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Written Answers — Groceries Order: Groceries Order (28 Sep 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Groceries Order was abolished primarily because it allowed wholesalers and suppliers to determine minimum retail prices charged to consumers, thereby seriously constraining price competition in the grocery trade. During the time the Groceries Order was in force more than 2,000 small independent retailers went out of business resulting in the grocery trade in Ireland becoming more...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (28 Sep 2006)

Micheál Martin: On 22nd May 2006, I announced a major injection of liquidity into the venture capital market through a scheme to be administered by Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland will be investing €175 million which will leverage an estimated €1 billion for investment into seed, start-up and development stage businesses. This money is being made available via Enterprise Ireland to venture...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (3 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: Unemployment is measured through the quarterly national household survey as published by the Central Statistics Office. The survey does not provide data on specific towns and is available on a regional basis only. The most recent data published in September 2006 show that the unemployment rate for the south-west region, which includes Tralee, is 3.7%, a decrease of 0.5% in the year. This...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (3 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 389 and 390 together. The marketing of individual areas, including Cavan and Monaghan, for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs is a day-to-day operational matter for IDA Ireland. While I may give general policy directives to the agency, I am precluded under the Acts from giving directives regarding individual undertakings or from giving preference to...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: It does not.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: I said that last week.

Departmental Staff. (4 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: Waiting for the hens to lay.

Public Private Partnerships. (4 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: It is an outstanding project.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits section of my Department has informed me that there are no restrictions on a foreign national on a valid work permit changing employer. However their new employer must obtain a new work permit on their behalf. Detailed guidelines for both employers and employees are available on the Department's website at www.entemp.ie.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 386 and 387 together. In the four year period 2002 to 2005 a total of 95 new jobs were created in IDA supported companies in County Cavan while 71 new jobs were created in County Monaghan. The attached tabular statement sets out the number of jobs created in each county in each year. The marketing of individual areas, including Cavan and Monaghan, for new or...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits section of my Department has informed me that this application was refused and the employer was notified of this decision in writing and of their right to appeal. To-date no such appeal has been received in the Work Permits section. In the aftermath of EU Enlargement, it is Government policy that employers should be able to source nearly all of their workforce needs from...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits section of my Department has informed me that this application was refused and the employer was notified of this decision in writing and of their right to appeal. To date no such appeal has been received in the Work Permits section. In the aftermath of EU Enlargement, it is Government policy that employers should be able to source nearly all of their workforce needs from...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: Entrepreneurship in Ireland is encouraged by the active and constant pursuit and promotion by the Government of an economic environment that is supportive of entrepreneurial activity combined with a wide range of targeted interventions by various State enterprise development agencies. There are, in the first instance, thirty-five City and County Enterprise Boards (CEBs) spread throughout the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: The FÁS Training Centre located at Bishopstown is the major direct training resource in the Cork City area. A smaller training unit located within the Sunbeam premises provides industrial training facilities for up to 15 apprenticeship classes. In addition, FÁS provides trainee recruitment and financial support to the following community based services — Northside Community Enterprises,...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits section of my Department has informed me that the Appeals Officer dealing with this case has requested additional information from the employer. On receipt of that information this appeal will be considered further.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: Finding alternative employment for the workers in question is a priority for the State Development agencies and, last week, myself and the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources met with a representative group from Ballivor, including some former workers, and outlined ongoing developments and stressed the priority efforts being made in Ballivor. The Industrial Training...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: Grant agreements between Enterprise Ireland and companies are a matter for those parties and for which the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment does not have a direct function. I am advised that the company in question has been paid a total of €1.368m in supports by Enterprise Ireland since 1986. All funding provided by Enterprise Ireland is subject to a legal grant agreement...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ireland and its regions. While I am empowered under the Development Acts to provide funds to the agency to discharge its obligations and to issue general policy directives, I am specifically precluded from giving directives to the agency concerning individual undertakings or...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: 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 responsibility assigned to it by the Oireachtas and not a matter in which I have a function. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that, in August 2006, the Agency agreed to sell the Kanturk site on a leasehold...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (10 Oct 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 and 402 together. Grant aid amounting to €469,560 was approved for the company's plant at Edenderry, Co Offaly between the period June, 2002 and September, 2006. The grant amount paid to date is €159,866. The grant aid consisted of two Research and Development projects relating to new product and process development. The aid was provided under...