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Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (15 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: European Directive 2008/104/EC on Temporary Agency Work was adopted in 2008 with a transposition date of 5 December 2011. A central aim of the Directive is to ensure protection of temporary agency workers by applying the principle of equal treatment in their basic working and employment conditions. Earlier this week, Government approved the publication of a Bill entitled Protection of...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (15 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits and all applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. I wish to advise the Deputy that, following completion of the appeals process, a Work Permit has now issued in this case.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (14 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits and all applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. I wish to advise the Deputy that this Work Permit application was refused on the 26th July 2011 on the grounds that it is current Government policy to issue new employment permits only in respect of: · highly skilled,...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: The total spend of my Department and the Offices of my Department on Public Relations companies for each year since 2006 is as follows:- Year Public Relations Costs 2006 €142,997 2007 €296,216 2008 €147,900 2009 €20,303 2010 €29,011 YTD 2011 €18,226 The expenditure levels for the period 2006 to 2008 are higher than those recorded in subsequent years, due to a number of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: The total spend of my Department and the Offices of my Department on public advertisements in national and local media for each year since 2006 is as follows:- Year Advertising Costs 2006 €723,192 2007 €760,895 2008 €457,926 2009 €255,446 2010 €113,035 YTD 2011 €131,610 These figures include the cost of all public advertisements undertaken in print media, broadcast media...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: Section 5.4 of the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour excludes staff holding temporary unestablished positions and whose tenure is coterminous with that of the relevant Minister from the restrictions on engaging in political activity as set out in section 5 of the Code.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: The following table identifies the number, names and salary details of all Special Advisors appointed to my Department since the new Government came to office on 9th March 2011. Both Special Advisors report to me as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation. Name Date Appointed Salary Mr. Conor Quinn 30th March 2011 €80,051 Mr. Ciaran Conlon 29th March 2011 €127,000

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not provide direct funding or grants to businesses but provides funding to a number of State Agencies, including the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and Enterprise Ireland, through whom assistance is delivered directly to businesses. The role of the CEBs is to develop indigenous potential and stimulate economic activity at a local level primarily through the...

Written Answers — Foreign Direct Investment: Foreign Direct Investment (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: In early 2010, IDA Ireland published 'Horizon 2020', its strategic blueprint for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Ireland in the coming decade. FDI has been, and will continue to be, a key element in the export led recovery of the economy. Horizon 2020 sets out a road-map of what is needed to fuel Ireland's future success with leading global corporations, setting the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: The legal existence of a company is not governed or affected by the redundancy of its employees. Current information in relation to the status of companies is publicly available on the companies register at www.cro.ie. I have no function in relation to the pension arrangements of the company concerned. The legislation in relation to the regulation of pension schemes is a matter for my...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not provide direct funding or grants to businesses but provides funding to a number of State Agencies, including the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and Enterprise Ireland, through whom assistance is delivered directly to businesses. The role of Dublin City Enterprise Board as part of the network of CEBs is to develop indigenous potential and stimulate economic...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: The company in question is a large processor of poultry that currently employs 650 people and works directly with 150 contracted farmers who rear chickens on their behalf. The company has a turnover of €168m of which €137m is spent in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and it pays out €20m in wages and salaries per annum. The company supplies chicken products to the main supermarkets in...

Written Answers — Credit Guarantee Scheme: Credit Guarantee Scheme (13 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy is referring to the Temporary, Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme which should be in operation by the end of March 2012. An Invitation to Tender was published on Monday 5th December to select on Operator for the Scheme. In parallel with this selection process, I will be introducing appropriate legislation in the Oireachtas to underpin the introduction of the Scheme. The Scheme is...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (8 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: I launched the South East Action Plan on Friday, 2 December last. A press release, available on my Department's website at the address below, refers. http://www.djei.ie/press/2011/20111202.htm The report referred to therein can be accessed via the Forfás website at the following address: http://www.forfas.ie/media/021211-South_East_Action_Plan_Pub lication.pdf

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: One Secretary General retired from my Department in the period from January 2008 to date. Mr Sean Gorman Secretary General retired on the 22 October 2011. Mr Gorman was 59 at his date of retirement. Mr Gorman received a gross lump sum in the amount of €380,452.50, a gross severance gratuity in the amount of €126,817.50 and is entitled to receive a gross annual pension of €126,817.50....

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (7 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits and all applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. I wish to advise the Deputy that, following completion of the appeals process, a Green Card permit has now issued in this case.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (7 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: The main legislative provisions governing liquidation under the Companies Acts are Part VI of the Companies Act 1963, Part VI of the Companies Act 1990 and Part 5 of the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001. In general the liquidation of a company is the process whereby the assets of a company are collected and disposed of and the resulting proceeds are applied, if there are sufficient funds, in...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: The Crafts Council of Ireland, funded by my Department through Enterprise Ireland, is the economic development organisation for the crafts industry in Ireland. The Crafts Council's Strategic Plan 2010 – 2012 sets out a challenging programme of activity with its main focus on developing and growing the craft industry in Ireland. The Crafts Council works closely with my Department and other...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 40 and 43 together. I would like to refer the Deputies to my reply to questions 99, 89 & 102 dated 1 December 2011 on this matter. The position remains unchanged.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Richard Bruton: This undoubtedly has been a difficult budget and it has had to be so. The new Government has inherited a situation in which spending is running more than 40% ahead of what is being raised in taxation. Ireland is locked out of all the borrowing markets and is in a position in which the only source of borrowing now available to us is from the European Union and the IMF and even then only on...