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Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: The provision of grant assistance for individual companies is a matter for the development agency or body concerned, and not one in which I have a direct function. Enterprise Ireland has primary responsibility for indigenous companies in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sectors. Enterprise Ireland supports companies employing 10 or more people, and start-up companies...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: My Department does not compile specific annual statistics on the number of new start up SMEs that have commenced trading in the State nor their geographic basis. As an assistance to the Deputy, the closest approximation to the information sought may be derived from the number of new companies registered each year and the yearly number of VAT registrations. However these figures in...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: Employment data in respect of companies supported by the enterprise agencies (Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Shannon Development) is collated by Forfás on an annual basis and accordingly there is no data available for 2007. The attached tabular statements show the number of new full time jobs created in Enterprise Agency assisted companies for each of the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. In...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: Employment data in respect of companies supported by the enterprise agencies (Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Shannon Development) is collated by Forfás on an annual basis and accordingly there is no data available for 2007. The attached tabular statements show the number of full time jobs lost in Enterprise Agency assisted companies for each of the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. Number of...

Written Answers — Youth Employment: Youth Employment (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: Data in relation to the number of people in employment classified by age group is compiled by the Central Statistics Office and is available on the CSO website (www.cso.ie). The data, covering the age group 15-19, and broken down between part-time and full-time, is set out below. The latest data in respect of 2007 is Quarter 2 (May 2007). Number of persons aged 15-19 in employment Total...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: I am interpreting the Deputy's question as relating to expenditure on Official Entertainment, for lunches, dinners and receptions hosted for official delegations. The total amount spent by my Department on Official Entertainment in the period 1 November 2006 to 30 October 2007 was €40,432.73. This sum includes expenditure incurred by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together. Several county and local authorities have taken initiatives to improve the information available on skills in their respective localities. Skills databases have been established in Laois, Meath and Carlow where residents can register their skills and qualifications profile. Similarly both Waterford County Enterprise Board and North Cork...

Written Answers — Small Business Forum: Small Business Forum (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: The extent of the Government's commitment to the small business sector is already obvious from the substantial changes already implemented in response to the recommendations in the Small Business Forum Report. The measures outlined in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 26 September 2007 clearly ensure that there is a supportive environment for small business in Ireland. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the attached tabular statement. All figures quoted refer to 2007 and are in millions of euro. InterTradeIreland, the all-island trade and business development body, is co-sponsored by the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland and is funded in a ratio of 2:1 (South and North). The above figures assume an exchange...

Written Answers — Departmental Facilities: Departmental Facilities (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: My Department has only a small canteen in two of its buildings at Adelaide Road and Kildare Street. These canteens are run by outside caterers (who operate independently of my Department) and who have indicated that all of the beef, pork, and lamb supplied in each canteen is Irish. Raw chicken fillets used by the caterers are Irish. Cooked chicken fillets used by the caterers are from an...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (1 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: I understand from Enterprise Ireland that 31 redundancies were recently announced at the company in question and a further 15 people are ceasing work on 2 November, 2007. I am very conscious of the implications of these redundancies for the workers involved. The relevant State agencies, particularly the Industrial Training agency FÁS, will provide every support they can to any of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The scheme of performance-related awards in the civil service applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. It does not apply to Secretaries General. Details of awards to individual officers under the performance related scheme are not disclosed on the basis that they are confidential to the officer concerned. However I can say that during 2007 awards totalling €168,000...

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 237, 244, 248, 253, 254 and 257 together. In March this year, the European Council agreed that "administrative burdens arising from EU legislation should be reduced by 25% by 2012. Taking into account the different starting points and traditions the European Council invites Member States to set their own national targets of comparable ambition within their...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: A holder of a Green Card who previously held a work authorization / work visa issued by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform may in certain circumstances change employer within 12 months of issue of a Green Card. This position has been conveyed to the applicant.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (6 Nov 2007)

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 fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that a green card application was received in respect of the above named person. The permit was refused and the applicant subsequently lodged an appeal of the decision. The appeal was successful and a Green Card Permit has now been issued.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: State support for enterprise and job creation is channelled through the industrial development agencies. While I may give general policy directives to the development agencies, I am precluded under the Industrial Development Acts from giving directives regarding individual industrial undertakings, or from giving preference to one area over others. Through its range of overseas offices, IDA...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: FÁS offers a comprehensive menu of vocational training and employment supports for people with disabilities, consistent with current mainstreaming policy. People with disabilities are encouraged to apply for training and the appropriate supports are put in place to meet their particular individual needs. If people with disabilities cannot meet the requirements of mainline vocational...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: A fully functioning Single Market is of crucial importance for growth, competitiveness and employment in Europe and, in this respect, the timely and correct transposition of EU Internal Market Directives into national law plays a vitally important role. The European Commission's Internal Market Scoreboard, published twice a year, highlights how successful each Member State has been in...

Written Answers — Single Market Review: Single Market Review (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Internal (or Single) Market is one of the European Union's most significant achievements. It has created jobs and stimulated growth. It has created an agreed set of rules for businesses that now have access to a market of 500 million consumers. It has generated high quality safety standards and has offered consumers (including business consumers) a wider choice of goods and services at...