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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation having regard to the various job creation initiatives put in place in the past two years, if particular areas of job creation have indicated specific or greater potential; the extent, if any, to which any such appraisal can lead to a future of selection of schemes most likely to maximise job creation and alleviation of the numbers on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action that will be taken to ensure that subcontractors are paid in respect of State contracts when the main contractor is being paid but the subcontractor is not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52088/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken in the wake of the various jobs initiatives created by Government over the past two years to assess the extent to which opportunities arose to a greater extent in the public or the private sector, in manufacturing or services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52060/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs created in the manufacturing and services sectors in each of the past four years to date in 2012; those that have arisen through foreign direct investment; those created in the indigenous sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52061/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs created through innovation and technology in each of the past four years and to date in 2012; the number of such that were as a result of foreign direct investment or indigenous industry in both manufacturing and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52063/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate, arising from his discussions with stakeholders in the indigenous sector, the extent to which specific reasons have been identified for job losses in manufacturing or service sectors; if it has been found possible to address the most commonly quoted causes for such losses; the action taken or likely to be taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost in each of the past five years and to date in 2012; if in the indigenous sector or in the area of foreign direct investment; the most often quoted reason for job relocation from this to other jurisdictions; the steps he has taken to address such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52062/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Upward Only Rent Reviews (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which upward only rent reviews continue to remain a reason for closure or job losses in the retail or commercial sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52064/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he is satisfied of the ability of industry here to compete with the competition in domestic and export markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52066/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent if any to which in the course of discussions with stakeholders it has been found possible to identify a means whereby existing employers can employ a percentage of extra staff without incurring greater costs thereby reducing the social welfare budget and increasing production in both services and manufacturing; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of temporary jobs or internships created over the past two years under the various initiatives taken by her and full time jobs created as a result; the extent to which it may be found possible to replicate the best practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52058/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate, arising from the various job creation initiatives, internships or apprenticeships created under the various schemes introduced by Government over the past two years that have been in the public or private sector; the degree to which permanent positions have arisen as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52059/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in respect of determination of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51938/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the particular elements of the habitual residency condition that were not satisfied in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51960/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Overpayments (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it was determined that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was deemed to have received an overpayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52069/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No.111 of 25 October 2012 regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 wherein refusal of back to education allowance was on the basis of the applicants course not being of a higher grade than they had studied previously which did not take account of the fact that the student did not complete the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding dietary allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52072/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which it has been concluded that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is refused jobseeker's allowance on the grounds they are not genuinely seeking employment having particular regard to the high level of unemployment here; if their case will be reviewed as a matter of urgency with a view to immediate payment; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way it is concluded that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is deemed not to qualify for disability allowance under the habitual residency clause in view of the fact that they have lived continuously in this country for the past 72 months with the exception of the six months ending September 2012 and bearing in mind that they are an EU...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Applications (22 Nov 2012)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way it has been concluded that a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is deemed to be not genuinely seeking employment in view of the fact that they supplied evidence to the contrary and that they are competing against 450,000 others who are unemployed at this current time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52075/12]