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Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he or his Department have examined or focused on the cause or causes of job losses throughout the country in the past six months; if he has proposals to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4173/08]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he proposes to take to improve the competitiveness of the economy thereby safeguarding jobs and discouraging relocation to lower cost economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4172/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a refund of income tax is due in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4434/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of applications for primary medical certificates received by the relevant adjudicating body in each of the past five years; the number granted or refused on medical grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4436/08]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he proposes to take to address the ongoing problem of job relocations to more competitive economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4423/08]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has undertaken research to identify the most commonly accepted causes for relocation of jobs to other economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4424/08]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken in the past five years to counter the flow of jobs to more competitive economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4425/08]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the underlying reason for the relocation of jobs to EU countries and non-EU countries with specific reference to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4426/08]

Written Answers — Employment Growth: Employment Growth (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs expected to be created in 2008; the number of jobs expected to be lost in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4427/08]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main cause or causes for the hidden inflation resulting in the relocation of jobs here to more competitive economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4428/08]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure the provision of adequate finances for the expansion of the various community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4429/08]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department has complied with the Government's decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4430/08]

Written Answers — Skill Shortages: Skill Shortages (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that the workforce is adequately qualified to meet the requirements of industry in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4431/08]

Written Answers — Foreign Direct Investment: Foreign Direct Investment (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that the extent of inward foreign investment is sufficient to ensure an adequate labour force to meet competitive requirements in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4432/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of applications for respite grant received on a monthly basis in his Department since the inception of the scheme; the number granted on a monthly basis in the same period; the number refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4418/08]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4437/08]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4438/08]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects a decision to issue in the matter of family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4439/08]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if due regard has been given to their particular circumstances on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4440/08]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Feb 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if inquiries into the authentication of documentation in the matter of application for family reunification in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Cork have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4441/08]