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Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (31 May 2005)

Micheál Martin: The work permits section of my Department has issued 9,349 total work permits, including both new and renewal permits, from 1 January 2005 to 30 April 2005.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (31 May 2005)

Micheál Martin: The tabular statement sets out the gains and losses in manufacturing jobs of agency supported companies in County Kildare in the years 2003-04. These data are only compiled on an annual basis. As the statement indicates, there has been a net increase in agency supported jobs in the manufacturing sector in Kildare over the two year period of 589. Overall permanent employment in agency...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (1 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The following table shows data available to the managing authority for the productive sector operational programme and includes both public and private spending through the research and development programmes under the aegis of six Departments included in the operational programme. The Departments involved are Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Education and Science, Agriculture and Food,...

Written Answers — Departmental Publications: Departmental Publications (1 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: There is one report awaiting publication in my Department. The Expert Advisory Group Report on Bullying in the Workplace will be submitted to Government in June 2005 and is expected to be published thereafter. The former Minister of State with responsibility for labour affairs, Deputy Fahey, announced the establishment of the advisory group in August 2004. The 2005 Estimates of the Department...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (1 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment, FDI, to Ireland and its regions. While I may give general policy directives to the agency I am precluded under the relevant legislation from giving directives regarding individual undertakings or from giving preference to one area over others. On 23 July 2004, IDA Ireland, through a series...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (1 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland, including its regions and areas. IDA Ireland is committed to regional development as a core part of its strategy and has set itself a high-level performance target for the BMW region. This commits IDA Ireland to try to achieve a target of 50% of all new greenfield jobs to be...

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (1 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: There are 13 county enterprise boards operating in the BMW region. These boards deliver the micro-enterprise measure under the BMW regional operational programme 2000-06. The specific types of county enterprise board, CEB, assistance available to micro-enterprise from the measure is broken down between: measure 1 project support expenditure, including grants for feasibility studies,...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (1 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The issue of job creation is a day-to-day operational matter for the industrial development agencies under my remit, and not one in which I have a direct role. Enterprise Ireland, the agency with primary responsibility for developing indigenous industry, has at its core the objective of supporting and stimulating balanced regional development, in line with the vision set out in the national...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (2 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 178 together. The following table sets out the total number of registrations for VAT maintained by the Revenue Commissioners, which is taken as the best indication of the number of enterprises operating in the country. It is estimated that approximately 90% of all enterprises are micro-enterprises and about 98% in total are SMEs. The table reflects the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (2 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: In so far as the agencies under the aegis of my Department, those being IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Shannon Development, are concerned, the information sought by the Deputy and supplied to me by them is set out in a tabular statement and is in respect of the year ended 31 December 2004. Sector Total Number of Companies Total Numbers Employed Chemical Products 119 19,985 Textile...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (2 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The only commissions, inquiries or tribunals commenced by my Department in the period from 1995 to the end of 2004 relate to the area of company law inquiries. In respect of those company law inquiries commenced since 1997, I refer the Deputy to my replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 68, 88 and 108 of 31 May 2005. As the information requested is not readily available for the 1995-96...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (2 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: As part of the Government's current decentralisation programme it was decided that 250 of my Department's core staff will be relocated to Carlow. The Department was identified as an early mover in the third report of the decentralisation implementation group, which gave an indicative timeframe of the second quarter of 2008 for completion of the Department's new building in Carlow. The current...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (14 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: In advance of the Irish Presidency of the EU in 2004, the internal mechanisms of this and other relevant Departments and the procedures for monitoring the transposition of directives across Departments were reviewed and strengthened. In that regard, all Departments were largely following best practice as outlined in the Commission's recommendation even before it was adopted. The Taoiseach has...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: My Department has been making good progress in implementing its decentralisation programme and has been selected for inclusion among the organisations listed as the potential early movers of the decentralisation programme. The Department's decentralisation implementation plan was revised earlier this year in light of the recommendations in the third report of the decentralisation...

Written Answers — Small Claims Procedure: Small Claims Procedure (14 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The consumer strategy group's report, Make Consumers Count, which was published on 18 May 2005, includes a recommendation that the maximum award in the small claims procedure be increased from its current limit of €1,269.74 to €3,000. As I advised at the publication of the CSG's report, the scope and breath of the recommendations contained in the report will require a co-ordinated...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (14 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: Shannon Development is the statutory agency with responsibility for indigenous industry in the mid-west area. All agency owned factories and industrial units in County Clare are in Shannon Development ownership and there is, therefore, no rental cost due from the agency. Rent charged by Shannon Development to tenant companies is based on the market value for the unit, having regard to its...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: As part of the decentralisation programme, the Government decided that the headquarters of Enterprise Ireland, including 300 posts, would relocate to Shannon. Enterprise Ireland identified the posts to be transferred and these were advertised as part of the central applications facility, CAF, at its launch in May 2004. As requested by the Department of Finance, Enterprise Ireland prepared...

Written Answers — Company Investigation: Company Investigation (14 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 405 to 407, inclusive, together. The warehousing provision referred to was included in the Competition Act 2002 in line with standard international practice for regulating transactions of a purely financial investment nature. The rationale for the provision is essentially to lighten the regulatory burden for mergers and acquisitions which raise no competition...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (14 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: I travelled to Australia for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations. My official party comprised my private secretary and I. The duration of the visit was seven days from Saturday, 12 March to Friday, 18 March, inclusive. The costs which have been finalised to date amount to €8,998.83, including all flight and hotel costs. There are other costs which are being met initially by the Department of...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (14 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: Following the recent review of FÁS employment schemes which comprise community employment, CE, social economy and job initiative, JI, I announced that with effect from 10 November 2004, that there would be no compulsory lay offs on JI but that participants would have their contracts renewed for a further term. In circumstances where people leave JI voluntarily, the community organisations...