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

Micheál Martin: Those are the recommendations in the report.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 219 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 Ltd: in 1997, a payment of £10,579.63 for IT work; in 1998, a payment of £889.96 in respect of research software; in 1999, a payment of £121.00...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The work permit section of my Department has informed me that a work permit issued to the above named individual on 16 October 2003 and was valid until 15 October 2004. There is no record of any further work permit applications having been received in this case.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 to 224, inclusive, together. A breakdown of employment figures by area in the Dublin region is not available. The tables attached give an outline of employment gains and losses in client companies of the enterprise development agencies by sector in Dublin for the years 2002, 2003 and 2004. Figures for 2005 will not be available until early 2006. Overall...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (19 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Nationals from outside the European Economic Area or Switzerland, in the category referred to by the Deputy, may be permitted to work in Ireland provided the employee is granted a work permit.

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (20 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: It is a matter for the liquidator of IFI to realise the assets of the company, including its properties in Arklow, and to apply the funds raised in the settlement of the debts owed by the company. In this regard, I understand that a contract has been signed for the sale of the company's main production site in Arklow and that it is hoped to close the sale in the near future. While the...

Written Answers — Estate Agents Regulation: Estate Agents Regulation (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The licensing of estate agents is currently a matter for the courts and, therefore, is more appropriate to my colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. However, I am aware that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform published the report of the auctioneering-estate agency review group on 18 October 2005. My Department was represented on this review group. The...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The work permits section of my Department took a decision to refuse applications for work permits in respect of the named individuals on 6 October 2005. The employer has been notified of this decision in writing and has been informed of their right of appeal. To date no such appeal has been received.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: My Department operates to detailed guidelines when commissioning outside expertise from our consultancy or research budgets. In that regard, my Department interprets consultancy as relating mainly to the provision of advice and research as relating to the compilation of information or data. The guidelines state, inter alia, that the requirements for external consultancies and-or research...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: All proposals for funding from my Department's consultancy and research budgets are evaluated against the criteria outlined in my response to the Deputy's Question No. 365, also for answer today. These criteria have ensured maximisation of the effectiveness of both the consultancy and research subheads. My Department is satisfied that value for money has been achieved in all cases.

Written Answers — Competition Authority: Competition Authority (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 368 to 372, inclusive, and 374 together. The Competition Authority is an independent statutory body which was established under the Competition Act 1991 and continued under the Competition Act 2002. I have no role in relation to the day-to-day activities of the authority regarding the way in which it discharges its statutory functions nor do I have any...

Written Answers — Competition Authority: Competition Authority (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: There is no administrative appeal against a decision of the authority not to investigate a complaint. However, the Competition Act 2002 provides for a right of private action to any person for breaches of competition law. The authority acknowledges that complaints are a vital part of its campaign to stamp out anti-competitive behaviour in Ireland and it has published, both on its website and...

Written Answers — Competition Authority: Competition Authority (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: There are currently three members of the Competition Authority. Details about their professional backgrounds are posted on the authority's website at www.tca.ie. Mr. Declan Purcell was appointed to the Competition Authority in April 1998. He previously worked in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in a wide range of management positions, including industrial policy development,...

Written Answers — Irish Fertilizer Industries: Irish Fertilizer Industries (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Following the decision by the board of IFI to put the company into liquidation, ICI and the State, the shareholders in IFI, while there was no legal obligation to do so, established a special fund with almost €24.5 million to provide ex gratia severance payments to the former employees of IFI. Payments from the fund were made in accordance with the basis for distribution determined by the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: It is estimated that €41,694.00 has been spent by my Department in bringing into effect the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 2003.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (25 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: According to figures provided by the Central Statistics Office from the 1995 labour force survey and the most recent quarterly national household survey, unemployment in the Border region has dropped from 17,800 in 1995, to 10,300 in the second quarter of 2005. Over the same period, the unemployment rate for persons in the Border region has dropped from 11.4% to 4.9%. While the quarterly...

Written Answers — Foreign Travel: Foreign Travel (26 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The following are the foreign conferences attended by my predecessor and I since June 2002. In addition to the overseas conferences listed as follows, my predecessor made a number of visits to attend meetings and conferences in Northern Ireland during the period: second European economic summit of the World Economic Forum in Salzburg, Austria, 15-17 September 2002, attended by the Tánaiste...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (27 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Employment data are collated by Forfás on a calendar year basis, January-December; it is collected at county level only and not broken down to specific towns. The following table shows the number of full-time jobs created in County Mayo in companies supported by the enterprise development agencies for the years 2002, 2003, and 2004. Employment numbers in agency-assisted companies are not yet...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (27 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: Ireland is undergoing a positive transformation in how we earn our living from international trade and investment. This transformation builds on the success of consistent, pro-enterprise policies that have made the economy adaptable to globalisation. These policies have enabled enterprise in Ireland to make the most of new opportunities thrown up by changing trends in the global flows of...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 Oct 2005)

Micheál Martin: The work permits section received a work permit application in respect of the individual concerned on 19 October 2005. The section has written to the employer requesting further details, and is currently awaiting a response.