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Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: That Bill will not be published until next year.

Written Answers — Small Business Forum: Small Business Forum (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Small Business Forum published its Report on 16 May 2006. Subsequently, it reassembled as the Implementation Body on three occasions to review progress on the implementation of the recommendations. The need for any further meetings will be kept under review.

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government was represented at the 98th International Labour Conference by Mr Dara Calleary.T.D., Minister for Labour Affairs who headed the Irish delegation to the Conference. A core aspect of this year's Conference concerned the Report of the Director General of the International Labour Office on Tackling the global jobs crisis: recovery through decent work policies. The Minister in his...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The table sets out year-on-year expenditure on the FÁS Science Challenge Initiative from its launch in 2003 to the latest available figures as at the end of April 2009. In December 2008, I commissioned an internal review of Science Challenge. The review was completed in April 2009. On the basis of its findings I directed that Science Challenge be closed down once all its existing...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: To ensure co-ordination across the agencies of my Department, Forfás was established in 1994 and is the national policy advisory body for enterprise and science. One of its functions is to ensure the coherence of policies across the development agencies supporting enterprise. The membership of the board of Forfás includes the CEOs of the development agencies of my Department including the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The opinion given at last week's Committee of Accounts Committee hearing by the Head of Strategy and Programme Implementation at Science Foundation Ireland reflects accurately one of the main conclusions contained in the internal review of the FÁS Science Challenge Initiative, commissioned by me in December 2008.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: That is not the case.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Deputy can ask a parliamentary question on the matter.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government's efforts over recent months in addressing the banking sector have had a central focus on the needs of the wider economy including the enterprise sector. A proper functioning banking sector is central to our economic recovery, as this will facilitate appropriate lending to our entrepreneurs, especially to SMEs. There are instances being reported of viable businesses being...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The amount paid by my Department in Delegate's Allowance for each of the past three years was as follows: 2006: €169,319.17; 2007: €158,526.38; 2008: €150,521.95. The amount paid by my Department in delegate's allowance from 1 January to 31 May this year was €63,878.68. Delegate's allowance is paid where an officer travels abroad as a member of a delegation representing Ireland at a...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (23 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 — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of an application for statutory redundancy in the case of the individual concerned. 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. An employee is entitled to...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The revised employment permit arrangements that I announced in April 2009 came into effect as scheduled on 1 June. The introduction and implementation of these changes were the subject of representations from, and consultations with interested parties. My Department will monitor the operation of the employment permit arrangements on an ongoing basis, in consultation with relevant parties,...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The information sought by the Deputy on the number of overseas visits for each of the past five years and the months in which the visits occurred is presented in tabular form as follows: 2004 Ms Mary Harney TD to September Mr. Micheál Martin TD from September Month No. of visits June 4 July 4 August September 1 October 1 November 2 December 1 2005 Mr. Micheál Martin TD Month No....

Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Work Placement Programme was jointly launched by the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Mary Hanafin, and I on 27 May last. My Department and FÁS are co-operating closely in relation to its roll-out. Under the programme there are two streams each consisting of 1,000 places of six months duration. The first stream is for graduates who before this year have attained a full...

Written Answers — Work Placement Programme: Work Placement Programme (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Work Placement Programme is a six-month work experience programme for 2,000 individuals who are currently unemployed. The objective of the Work Placement Programme is to provide invaluable work experience for unemployed persons, including graduates, to improve their skills and to help them into employment as soon as possible. Specifically focusing on persons who have been on the live...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I submitted an application to the European Commission on 19 June 2009 under the European Globalisation Fund seeking co-financing assistance for jobsearch, training and education supports for workers being made redundant at the Dell plant in Raheen, Limerick and in other local companies that have experienced consequential redundancies. The EGF application must be assessed by Commission...

Written Answers — CSO Data Requirements: CSO Data Requirements (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department is charged with leading the cross-Government drive to reduce administrative burdens on business. We are doing this in a prioritised way, drawing on the experiences of other Member States who are also involved in this international effort. Departments are currently identifying the "Information Obligations", contained in their legislation, likely to be causing the biggest...

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 111 together. The information requested by the Deputy in relation to advertising campaigns carried out by my Department, by the Offices of my Department and by any boards, quangos or other bodies under the remit of my Department, during the first six months of 2009, is set out in the following tabular statement. I am not in a position to provide...