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Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for State with special responsibility for Lifelong Learning, Youth Work and School Transport does not have a dedicated office in this Department. Instead, a senior official of the relevant business unit in my Department is appointed to liaise with the Minister of State and to provide him with the necessary support in the performance of his functions.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for State with special responsibility for Disability Issues and Mental Health does not have a dedicated office in this Department. Instead, a senior official of the relevant business unit in my Department is appointed to liaise with the Minister of State and to provide him with the necessary support in the performance of his functions.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: There are currently a total of thirteen Directives due to be transposed by my Department up to 2010. All Directives are expected to be transposed on schedule bar one overdue Directive (2006/139/EC), which will be transposed in November 2007. There are three Directives due for transposition before 31 December 2007 by my Department as follows: 1. Directive 2006/139/EC amending Council...

Written Answers — Small Business Sector: Small Business Sector (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: I have no plans to set up a small business register.

Written Answers — Skills Register: Skills Register (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 271 together. There is no skills register for either County Monaghan or County Cavan maintained under the auspices of my Department or its agencies. I am aware that other county and local authorities are considering the establishment of a skills register for their respective areas. However, it is a matter for these bodies to decide whether there is a...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (1 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: I understand from Enterprise Ireland that 31 redundancies were recently announced at the company in question and a further 15 people are ceasing work on 2 November, 2007. I am very conscious of the implications of these redundancies for the workers involved. The relevant State agencies, particularly the Industrial Training agency FÁS, will provide every support they can to any of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The scheme of performance-related awards in the civil service applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. It does not apply to Secretaries General. Details of awards to individual officers under the performance related scheme are not disclosed on the basis that they are confidential to the officer concerned. However I can say that during 2007 awards totalling €168,000...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Chief Scientific Adviser to Government, Professor Patrick Cunningham, has examined the scientific aspects of Genetically Modified Foods and Feeds and, arising from his role in providing advice to Government on relevant scientific issues, provided a paper on this topic in September 2007. I circulated this to all members of the Cabinet Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Innovation for...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 301 and 302 together. The purpose of the Employee Retention Grant Scheme is to assist employers to retain employees who acquire an illness, condition or impairment which impacts on their ability to work. The scheme is open to all companies in the private sector. Funding is available to support the retention of any existing employee, at any level or...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: I understand from IDA Ireland that Boston Scientific recently announced a head count and expense reduction plan which is part of the company's overall plan to bring expenses in line with revenues and restore competitiveness. The company confirmed that the vast majority of the cuts announced will be in non-manufacturing jobs in the United States. The process of deciding the exact...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: Since my initial appointment as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in September 2004, I have had many meetings and briefings with and from the IDA as well as Enterprise Ireland, FÁS and the County Enterprise Board. I have also visited County Donegal on a number of occasions since my initial appointment and met with local business and representative organisations in towns and...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio is a day-to-day operational matters for the agency and not a matter in which I have a function. The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are clients of the industrial development agencies. Information is aggregated at county level....

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Employment Permits Section of my Department has informed me that a work permit application was received in this case. This application was refused on the basis that her immigration status renders her ineligible to apply for a work permit while in this country. The Employer was notified of this decision in writing, and has since lodged an appeal. This appeal will be heard within the next...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio is a day-to-day operational matters for the agency and not a matter in which I have a function. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that the Agency owns six individual landbanks in County Kildare — Naas, Athy, Monasterevin, Castledermot, Newbridge and Kildare Town. Of these sites, the lands at Kildare Town lands are the only...

Written Answers — Trade Missions: Trade Missions (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: The table below lists the Ministerial-led Trade Missions undertaken in the last 12 months. In the case of the Trade Mission to the Gulf (Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) in January 2007, three of the companies who participated in that Mission were based in County Kildare. There were no other instances of Kildare addresses being given by participants, but it could be the case that...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: The provision of grant assistance for individual companies is a matter for the development agency or body concerned, and not one in which I have a direct function. Enterprise Ireland has primary responsibility for indigenous companies in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sectors. Enterprise Ireland supports companies employing 10 or more people, and start-up companies...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: My Department does not compile specific annual statistics on the number of new start up SMEs that have commenced trading in the State nor their geographic basis. As an assistance to the Deputy, the closest approximation to the information sought may be derived from the number of new companies registered each year and the yearly number of VAT registrations. However these figures in...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: Employment data in respect of companies supported by the enterprise agencies (Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Shannon Development) is collated by Forfás on an annual basis and accordingly there is no data available for 2007. The attached tabular statements show the number of new full time jobs created in Enterprise Agency assisted companies for each of the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. In...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: Employment data in respect of companies supported by the enterprise agencies (Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Shannon Development) is collated by Forfás on an annual basis and accordingly there is no data available for 2007. The attached tabular statements show the number of full time jobs lost in Enterprise Agency assisted companies for each of the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. Number of...

Written Answers — Youth Employment: Youth Employment (31 Oct 2007)

Micheál Martin: Data in relation to the number of people in employment classified by age group is compiled by the Central Statistics Office and is available on the CSO website (www.cso.ie). The data, covering the age group 15-19, and broken down between part-time and full-time, is set out below. The latest data in respect of 2007 is Quarter 2 (May 2007). Number of persons aged 15-19 in employment Total...