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- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (7 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency, as part of the statutory responsibility assigned to it by the Oireachtas, and it is not a matter in which the Minister of the day has any involvement. I am informed by IDA that the IDA Board agreed to the sale of the Castledermot lands to Kildare County Council as far back as...
- Written Answers — Employment Statistics: Employment Statistics (7 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: Data on the aeronautics sector is captured in the Forfás Annual Employment survey as part of the overall metals & engineering sector. Therefore there is no overall breakdown for the aeronautics sector for the industrial development agencies under the aegis of my Department. As regards the indigenous aeronautics sector, there are 11 aerospace companies that are Enterprise Ireland clients,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The number of staff that transferred to the Department of Education and Skills from Labour Force Development Division, including those staff dealing with FÃS was 24.8 full time equivalents. A further 6 staff transferred from the European Social Fund Financial Control Unit to the Department of Education and Skills in line with the Taoiseach's recent restructuring announcement.
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The industrial development agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, and the Tipperary South County Enterprise Board, which function under the aegis of my Department, are responsible for investment and enterprise development in South Tipperary and, through their activities to achieve job creation. Following announcements of significant job losses in South Tipperary, the County Manager,...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (7 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 to 103, inclusive, together. The industrial development agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, and the City and County Enterprise Boards, which are under the aegis of my Department, are the bodies responsible for investment and enterprise development across a broad range of sectors, including the video game and related industries. The majority of...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The industrial development agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, and the South Dublin County Enterprise Board under the aegis of my Department, are responsible for investment and enterprise development in the Tallaght area and the activities carried out to achieve these objectives result in job creation. Since 2008, Enterprise Ireland has made payments of over â¬24 million to client...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The following outlines my Department's practice with regard to internal staff transfers and requests from staff for relocation or exchange. (i) My Department has a long-standing policy of affording staff the opportunity to experience different types of work in order to further their career development. The objective of the staff mobility policy operating within the Department is to help...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The allocation for training civil servants in my Department's Estimates for 2010 is â¬611,000. This allocation is intended to cover all training and development activities including training delivered in-house; attendance of staff at relevant external training courses, seminars and conferences; and refunds of fees made to staff who participate, in their own time, in approved Third Level...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: There has not been a Task Force report in relation to the South West. The Task Force report published last year is that of the Mid West Task Force, which completed its Interim Report and submitted it to my predecessor in July 2009. Since then the Government has been responding to the report's recommendations under the various headings. I recently met with Mr. Denis Brosnan, Chairman of the...
- Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The role of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) is to support the micro-enterprise sector (i.e. businesses with 10 employees or less) in the start-up and expansion phases and to promote entrepreneurship at local level. Business growth, job creation and job retention are central to the activities of the CEBs. The CEBs provide both financial and non-financial assistance to a project...
- Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The role of the County and City Enterprise Boards is to support the micro-enterprise sector (business not employing more than 10 people) in the start-up and expansion phases, to develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate entrepreneurship at local level. Subject to eligibility criteria new and developing micro-enterprises may qualify for financial support from the CEBs in...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: One aspect of the changes in responsibilities announced by An Taoiseach last March concerning my Department and the Department of Education and Skills was to streamline under one Department of State support for those who are seeking to re-skill and ready themselves to re-enter the jobs market. The overarching aims of all the changes made in March at Department level, as An Taoiseach told...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: My Department's Annual Output Statement for 2010 sets out High Level Goals for each of my Department's Key Programme Areas, along with the Strategic Impact Indicators against which the Goals will be measured. These indicators serve as a measure of the outcomes of investment in the Programme Areas in question and of progress in achieving key Government objectives, such as increasing...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The following reviews were planned and completed between 1st January 2005 and 8th July 2010: 1. Expenditure Review of Science & Technology spending (completed in 2006), 2. Expenditure Review of Science Foundation Ireland (completed in 2008), and 3. Expenditure Review of the FÃS Competency Development Programme (Completed in July 2010). In addition, two Reviews are planned to commence this...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes made a number of recommendations addressed directly to my Department. I have outlined to the House on a number of occasion â most recently on 29 June in response to a written question from Deputy John McGuinness â my Department's position on each of the recommendations. Nonetheless, I appreciate that...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: As the Deputy is aware, the annual Estimates process is coordinated by the Department of Finance. The Minister for Finance presents the Estimates for Public Services each year in conjunction with his annual Budget. As far as 2011 is concerned, the Minister for Finance has previously indicated that a â¬3 billion adjustment in public expenditure will be required next year to continue the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: The age profile of staff in my Department is set out in the following table. Under 50 50 - 60 Over 60 724 333 58 Of the 57 staff who retired in my Department since the embargo commenced in April 2009, 9 have been replaced through the redeployment of existing resources. Within the overall number of retirements since the embargo, 28 staff opted for voluntary retirement under the recent...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: My Department is currently organised into six Divisions, which broadly reflect distinct functional units. However there is also a substantial degree of co-operation and interaction between these Divisions. Table 2 outlines the current number of staff at each grade within each Division of my Department. This structure will change during the month of July as a result of the retirement of an...
- Written Answers — Departmental Accommodation: Departmental Accommodation (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: In the time available I am unable to provide the Deputy with the information sought. The information is currently being compiled by my Department in relation to the Department itself and also in relation to the Offices of the Department and I will be in contact with the Deputy again when that exercise has been completed. I will not be in a position to provide the information requested by the...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Jul 2010)
Batt O'Keeffe: I understand from Enterprise Ireland that the agency does not capture projected employment on each individual project in each individual year of the project's duration. The agency has informed me that overall its client companies have created over 52,600 jobs since 2006, with 7443 jobs in 2009, 13975 in 2008, 15969 in 2007 and 15234 in 2006. However, Enterprise Ireland has also informed me...