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Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (17 Apr 2008)

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

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (17 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The increase in the live register figures in the year to March 2008 in County Waterford is consistent with the level of increase in the live register in the South-East region as a whole. The Department of Social and Family Affairs maintains the Live Register. The total number of people recorded on the live register for March, 2008 is 197,992. The Live Register is not designed to measure...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (17 Apr 2008)

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 agencies, I am precluded under the Acts from giving directives regarding individual undertakings, or from giving preference to one area over others. The recent job losses in Longford are regretted. However, some level of job losses is...

Written Answers — Science and Technology Groups: Science and Technology Groups (17 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The Science Foundation Ireland/DELL Scholarship — Young Women in Engineering aims to attract and encourage more high-achieving young women into third-level education in engineering disciplines. The Scholarship is supported by DELL which supplies all the scholars with laptop computers. The scheme was introduced in academic year 2006 / 2007 so to date awards were made in 2006 / 2007 and 2007...

Written Answers — Research and Development: Research and Development (22 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation (2006-2013) recognises the importance for Ireland in building its international collaborative networks in science and highlights the importance of making investments in a way that produces the greatest benefit to Ireland. Ireland is currently involved in various international programmes and initiatives including the European Seventh...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (22 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The total number of new jobs created in multinational client companies of IDA Ireland and Shannon Development in the period 1998 to 2007 is 137,864. The annual breakdown of these figures is set out in tabular statements 1 and 2. This information is taken from the Forfás Annual Employment Survey. Information on jobs numbers is gathered on a confidential basis for statistical purposes only....

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (22 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The issue raised by the Deputy relates to Sections 48 and 49 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007. My Department launched a public consultation process in relation to the commencement of these provisions of the Act in the summer of 2007. Although the deadline for receipt of submissions was the 7th September 2007, my Department continued to receive submissions until November, 2007. A total...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The expenditure by the Department on dedicated management training courses in 1997 was £43,942 (€55,806). This amount provided for a variety of courses designed to improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Department and covered training provided for all grades. While the range of courses included training in many specialist technical skills and competencies, the overall...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (22 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: Details of every bill and Act produced by my Department since 1997 to date in 2008, together with the dates of publication and dates of introduction into either the Seanad or Dáil, are set out in the following tabular statement. The Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Bill 1998 came under the remit of the Minister for Public Enterprise (Mary O'Rourke T.D.) but is now the responsibility of...

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (22 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: My Department or the Offices that come under the aegis of my Department carried out the following advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by my Department in the past five years: National Minimum Wage campaign Work Life Balance campaign NERA Employment Rights campaign. The cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, outdoor advertising and any...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: According to my Department's records there was no funding or financial support given by it to any agency, body, community, religious or other group or organisation, in the United States for each year since 2000 to date in 2008.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (22 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: I currently have no plans to reform the apprenticeship system or to alter the present situation where apprentices are employed by sponsoring firms. The key strength of the system is that it is a demand-driven educational and training programme. It is designed to develop the knowledge, skills and competencies of apprentices and to meet the needs of industry and the labour market. FÁS has the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (23 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that the issue of a work permit has now been approved in this case.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: My Department's budgetary allocation for 2008 was published in December 2007, in parallel with the presentation to the Dáil by the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance of the 2008 Budget. The allocation made to my Department will finance the programmes which I have prioritised for 2008, as well as funding the running costs of my Department and its agencies. My Department has a structured...

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (23 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: I am aware of the concerns expressed by some commentators that the benefits of recent movements in exchange rates between the Euro and Sterling may not be passed on to consumers. I understand that the National Consumer Agency has raised these concerns in bilateral discussions with retailers. In the course of those discussions, retailers have advised that the benefits of recent exchange rate...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (23 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that they have no record of a work permit being applied for in this case.

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (24 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The level of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ireland, relative to the size of the economy, is one of the highest in the world. Today, in Ireland, there are over 1,000 IDA supported companies employing in excess of 136,000 people. While competition for FDI continues to be relentless, Ireland continues to punch above its weight when it comes to attracting overseas investment. While our...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Apr 2008)

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. The programme helps unemployed people to progress to the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Apr 2008)

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. The programme helps unemployed people to progress to the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (24 Apr 2008)

Micheál Martin: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that they cannot consider the re-issue of a permit in this case as they understand from the Department of Foreign Affairs that the visa application in respect of the above named has been refused and upheld on appeal.