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Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: Shannon Development is the statutory agency with responsibility for indigenous industry in the mid-west area which includes north Tipperary. As Shannon Development owns the factory units, there is 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 size and location, and varies accordingly....

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (21 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: My Department does not grant-aid such developments directly. Enterprise Ireland has, in the past, managed schemes supporting community enterprise centres. Enterprise Ireland approved funding of €123,133 to Ballinasloe Area Community Development Limited for the development of an enterprise centre under its community enterprise centre, CEC, programme for 1989 to 2001, of which €107,904 has...

Written Answers — Jobs Creation: Jobs Creation (21 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: A total of 12,305 new jobs have been supported by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland in the six Border counties over the past five years and details are set out in the following table. IDA Ireland has set a high level performance target for the BMW region, of which the Border counties are an integral part. This commits IDA Ireland to try to achieve a target of 50% of all new greenfield jobs...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (21 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: As stated in the question, the judgment in this matter was received on 14 June 2005 and the document runs to 33 pages. The detail of this judgment is being studied by my legal advisers and officials at present. When that process is completed I will consider the next appropriate steps that are open to me. In the meantime I believe it is prudent not to engage in discussion of the content of the...

Written Answers — Education Grants: Education Grants (21 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: A decision to fund a client company is a day-to-day matter for Enterprise Ireland and not one in which I am directly involved. Enterprise Ireland has informed my Department that Eurocollege Institute of Education, as an internationally traded service company, falls within the remit of Enterprise Ireland. Eurocollege Institute of Education received payments of €2,382 in 2003 and €160,000...

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (21 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The settlement negotiated with the company is subject to a confidentiality clause between all the parties and their agents.

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (22 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The operation of the IDA industrial property portfolio is an operational issue for IDA Ireland and one in which I, as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, have no direct function. I am informed by IDA that it approved the sale of the relevant building to BFN Foods for the sum of €190,460 on 8 April 2002 and the sale was closed on 30 September 2002 with standard leasehold...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The work permit section of my Department took a decision to refuse this application on 13 June 2005 in line with Government policy, which is to only consider applications in respect of highly paid and highly skilled positions. The employer was notified of this decision in writing and of their right to appeal. To date no such appeal has been received.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The work permit section of my Department has informed me that they have no record of a work permit application in this instance. Since the accession of the ten new member states on 1 May 2004 it is Government policy only to consider applications in respect of highly paid and highly skilled positions.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (22 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy cannot be provided within the timescale available. Officials of my Department are currently compiling a list of reports which have been published by my Department since June 1997. As a significant number of reports would have been prepared internally by Department staff, the proportion of staff time which related to the preparation of these reports...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (23 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. In the period 2000-04, new jobs — gross gains — in County Kildare in all IDA assisted companies accounted for 5% of total new jobs in the period. In the same period, new greenfield, first-time jobs in County Kildare in IDA assisted companies accounted for 1%...

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (23 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: I am aware that the company in question is undertaking a major restructuring and upgrading of its plant in Naas, County Kildare. Employment will reduce from 480 to 235 following the restructuring. However, I understand that the company has chosen Ireland as the international manufacturing site for its next generation electronic mirrors and that this will involve substantial new capital...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment incurred no costs in relation to the two Nice treaty referenda.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (23 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The current position in relation to the transposition of EU directives for which my Department is responsible indicates a total of 28 directives to be implemented, including eight for which the deadline for implementation, in full or in part, has passed. Details of the directives, including, the number, title and purpose of each directive and the current position in respect of transposition...

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (23 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio, including the purchase and disposal of property, is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency as part of the statutory responsibility assigned to it by the Oireachtas and not a matter in which I, as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, have any direct function. I have been informed by IDA that in August 2004, the...

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (23 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio, including the purchase and disposal of property, is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency as part of the statutory responsibility assigned to it by the Oireachtas and not a matter in which I, as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, have any direct function. Compilation of the material required to answer the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (28 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: I assume the Deputy is referring to the approval by Enterprise Ireland of a capital grant of €200,000 for a food enterprise centre on the Coolnanave industrial estate under its community enterprise centre 2002 scheme. A decision on funding is a day-to-day matter for Enterprise Ireland and not one in which I am directly involved. I am informed by Enterprise Ireland that Ballyhoura...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: My Department has not used the services of models in promotional activities, policy launches or any other departmental events since 1997. Expenditure by the agencies on promotional activities is a day-to-day matter for each agency, and I have no function in this regard.

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (28 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland in the west region is investing significantly in the provision of a number of planned and focused property solutions. IDA Ireland is developing world class business and technology parks at a number of towns throughout the west region, including Ballinasloe. The goal is to ensure that these locations have the appropriate property solutions tailored to specific key sectoral targets...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (28 Jun 2005)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland in the west region is investing significantly in the provision of planned and focused property solutions. IDA Ireland is developing world class business and technology parks at a number of towns throughout the west region, including Tuam. The goal is to ensure that these locations have the appropriate property solutions, tailored to specific key sectoral targets, to attract inward...