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- Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: Consumer protection law obliges traders offering a product for sale to indicate the selling price and the unit price of that product and to ensure that the indication of the selling price and of the unit price is clearly visible. Complaints in relation to products being offered for sale where the price or unit price is not clearly visible should be brought to the attention of the National...
- Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Government acknowledges that Ireland's economy is facing many difficulties none more pressing than our high levels of unemployment. In the last two years in response to rising unemployment levels the Government has introduced a wide range of measures to combat unemployment. In the past year, to prevent unemployment I introduced the â¬100 million Enterprise Stabilisation Fund and the...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the Review of Towards 2016 the Government committed itself to introducing amending legislation to exclude voice-over actors, freelance journalists and session musicians from the provisions of Section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. This commitment takes into account, inter alia, that there would be negligible negative impacts on the economy or on the level of competition, and, having...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In late 2008 a number of matters came to my attention with regard to the FÃS Science Challenge Initiative including that of high expenditure and I commissioned a review of this programme. The review concluded that the initiative was outside of the main remit of FÃS, did not represent best value for money on the basis of efficiency, effectiveness and economy and that there was no evidence...
- Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.
- Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I refer to the answer to Question No. 7715 of 16 February 2010 in relation to the relevant Irish application for co-financing assistance under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. In the interim State agencies such as FÃS and Enterprise Ireland have made, and continue to make, the full range of their employment, training, guidance and advisory services available to all workers made...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: A moratorium on recruitment and promotions, applying to all public and civil service bodies, has been in place since March 2009. Recruitments and promotions cannot be made without the sanction of the Minister for Finance. This affects both the National Consumer Agency (NCA) and the Competition Authority. However, in recognition of the short-term resource problems being faced by the NCA,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: I have given consideration to the correspondence submitted. The objective of the proposal is effectively to have the State assume the costs for non-performing property investments where business owners are paying back large mortgages for secondary properties. The suggestion is that normal repayments due in respect of these investments would be retained by the business person to spend on...
- Written Answers — Grocery Industry: Grocery Industry (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The Renewed Programme for Government contains a specific commitment to "implement a Code of Practice for doing business in the Grocery Goods sector to develop a fair trading relationship between retailers and their suppliers" and "to review progress of the Code and if necessary to put in place a mandatory code". The Government will give effect to this commitment by including a specific...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated and will be communicated to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Local Employment Service: Local Employment Service (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The information requested is being collated and will be communicated to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: FÃS commissions customer surveys of its employment services in respect of clients who have registered with the agency. These surveys are conducted externally and usually by telephone. The most recently conducted survey (2009) covered clients who registered in 2008, and included questions on client background and outcomes, frequency and means of contact with FÃS and overall satisfaction...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The OECD's report "Activation Policies in Ireland" has provided a valuable contribution in helping to form Ireland's response to our rising unemployment levels. The report is based primarily on statistics and information relating to 2006 and 2007. Since the report's publication Ireland's labour market policy and investment in the area of skills have been re-focused on the growing number of...
- Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: A total of almost â¬122.0 million European Social Funding has been received into the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment accounts since 1 January 2007 to date. The amount of this funding allocated to project activity is â¬106.7 million and the balance of â¬15.3 million relates to payments on account that were received from the European Commission. This is broken down by year...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: This year in order to address the issue of unemployment in this country, my Department will invest more than â¬1 billion in the provision of a range of labour force measures. The total number of training and work experience activation places funded by my Department will be approximately 147,000. This compares to the 66,000 places that were delivered in 2008 and the 130,000 places delivered...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The work placement programme provides the unemployed with the opportunity to take up a placement in their chosen occupation and gain valuable experience or perhaps, to work in another sector that may hold better future employment prospects. While the programme is voluntary the placements offered under the programme will help to ensure that the unemployed are kept close to the labour market,...
- Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The information requested is being collated and will be communicated to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: In the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Mar 2010)
Mary Coughlan: The 2010 Revised Estimates for Public Services which were published on 18 February set out the details of my Department's budget for 2010. My Department's budget for this year amounts to â¬2.011 billion, including â¬421.6 million from the National Training Fund. The 2010 budget for my Department represents an increase of â¬113 million, or 6%, on the 2009 outturn. My Department's 2010...