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Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: That is not the Bill to which I referred, which was No. 52.

Order of Business (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: It would also help if the Government knew the answer.

Report of the Joint Committee on European Affairs: Statements (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Whips and the Government for facilitating this debate. This report is one of four that the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs has produced in the current year. Given the importance of being at the coalface of discussions of European-related issues, the committee felt this was an area in which it had a worthwhile submission to make. The White Paper on Integration of...

Report of the Joint Committee on European Affairs: Statements (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Report of the Joint Committee on European Affairs: Statements (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: I acknowledge the worthwhile and useful contributions made by the Minister of State and other speakers.

Special Report on New EU Legislation: Statements. (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Recognition.

Special Report on New EU Legislation: Statements. (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Well done.

Special Report on New EU Legislation: Statements. (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to take up where my respected colleague, Deputy Penrose, left off. The interpretation of regulations is something we have at our own behest. For example, the French have a very healthy attitude to a proposal that affects them primarily. They laugh at it. They take an uproarious fit of laughter at something like the regulation mentioned by Deputy Penrose. If it affects them...

Unemployment Levels. (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she has made provision or will make such provision for the retraining of persons who may have lost their jobs in the course of the economic downturn; if the resources available to her Department are sufficient to meet the full anticipated cost of such requirements; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to improve competitiveness in the manufacturing and service sectors here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41850/08]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will issue to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 which was submitted to her office recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42055/08]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if she will have the matter clarified or rectified; the process whereby the person's work permit can be reissued urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42056/08]

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she or her Department have investigated the situation whereby it appears that recent currency fluctuations likely to benefit Irish consumers do not appear to have been passed on particularly by chain stores with similar outlets here and in the UK or Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken or will take to reduce manufacturing costs here with particular reference to ensuring the competitiveness of Irish goods on world markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42058/08]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she or her Department have carried out an assessment of the number of manufacturing jobs which have in the past five years relocated to other more cost competitive jurisdictions; her plans to avert this trend in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42059/08]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which jobs in the services sector have relocated to other jurisdictions in each of the past five years; her plans to address these issues in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42060/08]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans she has to address the issue of job relocation to lower cost economies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42062/08]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she or her Department have sought or received reasons for the relocation of a major component of the Irish insurance industry to India; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42061/08]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if adequate funding has been or will be made available to FÁS to facilitate the provision of adequate training facilities to meet the needs of the economic recession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42063/08]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (20 Nov 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has provided adequate funding to meet the expected requirements of FÁS in respect of job retraining in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42064/08]