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Written Answers — Arms Trade: Arms Trade (17 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: The European Security Research Programme is concerned exclusively with civil security. It aims to contribute to the improvement of European citizens' security and to reinforce European technological and industrial potential in this area within the 7th European Research Framework Programme which will commence in 2007. The focus of the Programme includes supporting proposals for protection...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (17 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a temporary, fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (17 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the industrial development agencies. Aggregated data is published annually on a county-by-county basis. Individual company data is complied on a confidential basis in this survey and thus details in respect of company job losses and gains cannot be released. The following table provides details of the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (17 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Atlantic Way Group is a movement comprised representatives of key private and public sector bodies, which seeks to maximise the development potential of the West by supporting and promoting best practice in every aspect. Its principal aim is to bring coherence, coordination and a sense of urgency to infrastructural development, excellent technological services, quality employment,...

Written Answers — Grocery Industry: Grocery Industry (17 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 209 and 210 together. The Groceries Order was in place for many years and was abolished less than 2 months ago. I believe it is much too early at this stage to expect to see any significant impact on the grocery sector. However, I have asked the Competition Authority to monitor the sector and the Authority is currently putting in place a mechanism to track...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (17 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits Section of my Department informs me that there were 24,703 work permits granted, 1,077 work permit applications refused and 3,690 applications pending at the end of the twelve-month period up to 30 April 2006. A table outlining the number of work permit applications processed to a decision, per category, in the twelve-month period up to 30 April 2006 is submitted for the...

Written Answers — Skill Shortages: Skill Shortages (17 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: The most recent FÁS/ESRI Employment and Vacancies Survey indicates that the percentage of firms reporting vacancies in April 2006 was 22%, the highest since 2002. The vacancy level in April 2005 was 7%. The increase was driven by the number of firms in the service, construction and industrial sectors reporting vacancies. The most difficult-to-fill vacancies for the various sectors were:...

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: No one protested about the Deputy's comments.

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: On 7th December, 2004, Ministerial Functions were delegated to Minister of State Deputy Tony Killeen, who has responsibility for Labour Affairs, under the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. No. 809 of 2004) in respect of the following pieces of legislation: Enactments ∙Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990 ∙Conspiracy and Protection of Property...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (23 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland. Under the Industrial Development Acts I am precluded from giving directives to the Agency regarding individual undertakings or from giving preference to one area over others. I understand from IDA Ireland that since January 2005 the agency has brought five companies on site...

Written Answers — Official Hospitality: Official Hospitality (23 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: My Department does not have a wine cellar. A review carried out on foot of the Deputy's question identified only six bottles of wine. Four bottles are a 2002 Italian Cabernet Sauvignon. They were bought in Mitchell & Son's Wine Merchants in 2004 and the cost was 9.05 euro per bottle. In addition, there are two bottles of a 2003 Australian Shiraz. It is not clear where these were acquired....

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (23 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Competition Act 2002 prohibits anti-competitive arrangements between "undertakings" and the abuse of a dominant position by undertakings. From the information provided, it appears that this issue may relate to an alleged restriction on competition. The Competition Authority is an independent statutory body responsible for the enforcement of competition law in the State. Any evidence of an...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: It has not been possible in the time available to compile the information requested by the Deputy. I shall communicate the information to the Deputy when it becomes available.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (24 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: One of the main recommendations of the 2004 Fitzpatricks Report was that the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) should be integrated into the mainstream enterprise development system by establishing a CEB Central Co-ordination Unit within Enterprise Ireland. This recommendation was subsequently endorsed by the Enterprise Strategy Group and approved by Government in 2005. The role of the...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage. (24 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: This Bill passed all Stages in the Dáil following a constructive and wide-ranging debate. We were happy to take on board a number of Opposition amendments where we felt they made genuine improvements to the Bill. In overall terms, the Bill provides a framework within which there is the flexibility to adapt and use different migration policy instruments to respond to changes in the economy...

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage. (24 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: Free-range and organic.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage. (24 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: They have been allowed to reunite for the past two years.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage. (24 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: Those on work visa applications, including in the health, technology and construction professional areas, form a separate category from those on work permits. They are allowed to bring their spouses to Ireland. The Bill also deals with them.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage. (24 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: Both.

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage. (24 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: They are entitled to work without a permit to get back into the system.