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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The information in relation to staffing of my Office is set out in the tables: Staffing of Private Office Number Higher Executive Officer (Private Secretary) 1 Executive Officers 2 Clerical Officers 5 Total 8 The staff in the table above are civil servants. Constituency Office Number Clerical Officers (Civil Servants) 2.8 Personal Assistants (non-civil servants) 1.5 ...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits Section of my Department informs me that this application was refused on the basis that the above named individual entered the State to pursue a course of studies and is therefore not entitled to enter full time employment. I am also informed that having heard an appeal in this case the Work Permit Section upheld the original decision. However, it should be noted that...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits Section of my Department has informed me that the following are the figures for work permits issued to chefs in the past five years to date. Year New Permits Renewals Issued 2006 719 1,997 2,716 2005 822 2,370 3,192 2004 667 2,357 3,024 2003 1,684 2,004 3,688 2002 1,596 1,390 2,986

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: My Department does not provide direct funding or grants to businesses but provides funding to a number of State Agencies, including the County and City Enterprise Boards, Enterprise Ireland, Shannon Development and FÁS, through whom assistance is delivered directly to businesses. The County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) provide support to micro-enterprises with 10 employees or fewer....

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (13 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: I am aware that the Kerry Enterprise Action Team is a sub-committee of the Kerry County Development Board. The County Development Boards come under the aegis of the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I understand that the document in question is a synthesis of key economic/enterprise statistics for Co. Kerry, including performance by the Industrial Development agencies,...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The issue of grant payments is a day-to-day operational matter for the Industrial Development agencies. However, I understand that Enterprise Ireland has paid a total of €2.6 million to the company in question.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (13 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233 and 235 together. I am informed by FÁS that the cost of an additional 5,000 places on Community Employment Schemes would be about €80 million. In addition the cost of providing the same number of places as at year end 2002 would be about €40 million.

Written Answers — Local Employment Service: Local Employment Service (13 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Budget for the Local Employment Service (LES) for 2006 is €18.430m. The provisional allocation for 2007 is €19.250m.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: According to the most recent Quarterly National Household Survey published by the Central Statistics Office on 30 November, the numbers in employment in the Mid-East region, of which Naas is a part, continue to grow. The numbers increased from 225,600 people in the second quarter of 2006 to 231,800 in the third quarter. This represents a continuing strong rise of over 20,000 in the number...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (13 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. Since 1996, the Agency has been disposing of its landlord's interest in buildings throughout the country. This policy was reviewed as part of the 2004 expenditure review of IDA Ireland's property portfolio and the Steering Group was satisfied that the approach,...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (13 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The following table supplies the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the amount of expenditure by my Department on consultancy in the years 1997 to 2005 and to date in 2006. 1997 Name of Consultants/experts/advisers Purpose of Consultancy Total Cost for Year £ Baker Consultants Network / Security Consultancy 1,943 Clear Systems Solutions Application Support â€"...

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (14 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 to 261, inclusive, together. I would advise the Deputy that I do not have any function or responsibility in relation to regulating the activities of mobile phone service providers. Furthermore, I have no function or responsibility in respect of the charges imposed by such service providers. Nor have I any function or responsibility in regard to the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (14 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: State support for enterprise and job creation is channelled through the industrial development agencies. IDA Ireland has statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to the Mid-West, except for the Shannon Free Zone, which falls within the remit of Shannon Development. While IDA Ireland is actively marketing all areas within their remit, including the Mid-West,...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (14 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: Shannon Development is responsible for promoting foreign direct investment in the Shannon Free Zone. In 2006, Shannon Development hosted 11 first time itineraries to the Shannon Free Zone on behalf of companies. 20 new enquiries have been handled by Shannon Development in the course of the year to date. These inquiries are at various stages of progression. By year end, investment proposals...

Written Answers — Legal Metrology Service: Legal Metrology Service (14 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together. The Deputy will be aware of the background to this matter from previous replies. Weighing equipment used for trade is subject to control by the Legal Metrology Service in accordance with the Metrology Acts 1980 to 1998. The regime of control includes approval of new designs of weighing equipment, verification of instruments of an approved...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (14 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The full services of the Industrial Training agency FÁS, will be made available to the workers in question if they wish to avail of the agency's services. In recent years, a number of world-class manufacturing companies such as Intel, Wyeth Medica and Hewlett Packard have been attracted to Co. Kildare. As regards Naas itself, in May of this year, I announced a major investment of €28m by...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (14 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits Section of my Department informs me that it still has no record of a work permit application in this case as previously indicated in Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 29 November 2006.

Foreign Direct Investment. (31 Jan 2007)

Micheál Martin: The level of foreign direct investment in Ireland, relative to the size of the economy, is one of the highest in the world. Many of the world's leading overseas companies have substantial international operations in Ireland. These include companies in ICT, life sciences and international services, including financial services. Employment in IDA-assisted companies increased by 3,795 in...

Foreign Direct Investment. (31 Jan 2007)

Micheál Martin: I was with Mr. O'Hara yesterday at the announcement of a significant investment by Intel in a new digital health research project, the first of its kind by Intel outside the United States. This indicates the attraction of Ireland as a location for high-end research and development in areas that represent core strategic objectives of companies of the calibre of Intel. The project involves...

Foreign Direct Investment. (31 Jan 2007)

Micheál Martin: I must be careful because Deputy Hogan has made gloomy forecasts in the past which did not turn out as he had predicted. I commissioned a study from Forfás last year on the state of manufacturing in Ireland today vis-À-vis internationally traded services. An important outcome of that analysis was that while manufacturing jobs have been lost the yield and output from Irish manufacturing...