Results 581-600 of 50,064 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (26 Jan 2005)

Micheál Martin: There are no facilities to allow students to undertake a period of work experience. Work permits are issued only if the individual is highly skilled and fully qualified.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (26 Jan 2005)

Micheál Martin: The company in question is implementing a rationalisation programme that involves the loss of 40 jobs. FÁS has been in touch with the company to outline the full range of services which will be available to the relevant staff. Following the rationalisation, the company will be revamped as a manufacturing operation specialising in the production of breads for the wholesale specialty bread...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (26 Jan 2005)

Micheál Martin: Proposals for extending freedom of information are being developed in the Department of Finance in the context of plans to extend it to other appropriate bodies by the end of 2005. The extension of freedom of information to the additional bodies under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is being considered in this context. The organisations in question are the...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (26 Jan 2005)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment does not have a record of payments to the organisation mentioned by the Deputy. Any payments made to the organisation by an agency such as FÁS operating under the aegis of the Department would be a day-to-day matter for the relevant agency. The Deputy may wish to make inquiries with any such agency.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (26 Jan 2005)

Micheál Martin: I have made the following appointments in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment since the Cabinet reshuffle of September 2004: a special adviser, a policy adviser, a press adviser, two personal assistants and a personal secretary. The Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Killeen, has made the following appointments since the Cabinet...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 Jan 2005)

Micheál Martin: Work permits are issued only to employers who propose to employ non-EEA nationals in highly skilled and highly paid positions. Anyone who wishes to provide a service on a self-employment basis must seek business permission from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (27 Jan 2005)

Micheál Martin: I am conscious of the adverse effects on workers in the Ballinasloe area of job losses in recent years. The State development agencies are making every effort to promote industrial development in the town. I advise the Deputy that Ballinasloe remains a high-focus location for the IDA as it seeks to attract new foreign direct investment. The IDA brought 14 potential clients on site visits to...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jan 2005)

Micheál Martin: Ministers and members of staff of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, whose official duties give rise to travel or representation in this country or abroad, may obtain a corporate charge card through the Department, which defrays the cost of the annual Government duty on such cards. Alternatively, individuals may choose to use their independently acquired cards to meet...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 Jan 2005)

Micheál Martin: USIT is authorised by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to operate a working in Ireland programme, which provides a special work permit for students on the programme. US students are provided with a four-month permit. For further information the Deputy may find it useful to peruse the USIT website, www.usit.ie.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: The work permit section of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment received a work permit application from the relevant employer to employ the employee in question on 19 August 2003. The section subsequently informed the employer that the application had been refused and informed him of his right of appeal. No such appeal was received. A further application was received on 30...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: Lone parents can participate on all FÁS training and employment programmes, some of which are delivered on a part-time basis. According to FÁS, 9,685 lone parents completed training and employment programmes in 2004. Some 91% of them completed employment programmes such as community employment or job initiative. Some 254, or 3%, of the lone parents on employment programmes were under 25...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: It was with regret that I learnt of the announcement by Sara Lee on 13 January 2005 that it intends to close its plant in Killarney, County Kerry, by March 2005 with the loss of 92 jobs. I understand that the premises is owned by the company. I assure the Deputy that the development agencies under the auspices of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment would be happy to work with...

Written Answers — Personal Injuries Assessment Board: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: The Personal Injuries Assessment Board was established by ministerial order on 13 April 2004. As of 1 June 2004, all personal injury claims arising from workplace accidents, where an employee is seeking compensation from his or her employer, must be referred to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board before legal proceedings are issued. As of 22 July 2004, all motor liability and public...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: Support for job creation and investment in individual counties is a day-to-day operational matter for the development agencies as part of their responsibility under the Industrial Development Acts. While I may give general policy directives to the agencies, I am precluded under the Acts from giving directives about individual undertakings or giving preference to one area over others. The...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Schemes: Social Welfare Schemes (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: The social economy programme and the community employment scheme are two separate initiatives with individual aims and objectives. The social economy programme provides funding for social enterprises with a view to establishing the enterprises on a viable basis and thereby providing permanent employment opportunities within the enterprises. The funding provided by FÁS to the enterprises...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: I have made six appointments in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment since the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2004. I have appointed a special adviser, Mr. Christopher Mannion; a policy adviser, Ms Deirdre Gillane; a press adviser, Ms Caitríona Meehan; two personal assistants, Ms Melanie Hewitt and Ms Ann Donnelly; and a personal secretary, Ms Elizabeth O'Donoghue. In addition...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: I have been informed by FÁS that the placement policy in respect of community employment programmes for 2005 has been formulated on the basis of the changes I announced on 10 November 2004. In the circumstances, it is not feasible to accommodate the persons referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: The attraction of business and industry to the business park at Askeaton is a day-to-day operational matter for the relevant development agencies. IDA Ireland is the national agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions, while Shannon Development is responsible for indigenous industry in the mid-west area. The business park is...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (1 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: Artists who are citizens of the European economic area and Switzerland are free to enter and work in the State. Artists who are from territories outside these areas are required, under section 2 of the Employment Permits Act 2003, to obtain an employment permit to work in the State. However, applications for entertainment work permits are fast-tracked and are processed within a shorter period...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (2 Feb 2005)

Micheál Martin: I have not had any meetings so far with the company in question on its sugar plant in Carlow. Primary responsibility for this area rests with the Minister for Agriculture and Food. However, I am aware that Enterprise Ireland is seeking a meeting with the company to discuss the company's plans. I expect this meeting will take place at an early date. The board of Greencore has made a commercial...