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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Dec 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The budget allocations of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in 2007, 2008 and 2009 were €4,823,000, €4,957,000 and €5,535,000 respectively. The numbers of full-time equivalent staff in the Office at the start of 2007, 2008 and 2009 were 34.8, 39.6 and 44.8 respectively. The current staff complement is 49.3. These staff include Gardaí and accounting, administrative,...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (17 Dec 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 to 47, inclusive, together. The National Construction Centre at Mount Lucas was established to provide training of plant construction operators, including delivery of the full range of Construction Skills Certification Scheme programmes and Safepass, for which FÁS is the designated competent authority under the relevant Statutory Instrument (Recognition of...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (17 Dec 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Employment Subsidy Scheme is designed to support the maintenance of vulnerable jobs and prevent people from being made redundant. As a result of the First Call, companies have now committed, as part of their application, to retaining in excess of 35,000 jobs. The Second Call is open to exporting and non-exporting companies from all sectors of the economy that employ more than 10...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: While the decision of SR Technics to move operations from Ireland is regrettable, the relocation of companies, and with them jobs, is a reality of the modern global economic environment for a highly developed economy such as Ireland. This shift in the structure of international trade poses challenges to economic policy makers in all developed countries, not just Ireland. It must be...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Government Decision of 19 May 2009 regarding the reduction of payment periods by Government Departments to 15 days included a requirement for Departments to report quarterly to my Department on their performance in meeting this target. These reports are to be submitted by the 15th day of the month following the end of the quarter. The Reports provide details of invoices paid within 15...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Some 1,056 civil servants are currently employed in my Department and the Offices under its aegis. This equates to 988.98 in fulltime equivalent terms. A number of the staff of my Department have studied economics, or economics-related subjects, prior to joining the Department. As my Department does not currently have a comprehensive record of the educational qualifications achieved by...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Therefore, information on individual locations or breakdown by job description is not available. As companies provide data on a confidential basis, for statistical purposes...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Therefore, information on individual locations or breakdown by job description is not available. As companies provide data on a confidential basis, for statistical purposes...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department administers the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) in relation to redundancy matters on behalf of the Department of Social and Family Affairs. There are two types of payment made from the SIF – rebates to those employers who have paid statutory redundancy to eligible employees, and statutory lump sums to employees whose employers are insolvent and/or in receivership/liquidation. I...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Enterprise Ireland is the lead government agency responsible for the development of indigenous enterprise. It supports companies employing 10 or more people and start-up companies which have the potential to employ 10 or more people and reach or exceed €1m in exports over three years. Enterprise Ireland offers a comprehensive range of services, including both financial and non-financial...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Director General of FÁS is provided with a car by FÁS in accordance with the terms of his contract of employment.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: My Department does not provide direct funding or grants to businesses but provides funding to a number of State Agencies, including the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and Enterprise Ireland, through whom assistance is delivered directly to businesses. Subject to certain eligibility criteria new and developing micro-enterprises may qualify for financial support from the CEBs in the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: As stated in my previous reply, IDA Ireland continues to actively promote the Waterford region to overseas investors. Currently there are 31 IDA Ireland supported companies in Waterford City and County employing approximately 5,960 people. Clear evidence of a transition to more knowledge based and higher value activity is seen in the resilience of companies such as Bausch & Lomb, Honeywell,...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund was submitted to the European Commission on 25 September 2009. The application has been circulated by the Commission's EGF Unit in the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities to other relevant Directorate Generals within the Commission for consideration. Thereafter, and subject to any further clarifications...

Written Answers — Consumers' Rights: Consumers' Rights (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The protections afforded consumers in circumstances where they purchase goods which turn out to be faulty are set out in the Sale of Goods legislation, principally the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980, and also in the European Communities (Certain Aspects of the Sale of Consumer Goods and Associated Guarantees) Regulations 2003 (S.I. No. 11/2003...

Written Answers — Job Initiative: Job Initiative (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The Labour Market Activation Fund announced in the Budget 2010 is intended to provide additional effective training and education opportunities to the unemployed through a market-driven and innovation seeking mechanism. It will specifically target the low skilled, the under 35s and those suffering from structural unemployment in the manufacturing, construction and retail sectors. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Details of savings arising out of recommendations in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which are incorporated in my Department's Estimate for 2010 are provided on the table. In addition to the savings outlined on the table, further savings will be realised in 2010 through the reduction in staff numbers and in pay levels across my Department...

Written Answers — Consumers' Rights: Consumers' Rights (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: Responsibility in relation to the negotiation of commercial contracts between parties such as retailers and suppliers is essentially a matter for the contracting parties themselves. It should be appreciated that such negotiations are not homogenous in their nature and reflect the fact that considerations may apply in relation to negotiations between a supplier and a particular retailer that...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 192 together. Since the announcement of the DELL and related redundancies in Raheen in January 2009, FAS has already provided guidance service and training courses to over 1,500 workers made redundant. Enterprise Ireland and the local Vocational Education Committees also continue to promote and offer their business advice, grant aid and educational...

Written Answers — Job Initiative: Job Initiative (19 Jan 2010)

Mary Coughlan: The wide range of recommendations in the Mid-West Task Force report cover both local and national issues. In that respect, the Government has been responding to the economic downturn generally and has taken numerous initiatives, for example in relation to competitiveness and cost competitiveness, industrial employment stabilization, and employment activation measures. All of these measures...