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Employment Support Services. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: We will happily give the Minister of State that opportunity.

Employment Support Services. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I thank the Minister. Is he aware that a very impressive presentation was made to the Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business by the Mallow development partnership, which presented innovative proposals for integrated development in a hub town setting? Will the Minister provide funding, even on a pilot basis, to see if such integrated strategic planning can grow enterprises in a town...

Employment Support Services. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister return to the question? We are not dealing with education now.

Employment Support Services. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I asked a general question.

Employment Support Services. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Certainly.

Departmental Appointments. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister regret that the first such position was not filled by open competition? Was his announcement of the moving of the former chief science adviser to a new position done at his instigation? If not, who instituted that move? When was it first mooted to create a position as research co-ordinator within the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources? Why was this...

Departmental Appointments. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: That is not my question. Does the Minister regret that the post was not filled by open competition?

Departmental Appointments. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: It seems he was not good enough to retain.

Departmental Appointments. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: He was the right person to appoint but the Government could not hold onto him.

Departmental Appointments. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I will repeat my question in a very focused way. Perhaps then I will get an answer. When was it first decided to create the position of research co-ordinator within the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and why was that position not advertised?

Departmental Appointments. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: When?

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: No. 19 relates to a Bill published six years ago. An order of the House was made three and a half years ago that it be considered by the entire House. It is now proposed that it go to a select committee under instructions to have a remit to amend it greatly and encompass issues that were not debated on Second Stage. Why is this procedure used? Would it be better to introduce a new patents...

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I am querying the procedure.

Order of Business. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: There will not be any Second Stage debate on the new issues.

National Minimum Wage. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections carried out by the labour inspectorate of his Department to ensure payment of the national minimum wage in 2004 and to date in 2005; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by labour inspectors that they do not have adequate resources to police the national minimum wage; if his...

National Minimum Wage. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Does the Minister of State accept the total number of inspections carried out this year will amount to little more than half the number carried out in 2002? Will he confirm that 31 labour inspectors are in place? I refer to the enforcement of sectoral agreements, to which the Minister of State referred, which is a serious issue animating many workers. More and more complaints are being made...

National Minimum Wage. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: How many inspectors are in place today?

National Minimum Wage. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: How many are working today?

National Minimum Wage. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Absolutely, I just want to know how many are actually on the job.

National Minimum Wage. (6 Dec 2005)

Brendan Howlin: With regard to legislation that might protect sectoral agreements, does the Minister of State accept there is a growing view that the minimum wage is an acceptable wage for certain classes of industry? Is this a concern where a higher wage has been negotiated and should be acceptable? A group of workers from Comerama, County Kilkenny, are currently outside this House. Will the Minister meet...