Government policy that employers should be able to source their workforce needs from within the European Economic Area, except in cases where high levels of skills and qualifications are required for the job and such skills are not available within this area. Work permit applications in respect of forestry workers would be refused on the grounds that they are not highly skilled and...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (7 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 342 and 343 together. Job creation and retention are matters for the development agencies concerned and not ones in which I have a direct function. I am informed that data on job gains and losses are compiled from the annual employment survey carried out by Forfás. The following figures indicate the number of jobs lost by the client companies of Enterprise...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: I understand that Enterprise Ireland met the company concerned to review its business plan to establish a manufacturing facility in County Donegal. Enterprise Ireland considered that the business plan required further development before it could consider investing in the business but confirmed that it would work with the company to develop its business proposition and the relevant application...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (8 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: My Department and the development agencies under its remit, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Shannon Development and the city and county enterprise boards, are committed to the economic and industrial development of Clare, including Ennis, in line with national enterprise policy goals, and the achievement of balanced regional development, within the framework of the national spatial strategy....

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (8 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: The company in question has announced that a further rationalisation of its operation in Ballina has been sought by its parent company and this will lead to a reduction in the number of staff over the next two months. This reduction will, in effect, end all manufacturing activities at the plant and the remaining staff will be engaged mainly in customer support and marketing activities. FÁS...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (8 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio, including the purchase of land and the creation of business parks are day-to-day operational matters for the agency and not matters in which I have a function. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that it has been in discussions with Mayo County Council regarding the purchase of a site of circa 27 acres owned by the local authority...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (8 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. The marketing of individual areas, including Ballina, for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency. While I may give general policy directives to the agency, I am precluded under the Acts from giving directives...

Written Answers — Consumer Information: Consumer Information (9 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: Under consumer legislation the application of a description to a product as to its place of manufacture, production, processing, etc., is called a trade description under section 2 (1)(b) of the Consumer Information Act 1978. It is an offence to apply a false trade description to a product. However, there is no compulsion on suppliers to provide information on the origin of their products....

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (9 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: I have no plans to travel abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (21 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: There are no facilities for accepting and processing work permit applications on-line at present. However, there are plans after the Employment Permits Bill has been passed by the Oireachtas to introduce a new work permits management system, which will include a facility for making work permit applications on-line.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (21 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: The work permits section of my Department returned a work permit application to the above employer on 7 February 2006 on the basis that the Department believes that a suitable employee from within the enlarged EU can fill the position and that the proposed employee is here on a D visa and as such is precluded from entering full-time employment. In those circumstances, a work permit may not be...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (21 Mar 2006)

Micheál Martin: According to the quarterly national household survey, the unemployment rate for the west region for the last quarter of 2005 was 4.3%. I also note that the live register recorded a decrease in Ballina from 1,574 to 1,421 over the 12-month period to January 2006. Support for job creation and investment in individual counties and regions is a day-to-day operational matter for the development...