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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (18 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department has no outstanding requests from the Director of Corporate Enforcement for additional staff for his Office.

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (18 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: At present the Industrial Development agencies under the aegis of my Department use a range of schemes to attract manufacturing or internationally-traded services operations to all parts of the country. The schemes available to all such companies in Dublin Docklands are the same, and at the same aid rates, as those available elsewhere in Dublin. For the country as a whole, schemes fall into...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (18 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: There have been a total of 70 site visits made to Limerick by potential FDI investors since 2007 and to date in 2010. The tabular statement breaks down each of these visits and gives their locations. Location of Site Visits 2007 2008 2009 2010 to date Limerick Only 33 8 17 9 Limerick + Askeaton 1 1 1 - Total 34 9 18 9 The IDA Mid West region consists of Counties Clare, Limerick and North...

Written Answers — City and County Enterprise Boards: City and County Enterprise Boards (18 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The role of the Waterford City Enterprise Board (CEB) is to provide support for small businesses with 10 employees or fewer in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level throughout Waterford City. The CEB delivers a series of Programmes to underpin this role and can...

Written Answers — City and County Enterprise Boards: City and County Enterprise Boards (18 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The role of the Waterford City Enterprise Board (CEB) is to provide support for small businesses with 10 employees or fewer in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level throughout Waterford City. The CEB delivers a series of Programmes to underpin this role and can...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 to 160, inclusive, together. The provision of grant assistance to individual companies is a matter for the development agency or body concerned, and not one in which I have a direct function. It should be noted that data in relation to funding is collated on a County only basis, so it is not possible to provide specific data in relation to Waterford City....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The IDA grant payments figures for companies in Waterford City and County for 2009 and to date in 2010 are outlined below. Grant payment information is provided on grants paid, not on grants approved, and broken down on a county basis only. 2009 Grant Payments to County Waterford Employment 2 companies â'¬432,200 R&D 1 company â'¬35,367 Training 1 company â'¬59,767 ESS* first call...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I understand that the Deputy's question refers to both persons in receipt of a State pension such as a Widow's or Widower's Pension as well as to persons in receipt of a pension arising from public sector employment. Either way, the information requested by the Deputy is not held by my Department. The Deputy should be aware that Public Service pension entitlements may be carried from one...

Job Losses (19 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I thank Deputy Clune for raising this pertinent matter of concern to all of us on the Adjournment. I reiterate my deep regret at the job losses announced on Tuesday in Pfizer Global Manufacturing. Pfizer's plan to cut its worldwide workforce by 6,000 in 14 sites over the next four years is aimed at integrating the Pfizer and Wyeth manufacturing and supply organisations, which have...

Drug Treatment Programme (19 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am taking this adjournment debate on behalf of the Minister for Health and Children. The management and delivery of health and personal social services, including methadone services, are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter, as it provides me with an opportunity to outline the actions being taken by the HSE...

Energy Resources (19 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: It should be clearly understood that there is no issue regarding turf cutting on the majority of Irish bogs. A small number of raised bogs, which comprise approximately 4% of bogland within the State where turf cutting is feasible, has been designated for conservation purposes. For 32 of these sites, the ten-year derogation allowing a continuation of turf cutting for domestic purposes has...

Schools Building Projects (19 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am responding to this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Mary Coughlan. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter as it provides me with the opportunity to outline to the Dáil the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and also to outline the current position in relation to St Joseph's secondary school, Rush, County...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 to 74, inclusive, together. Entitlement Payments: Agency/Section Redundancy Payments Section of Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation The total number of staff assigned to processing redundancy payments is 55.63 (full time equivalents (FTE)). Carrying out of Inspections: Section/Office National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) NERA is...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department's publication "Jobs and Growth 2010" indicates that the enterprise agencies' (IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland) objectives are to create more than 100,000 new jobs over the next five years. Through the multiplier effect, this will lead to the creation of a further 70,000 jobs elsewhere in the economy. The figures include 62,000 direct new jobs and 43,000 other jobs as...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I can confirm that invitations to attend the workshops have been issued to the party concerned.

Written Answers — Loan Guarantee Schemes: Loan Guarantee Schemes (25 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: As previously advised to this House, work is underway in my Department on the examination of a possible scheme of Loan Guarantees for the SME sector which could augment lending by banks by addressing particular market failures. This is in line with one of the recommendations contained in the Mazars Review on Bank Lending to SMEs. Enterprise Ireland and Forfas carried out examinations of loan...

Written Answers — Research and Development: Research and Development (25 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Following the European Commission's 2007 Green Paper, "The European Research Area: New Perspectives," the Commission launched a number of initiatives aimed at achieving the ERA, including a Communication, published in May 2008, on "Better careers and more mobility: A European Partnership for researchers," which targeted four key areas for improving researcher careers and mobility, namely: ·...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 to 96, inclusive, together. I am informed by IDA Ireland that there are 5 IDA supported projects located in the IDA Business Park in Navan, County Meath. I am delighted to say that, earlier this year, one of these companies, Generali PanEurope (GPE) and Generali International (GI) announced that they have commissioned a new building, to be located on the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I have been informed by IDA that in the period from January 2007 to date in 2010, there have been a total of 469 site visits by potential investors to Dublin (City and County), Cork (City and County) and Galway (City and County). Details of the locations of these visits are set out in the attached tabular statement. Because potential investors regularly visit locations in both the city and...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 May 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I have been informed by IDA Ireland that in the period from January 2007 to date in 2010, there have been 5 site visits by potential investors to County Kilkenny, 2 in 2007, 1 in 2008 and 2 in 2009.