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Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (8 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: I understand that FÁS funded Community Employment projects in the Midlands Region, which are providing a service to persons with disabilities in the local area, have been approved to recruit current vacancies up to the approved level. FÁS Employment Services is assisting CE projects in this recruitment process.

Written Answers — Community Initiative Projects: Community Initiative Projects (8 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The EQUAL Community Initiative Programme is funded by the European Social Fund and seeks to identify and address fundamental forms of discrimination and inequality in the labour market through the development of new and innovative policies and practices initiated by EQUAL Development Partnerships. The Programme started in 2000 and ends in 2007. EQUAL has been delivered in two Rounds. In...

Written Answers — IDA Properties: IDA Properties (8 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 and 109 together. The Management of the IDA property portfolio is a day to day operational matter for the Agency and is not one in which I have a function. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that, at present, there are 67 IDA owned buildings of which 27 are unoccupied. In addition, the Agency leases 83 units from private investors and 35 of these units...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that a work permit application was received in respect of the above named person. The permit was refused and the applicant subsequently lodged an appeal of the decision. The appeal was successful and a Work Permit has now been issued.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The amount spent on travel and subsistence by my Department for the first nine months of 2007 was €1,557,964.53. Expenditure by my Department on travel and subsistence for the first nine months of 2006 was €1,653,603.60. Expenditure on travel and subsistence for the first nine months of 2007 was therefore lower than in the corresponding period in 2006.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (7 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: All issues in relation to visa or residency applications are a matter for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. An employee who is the holder of a valid work permit for the same employer for a period of 60 months is entitled to receive an unlimited work permit. This permit remains valid provided the person remains with that employer. No fee is required for an unlimited permit...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (7 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: I am advised by the Employment Permits Section of this Department that the person referred to has been a work permit holder since 2002. We would look favourably on a new application if submitted to our section.

Written Answers — Construction Industry: Construction Industry (7 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: No representatives of the Construction Industry Federation (CIF) participated in the recent Trade Mission to London. That Trade Mission had several distinct elements; — an event for Irish Software companies meeting representatives of the London local authorities; — participation in the Techlink UK-Ireland conference, involving the Life Science and Technology sectors; and, finally a...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: Agency employment data does not distinguish between Waterford (city and county) and as data is collated on an annual basis, no data is yet available for 2007. The table below sets out the position in relation to the number of full time job gains and job losses in firms assisted by the enterprise development agencies under the aegis of my department (Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland) for...

Written Answers — Employment Action Plan: Employment Action Plan (7 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The inter agency forum in question was established by the Waterford County Manager. It included representatives of the relevant Industrial Development agencies under the aegis of my Department. I understand from Waterford County Council that no expenses or other costs have been incurred by the forum. The administrative costs are borne by the County Council and each agency is responsible...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (7 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The company in question is a client of the Industrial Development agency Enterprise Ireland. The agency has developed a committed business relationship with the company over a number of decades, and has offered support in developing the company's Irish manufacturing base and in increasing its exports. In relation to the current situation, Enterprise Ireland has already arranged two meetings...

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 237, 244, 248, 253, 254 and 257 together. In March this year, the European Council agreed that "administrative burdens arising from EU legislation should be reduced by 25% by 2012. Taking into account the different starting points and traditions the European Council invites Member States to set their own national targets of comparable ambition within their...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: A holder of a Green Card who previously held a work authorization / work visa issued by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform may in certain circumstances change employer within 12 months of issue of a Green Card. This position has been conveyed to the applicant.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that a green card application was received in respect of the above named person. The permit was refused and the applicant subsequently lodged an appeal of the decision. The appeal was successful and a Green Card Permit has now been issued.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: State support for enterprise and job creation is channelled through the industrial development agencies. While I may give general policy directives to the development agencies, I am precluded under the Industrial Development Acts from giving directives regarding individual industrial undertakings, or from giving preference to one area over others. Through its range of overseas offices, IDA...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: FÁS offers a comprehensive menu of vocational training and employment supports for people with disabilities, consistent with current mainstreaming policy. People with disabilities are encouraged to apply for training and the appropriate supports are put in place to meet their particular individual needs. If people with disabilities cannot meet the requirements of mainline vocational...

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

Micheál Martin: A fully functioning Single Market is of crucial importance for growth, competitiveness and employment in Europe and, in this respect, the timely and correct transposition of EU Internal Market Directives into national law plays a vitally important role. The European Commission's Internal Market Scoreboard, published twice a year, highlights how successful each Member State has been in...

Written Answers — Single Market Review: Single Market Review (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Internal (or Single) Market is one of the European Union's most significant achievements. It has created jobs and stimulated growth. It has created an agreed set of rules for businesses that now have access to a market of 500 million consumers. It has generated high quality safety standards and has offered consumers (including business consumers) a wider choice of goods and services at...

Written Answers — Company Law Review: Company Law Review (6 Nov 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Government has approved the drafting by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel of the Companies Consolidation and Reform Bill along the lines of the General Scheme prepared by the Company Law Review Group. The General Scheme was designed to provide an appropriate framework for the formation and operation of companies and is framed primarily with private, commercially operating, companies...