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Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am informed by the IDA that in the period 2007 and to date in 2010 no company has been approved in Dungarvan for capital grant assistance. Grants paid in a particular year do not necessarily refer to approvals in the same year as it is up to the individual company when they choose to drawn down the grant. Due to client confidentiality it is not possible to divulge details of grants paid...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I have been informed by IDA that in the period 2007 to date in 2010 only one company has been approved in Dungarvan for Employment Grant Assistance. Grants paid in a particular year do not necessarily refer to approvals in the same year as it is up to the individual company when they choose to drawn down the grant. Due to client confidentiality it is not possible to divulge details of...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: For reasons of confidentiality, the Enterprise Ireland funding approvals for any county are not broken down by city and county. Approvals and payments to client companies for County Waterford for each of the past 3 years and to date in 2010 are set out in the attached tabular statement. Job creation data in respect of companies supported by Enterprise Ireland is collated by Forfás on an...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am informed by IDA that American Express Business Travel currently hold the contract to arrange travel for the Agencies located in Wilton Park House. Those agencies include IDA Ireland, Forfas, Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI). The contract was awarded mid 2010 by IDA on behalf of these Agencies through a public procurement process and was...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Question Nos. 277 to 279, inclusive, together. Under the first call for the Employment Subsidy Scheme (ESS1), 24 companies in Co. Clare were approved for support. This resulted in 353 full time job subsidies and these companies committed to maintain 2,038 employees to 30 November 2010. Enterprise Ireland was the state agency tasked by Government with the management of all...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am informed by IDA Ireland that in the period from the beginning of 2009 to date in 2010, there have been 20 site visits by potential investors to County Clare, including the Shannon Free Zone, 10 in 2009 and 10 in 2010. In the same period there were 21 such visits to the Shannon Free Zone arranged by Shannon Development, 12 in 2009 and 9 to date in 2010.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Specific activation policies, or measures targeted at the unemployed are the responsibility of my colleague the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills Ms. Mary Coughlan, through skills provision, employment programmes and work placements and questions relating to the specific programmes should be addressed to the Tánaiste and her Department. The role of my Department is to ensure...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department and its offices maintain a variety of websites providing advice and guidance to citizens and businesses alike. Many of the sites, including the Department's main site have been designed to in accordance with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Others have text-only versions to improve accessibility. Similarly many of these websites have...

Written Answers — Job Initiative: Job Initiative (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I understand from Enterprise Ireland that, at this point in time, no active enquiries are known to the agency regarding the facility concerned. The agency will continue to be of assistance to the company concerned in finding a replacement business for the facility.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (10 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Thirty members (twenty seven full-time equivalents) of staff of my Department availed of the incentivised career break scheme. One staff member was subsequently allowed to return to work under the hardship provisions of the scheme and one resigned from the scheme. The net savings to the Exchequer over the term of the initiative will amount to approximately €2,208,000.00

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (9 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department currently operates a number of services using the Lo-Call Designation 1890. Lo-Call 1890 options are available to customers wishing to contact my Department's main Switchboard number, wishing to contact various high demand call flow areas within the Department, such as the Quality Customer Services area or wishing to contact operator services to the Call Centre services...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (9 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Question Nos. 421 and 422 together. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that, in the time available, it is not possible to provide the detailed information requested by the Deputy. I have asked the agency to provide it to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Deputy will be aware that my predecessor, the Tánaiste, when Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, launched a public consultation in relation to the introduction of Code of Practice for Grocery Goods Undertakings in August 2009. A total of 29 responses were received to the public consultation and these responses can be viewed on my Department's website at www.deti.ie. Following...

Written Answers — Daylight Savings Time: Daylight Savings Time (9 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: On the changing from summer time to winter time and vice versa, the clocks in my Department and in the Offices of my Department are normally changed by staff members or by the Department's Service Officers/OPW electrician as part of their normal duties. Grant Payments

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (4 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 266 together. The role of Longford County Enterprise Board, as one of the thirty-five County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) throughout the country, is to provide a source of support for micro-enterprise in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (4 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 265 and 267 together. The role of the Westmeath County Enterprise Board (CEB) is to provide support for small businesses with 10 employees or fewer in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level throughout Westmeath. Business growth and...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (4 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am informed by the IDA that there have been no site visits to Tuam in 2009 and to date in 2010 although there were a total of 58 visits to Galway by potential investors in that period. As part of its strategy to attract inward investment, IDA Ireland introduces a prospective client company to 3 or 4 selected locations/towns which can meet the company's requirements for skills, labour, site...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (4 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I am informed by IDA that a 97 ha site in Athenry Co. Galway was acquired from Teagasc in December 2007. These lands were identified as having the potential to be developed for utility intensive development as part of IDA's Strategic Sites Initiative. IDA Ireland is working on the delivery of infrastructure and services to the site. Developing the access road into the site has been the...

Written Answers — Sale of Alcohol: Sale of Alcohol (4 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The sale of alcohol is essentially regulated by the liquor licensing laws, which are the policy responsibility of the Minister for Justice and Law Reform and I have no direct function in this matter. The use of aggressive pricing strategies in any business is a legitimate marketing tool and is the normal outcome of the competitive process. Low cost and below cost selling by a retailer,...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (4 Nov 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: In Ireland, co-operatives usually register as industrial and provident societies under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts (IPS Acts). However some choose to register as a company, and indeed some of the larger agricultural cooperatives use both company and industrial and provident legal forms in their group structures. The Registry of Friendly Societies (RFS) administers the IPS...