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Written Answers — Departmental Travel: Departmental Travel (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Within the last two weeks, my officials have circulated the Department of Finance's main guidelines on foreign travel to the agencies under my Department's remit. All agencies have been asked to confirm by 15 December that the guidelines are being complied with. It is my intention that the on-going compliance by the agencies with these guidelines will be monitored on a regular basis in...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Two Industrial Development agencies under the aegis of my Department, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, together with the relevant County Enterprise Boards (CEBs), are responsible for enterprise development in the areas in question. At present, there are 47 IDA Ireland supported companies in the Midlands region, employing over 5,300 people. Enterprise Ireland has 33 client companies in the...

Written Answers — North-South Economic Development: North-South Economic Development (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I had one meeting with Minister Foster since my appointment as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment during which we discussed a range of economic issues affecting the economy of both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland. These discussions form part of an ongoing process of North/South co-operation to strengthen our economic development in order to gain competitive advantage in...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The tables below outline the number of staff employed in the private and constituency offices of the Ministers of State at my Department. The tables also show the totals of the annual salaries payable to the staff in question, based on their current salary points. Billy Kelleher TD, Minister for Labour Affairs Offices of Minister Billy Kelleher No. of staff employed Total annual salary...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are clients of the industrial development agencies. Information is collected on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2008 will not be available until early 2009. The numbers of new jobs created by IDA supported companies in Co Roscommon in each year of the ten year period...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are clients of the industrial development agencies. Information is collected on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2008 will not be available until early 2009. The numbers of new jobs created by IDA supported companies in Co Leitrim in each year of the ten year period...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains in companies that are supported by Enterprise Ireland. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2008 will not be available until early 2009. The numbers of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland supported companies in Co Roscommon in each year of the ten year period 1998-2007 are shown on the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains in companies that are supported by Enterprise Ireland. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2008 will not be available until early 2009. The numbers of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland supported companies in Co Leitrim in each year of the ten year period 1998-2007 are shown on the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Employment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey or QNHS and published by the CSO. The latest release provides data for Quarter 3, June-August 2008 which indicates that there are 2,120,800 in employment. This reflects a decrease in employment in the year of 25,200 or 1.2%. The drop in employment, while regrettable, must be seen in the light of the unprecedented growth in...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Given the current employment and training challenges facing this country, my intention is that FÁS concentrate on its core mission of providing high quality training and employment services relevant to the needs of the labour market. Specifically, this means addressing the situation affecting redundant apprentices, training for the unemployed, providing supports to people with disabilities,...

Written Answers — Manufacturing and Services Sectors: Manufacturing and Services Sectors (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The Irish economy is now one of the most globalised in the world. As a consequence, the uncertainty created by the current international financial crisis has had a significant impact on our economy. Our comparative advantage will increasingly lie in the production of knowledge-intensive goods and services. With that in mind, a range of policies are being pursued to enhance competitiveness...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey or QNHS and published by the Central Statistics Office. The numbers unemployed are not broken down on a sectoral basis. However, data on redundancies is available by sector. Employment/unemployment fluctuations and redundancy data for the years 2004 to 2008 are set out in the following table. The data above reflect the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Employment data in respect of agency assisted companies are collated on an annual basis and as such it is not possible to supply figures in respect of jobs created to date for 2008. The table below sets out the number of jobs created in enterprise agency assisted firms (IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Shannon Development) broken down by sector for the year 2007. Over the last number of...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together. Ireland is no longer a low cost economy and therefore we must seek to develop economic competencies higher up the value chain. In that regard, we continue to work to maintain and enhance our framework competitive conditions, and promote new areas of competitive advantage. While the economic environment is more challenging than we have...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Decisions to relocate companies or elements of their supply chain are a reality of the modern globalised economic environment. Companies adjust their plant location and utilisation strategies to address matters such as accessing new markets, moving production nearer to customers, meeting firm or market specific customer relationship issues, accessing technology in addition to business...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Employment/unemployment is measured by the Quarterly National Household Survey (June-August 2008), published by the CSO. It does not provide data on particular counties but only on Regions. Employment in the Mid East Region, which includes Kildare, has dropped by 3,200 and unemployment has increased by 6,600 in the year to Quarter 3 2008 (June-August). The recent increase in the numbers...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: There are many factors apart from costs that influence a firm's decision to relocate, therefore, it is not possible to determine the number of jobs which may have been lost to lower cost economies. Decisions to relocate companies or elements of their supply chain are a reality of the modern globalised economic environment. Companies adjust their plant location and utilisation strategies to...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Two Industrial Development agencies under the aegis of my Department, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, together with the local County Enterprise Board (CEB) are responsible for enterprise development in County Kildare. As recently as last Friday, I was in Maynooth for the formal launch of Sentenial, an Enterprise Ireland client company. This company has grown from some 30 people in a...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: Some day the Deputy will believe himself.

FÁS Investigation. (10 Dec 2008)

Mary Coughlan: The current chairman and board of FÁS were appointed by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in 2006, in accordance with the provisions of the Labour Services Act 1987. I met with the chairman and some members of the board of FÁS on 28 November and expressed my strong dissatisfaction at the events that had taken place in the public affairs division in FÁS. At the meeting the...