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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given within his Department in the past two and a half years regarding a student loan system, as opposed to the college grant system; if such a student loan system would be State funded; if his attention has been drawn to the substantial number of families who are currently over the threshold of the current grant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Rankings (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that the majority of Ireland's seven universities dropped places in the QS world university rankings table; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38305/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 439. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he and his Department intend to take to ensure semi-State bodies and other organisations and bodies under various Government Departments advertise vacant positions through the Public Appointments Service and publicjobs.ie that is in a clear and transparent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37032/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman Staff (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 442. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of expressions of interest he and his Department received from persons interested in being appointed to the Office of the Ombudsman following on from public advertisement for the position over the summer; if he is satisfied with the procedure undertaken to seek the suitable candidates for the position; if the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 443. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider including Bus Átha Cliath - Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann, Coillte Teoranta, Commissioners for Irish Lights, amongst others that are currently exempted under section 1, Part 2 in the Freedom of Information Bill 2013 for the purpose of transparency of public funding; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 444. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason he has included only Iarnród Éireann in the Freedom of Information Bill 2013 and not other transportation agencies such as Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 477. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department is monitoring the current Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks currently underway in Washington DC; if his Department has examined the initial position papers that the EU has made public on various aspects of the negotiations regarding the specific agricultural, food, marine and other related...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 491. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department is monitoring the current Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks currently underway in Washington DC; if his Department has examined the initial position papers that the EU has made public on various aspects of the negotiations; if these positions are in the best interests of Ireland in each case; and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 478. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or officials in his Department have discussed changing current legislation dealing with the disclosure of profits by supermarket chains and major supermarket groups, in view of the fact that they are not revealing profit figures and their financial data based on their operations here; if his attention has been drawn to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 499. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reform the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to ensure the State's compliance with recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37291/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 523. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to other jurisdictions where a cooling-off period is in place before it is legal to accept payment for work touted from door-to-door sales; if such laws are currently in place here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38352/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 493. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits carried out by the Industrial Development Agency to County Wicklow to date in 2013; if they were accompanied by potential investors on each visit; the outcome of such visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37038/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 494. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the parties, in addition to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel in the Office of the Attorney General, involved in the drafting of the Companies Bill 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37047/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 495. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the outcomes of his five day trade and investment mission to China and Japan in July 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37055/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Data (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 497. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline Ireland's economic and trade co-operation with Morocco; if he will provide a breakdown in the annual trading figures for the past two years between the two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37156/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 498. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the funding allocated through the microenterprise loan fund scheme through Microfinance Ireland for a particular area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if he will provide a breakdown of the figures; the number of applications received; the number approved; the total value of loans approved to each business; the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 501. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the consumer protection and competition Bill; if he will clarify if the legal drafting has been finalised; when he expects to be in a position to publish the Bill; when he expects to commence Second Stage of the Bill; if he will clarify the Oireachtas committee to which the Bill will be referred on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Functions (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 502. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to move or relocate the Employment Permits Section of his Department and align it with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service under the auspices of the Department of Justice and Equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37362/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 503. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that there is an adequate degree of separation between the Deciding Officers in his Department on matters of Employment Permits, to that of the Appeals Officer, also within his Department, in order to ensure a fair, appropriate and transparent appeals mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37364/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Application Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 504. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of work permits granted by his Department in each year from 2007 to present; if he will tabulate the nationalities of the workers in receipt of these work permits; the sectors for these work permits were granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37383/13]