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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department pays banking charges on transactions made through Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) and on foreign payment transactions. Banking fees are also paid for the maintenance of bank accounts held by my Department for the purposes of making EFT payments. A breakdown of the amounts paid by my Department in banking charges and fees from 2006 to date is provided on the table. Nature of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The costs incurred by my Department for the provision of bottled water for 2006, 2007 and 2008 are as follows, this includes the cost of water provided by means of water coolers: 2006 - €13,147.39; 2007 - €39,818.06; 2008 - €29,757.59.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: A renewal Work Permit is being issued in this case in the next three days.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Payments of grant aid are not made by my Department. Payments are made by the Industrial Development agencies under the aegis of my Department and are a day to day operational matter for the agencies. I do not have any role in the day to day operational matters of these agencies.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of an application for statutory redundancy in respect of the individual in question. Under the Redundancy Payments Scheme all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. A redundancy situation arises in general where an employee's job no longer exists and he/she is not replaced. It is up to the employer...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Depending on the nature of the initiative in question, the Deputy should advise the individual to contact the Galway County Enterprise Board (091-565269/www.galwayenterprise.ie) or the Galway office of Enterprise Ireland (091-735900/www.enterprise-ireland.com). The County Enterprise Boards provide financial and non-financial supports to individuals and small businesses with 10 or fewer...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: An application in respect of the above named was received in the Employment Permits Section on the 11/02/2009. This application was refused and the applicant was notified of this decision in writing by letter dated 28/04/2009 and of their right to appeal within 21 days. An appeal was lodged on the 21/5/2009 but as this was received outside the 21-day timeframe it could not be heard. In...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Matters relating to payment of grant aid or commitments to pay grant aid are day to day operational matters for the Industrial Development agencies. I do not have any role in the day to day operational matters of these agencies.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (10 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: FÁS offers a wide range of training courses and delivery methods to suit individual client needs in the development of their skill-sets. In 2009 I have almost doubled the number of activation training and work experience places through FÁS to 128,000. This is a substantial increase on the 66,000 places, which were available at the end of last year. Of these 92,000 training places on...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (11 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: FÁS Job Clubs were introduced in 1999 to assist people who were actively seeking employment by providing support for the job search process and an environment in which it could be carried out. Independent Sponsor Groups are contracted by FÁS on a year to year basis to run the programme. Job Clubs are seen as an important resource and intervention for those who have recently completed...

Written Answers — Environmental Levies: Environmental Levies (11 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The question appears to relate to the Aggregates Levy which is in operation in the United Kingdom. I understand that the levy was introduced for environmental purposes and is applicable to the extraction of virgin aggregate in the United Kingdom and to imported virgin aggregate on its first use or sale in the United Kingdom. I understand further that in 2004 the European Commission decided...

Written Answers — Vetting of Personnel: Vetting of Personnel (11 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Recruitment for all Community Employment posts that allow applicants substantive unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults requires Garda vetting. Fully completed and documented Garda vetting application forms are sent by FÁS to the Garda Central Vetting Unit within 10 working days. Delays may occur in cases where the vetting application forms are not correctly completed or...

Unemployment Levels: Motion. (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "commends the Government for its management of the economy and the public finances by implementing policies which will lay the foundation for a return to prosperity and which are aimed at stabilising and revitalising the banking system, restoring sustainability to the public finances, underpinning...

Unemployment Levels: Motion. (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I apologise that I may disappoint Deputy Morgan in not adhering to his final request.

Unemployment Levels: Motion. (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The global economy is facing a sustained and unprecedented economic challenge. Every economy in the developed world is struggling to cope with the global economic storm, exacerbated by credit constraints and prolonged by a decline in consumer and investor confidence. Ireland is not immune to those challenges, which are impacting negatively on growth and employment. Domestically, as the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Grants are not provided by my Department. Provision of grants is made by the Industrial Development agencies under the aegis of my Department and is a day-to-day operational matter for those agencies. I do not have any role in the day-to-day operational matters of the agencies.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department have examined the matter and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the redundancy payment has been processed and payment of the claim is expected to issue this week.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: This application was refused on the grounds it is current Government policy to issue new work permits for highly skilled, highly paid positions or for non-EEA nationals who are already legally resident in the State on valid employment permits or where there is an officially recognised scarcity of workers of a particular type or qualification. Furthermore, newspaper advertisements for 3 days...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am advised by FÁS that the funding arrangements for CE participants in education is under review.

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 71 together. The Government is, with the Social Partners, currently exploring possible measures in order to support people in employment who are at risk of losing their jobs.