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

Andrew Doyle: 505. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the parameters of the discussions held with Ministerial colleagues at the Informal Competitiveness Council meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania on 23 and 24 July 2013; if he will detail any agreements reached; if he will provide an update on matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37413/13]

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

Andrew Doyle: 506. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will review the highly skilled occupations list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37455/13]

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

Andrew Doyle: 512. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current legal standing for products sold to Ireland to have country of origin on their labelling; if products are permitted to have "Made in the EU" labelling as opposed to labelling indicating they were made in a specific country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37541/13]

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

Andrew Doyle: 513. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will discuss the recent EU trade deals that took effect with Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama; if he will detail the bilateral trade between Ireland and the three countries; if he will detail the way the joint labour and environmental standards will impact on Ireland; when he expects the trade deal to be expanded to Costa Rica,...

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

Andrew Doyle: 524. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps his Department intend to take to ensure semi-State bodies and other organisations and bodies under the remit of his Department 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. [39255/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Agencies Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 530. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have the Pensions Board renamed the pensions authority and its chief executive renamed the pensions regulator; the person she intends to appoint to act as her representative on the authority; the process by which a chairperson will be appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37375/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 569. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the main measures that will be contained in new legislation to have fathers' names on birth certificates becoming compulsory for the first time; if her attention has been drawn to circumstances where a couple have separated and the mother subsequently has a child with her new partner, before the divorce comes through on her first marriage; in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 573. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Intreo offices will be provided in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37123/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 580. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of internships through JobBridge have positions that have been advertised by the Health Service Executive to date since the start of the programme; the role of each of the positions advertised; the exact date each position was advertised, when it was filled, for how long each position lasted for; if any of the positions replaced...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 581. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to bring forward proposals that when persons go on the live register that they be supplied with an information booklet explaining exactly the way the social welfare system functions, rather than just receiving a social welfare card in the post, including information regarding resulting matters when one leaves the live register; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Places (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 582. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that it is appropriate for the new Education and Training Boards taking out paid advertising in regional and local media to attract applicants to the JobBridge scheme, if there is no possibility of employment at the end of their internship; her views that internships should only be made available for such boards if a job is available to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Bodies Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 595. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have the Pensions Board renamed the Pensions Authority and its Chief Executive called the Pensions Regulator; the person she intends to appoint to act as her representative on the Authority, to work alongside the representative of the Minister for Finance; the process by which a chairperson will be appointed; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 596. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the report she commissioned (details supplied) will be used as part of the Departmental discussions in the allocation for her Department for Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37379/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 597. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a county-by-county breakdown of the funding made available as part of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance by her Department for each of the past five school years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37384/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Payments (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 598. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual subvention that is paid to Dublin Bus by her Department for the free travel scheme, providing a bus pass to citizens over the age of 66 years, for each year from 2007 to date in 2013; when the last review was conducted by her Department on the way that subvention figure is calculated; if the new public services card that is being...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Payments (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 599. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual subvention that is paid to the operators of the LUAS by her Department for the free travel scheme, providing a free travel pass to citizens over the age of 66, for each year from 2007 to present; when the last review was conducted by her Department on the way that subvention figure is calculated; if the new public services card that is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Payments (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 600. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual subvention that is paid to the each private transport operator by her Department for the free travel scheme, providing a bus pass to citizens over the age of 66, for each year from 2007 to date; when the last review was conducted by her Department on the way that subvention figure is calculated; if the new public services card that is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Payments (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 601. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the annual subvention that is paid to Irish Rail by her Department for the free travel scheme, providing a bus pass to citizens over the age of 66 years, for each year from 2007 to date; when the last review was conducted by her Department on the way that subvention figure is calculated; if the new public services card that is being rolled out by...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 603. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the ESB occupational pension scheme specifically the contributory defined benefit pension scheme; the date on which this scheme was changed to a defined contribution; if she will outline the details regarding the Pension Regulator winding up this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37453/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (18 Sep 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 612. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of firms that have taken on persons as part of the jobsplus scheme since its launch date; the number of persons that have recently become employed through this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37579/13]