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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Compensatory leave is granted to staff in my Department in respect of sanctioned early morning duties and sanctioned overtime. Responsibility for the management of compensatory leave in my Department has been devolved to local line management. It is the policy of my Department not to release information in respect of individual staff records.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Staff in the personnel unit of my Department are aware of their responsibilities under the Data Protection Act in respect of the maintenance and disclosure of personnel data. It is not the practice of personnel unit to give personnel files of staff to external parties. However, when required for legal cases, personnel files have been copied for the Chief State's Solicitor's Office. In...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Since 2002 seven people in my Department have been granted leave in excess of two months for educational purposes. One officer is currently undertaking the masters programme in public policy analysis. The programme is a two-year full time programme involving academic study and projects in public policy evaluation. Upon successful completion of the programme, the officer will return to my...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Under my Department's refund of fees scheme, the costs of appropriate third level courses, which are pursued in an officer's own time, are refunded on successful completion of such courses. Staff are encouraged to participate in the scheme as it enhances their personal development while assisting the Department to meet its business objectives. Of 45 applications approved under the scheme in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Under my Department's refund of fees scheme, the costs of appropriate third level courses, which are pursued in an officer's own time, are refunded on successful completion of such courses. Staff are encouraged to participate in the scheme as it enhances their personal development while assisting the Department to meet its business objectives. Over the past three years, 126 officers in my...

Written Answers — : (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: At end September 2005 there were 979.17 full-time equivalent staff serving in my Department. In the past 18 months my Department spent €941.22 in respect of 20 briefcases, the majority of which were required by labour inspectors and the average cost of briefcases purchased during this period was €47. There were no refunds to staff in respect of briefcases. The largest amount paid for one...

Written Answers — : (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: My Department uses the Blackberry as its PDA-type device of preference. This device gives selected officers of the Department the ability to keep up-to-date with their e-mail and appointments schedule while away from the office, while also providing mobile phone services. At present there are 83 of these devices in use in my Department and its associated offices, out of a total staff serving...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: There are no members of staff in my Department who have been exempt for a period in excess of six months from attending meetings, dealing with correspondence, dealing with telephone queries, home or foreign travel, using computers or other duties by virtue of a medical certificate.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 525 and 526 together. My Department has no record of entering into any contracts with Accenture during the period in question. The Department has identified the following payments to a company named Gartner Group UK Limited: in 1997, a payment of £10,579.63 for IT work; in 1998, a payment of £889.96 in respect of research software; and in 1999, a payment of...

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (18 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The National Competitiveness Council, NCC, in its annual competitiveness report 2005, found that of the 16 countries benchmarked, Irish expenditure on non-life insurance was the fourth highest. However, the NCC also found that the rate of growth in the cost of insurance has slowed down substantially in recent years. This can be attributed to the series of initiatives the Government has pushed...

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin would have a different form of regulation.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: It is too early to say.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: We lost out on a few all-Ireland tickets because of it.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The dioxin levels have decreased by 20%.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: They have decreased by 20% in Cork Harbour.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy should get perspective.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: No. The Deputy cannot distort the EPA figures.

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy did not even vote for sewage treatment.

Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the quarterly national household survey results. It is important sometimes to reflect on our achievements and to pause for a moment to understand what is happening in our economy. The figures published by the Central Statistics Office last month tell a compelling story of transformation. I pose an important question to the House. What does an...

Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The figures from the latest quarterly national household survey are marked proof of the effectiveness of Government policies in the areas of employment and the labour market. Our recent economic success has been remarkable. The so-called "jobless growth" of the early 1990s has long since been replaced by consistent employment creation. Employment increased by 93,000 in the 12 months to August...