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Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains in companies that are supported by Enterprise Ireland. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2009 will not be available until early 2010. The number of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland supported companies in Waterford in each of the 5 year period 2004 – 2008 are shown on the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Enterprise Ireland offers a comprehensive range of services, including both financial and non-financial supports, to companies with a business strategy that encompasses the elements required for business success. Enterprise Ireland provides a wide variety of supports and development programmes to client companies, including the Community Enterprise Centre scheme, Centres of Excellence, the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Over the five-year period, 2004 to 2008, IDA Ireland paid out a total of €21.5m in grants to its client companies in Co. Waterford. Details of these payments, on a year-by-year basis, are set out in the attached tabular statement. Table Showing IDA Grant Payments to client companies in Waterford in each of the years 2004 – 2008 Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Amount €1,554,000...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains in companies that are supported by Enterprise Ireland. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2009 will not be available until early 2010. The numbers of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland supported companies in each year of the 5 year period 2004-2008 are shown in the tabular...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Enterprise Ireland offers a comprehensive range of services, including both financial and non-financial supports, to companies with a business strategy that encompasses the elements required for business success. Enterprise Ireland provides a wide variety of supports and development programmes to client companies, including the Community Enterprise Centre scheme, Centres of Excellence, the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains in companies that are supported by IDA Ireland. Data are compiled on an annualised basis and are aggregated at county level. Over the five-year period, 2004 to 2008, a total of 53,679 new jobs were created in IDA supported companies. The number of jobs created in each of those years is shown in the tabular statement.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: During 2008 staff of my Department availed of 17 days paid trade union leave. The trade union leave arrangements in place in my Department are in accordance with Department of Finance Circular 14/1980 – "Facilities for non full-time representatives of staff associations/unions".

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: FÁS has informed me that in September 2007 it awarded a number of contracts under the union learning networks programme. That support was provided under the Strategic Alliances Initiative for projects to train low-skilled workers and to promote life-long learning. This is in line with the provisions of Towards 2016. These projects provide for the development of a regional infrastructure...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Three Civil Servants were dismissed from my Department in the last five years for misconduct. All 3 were dismissed during 2009. Confidentiality concerns preclude me from giving details of the grades of the individuals involved.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110 and 111 together. The 3% figure quoted by the Deputy is the result of annual reviews undertaken by managers with almost 1,000 staff in the Department and its offices under the Performance Management Development System, PMDS. The PMDS system does not impose any ideal or targeted distribution of ratings. My Department's priority is to ensure that PMDS is...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Organisational Review Programme, ORP, process is essentially a review mechanism to allow the Government to assess how Departments and Offices of State are performing in terms of capacity to deliver Government policy and service delivery generally. The first phase of the ORP process was launched in 2007 with a review of three Departments, including my Department. Indeed, it was a sign of...

Written Answers — Departmental Payments: Departmental Payments (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The application of the 15-day payment period requirement to local authorities and the health and education sectors remains under review. Organisations within the sector are committed to meeting their current payment periods. Suppliers experiencing difficulties in securing timely payments should, in the first instance, contact the relevant section of the organisation with which the contract...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Knowledge Economy Skills Passport programme is an innovative initiative of the National College of Ireland. It is developed in collaboration with a consortium of software companies to deliver the core skills and competencies needed for the knowledge economy. The programme is funded by FÁS. It is a blended learning course in the areas of technology and business. It comprises an...

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department is charged with leading the cross-governmental drive to reduce administrative burdens on business. We are doing this in a prioritised way, drawing on the experiences of other Member States who are also involved in this international effort. Departments are currently identifying the "Information Obligations" contained in their legislation that are likely to be causing the...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The temporary Employment Subsidy Scheme applies to vulnerable but viable companies in the manufacturing or internationally traded service sectors. It will involve the payment of a subsidy to firms to retain an agreed level of jobs. After the deadline of the 4 September last, Enterprise Ireland, which is managing the scheme, received 561 eligible applications seeking employment subsidies...

Written Answers — Enterprise Stabilisation Fund: Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government has approved a total of €100 million for the Enterprise Stabilisation Fund for 2009 and 2010. Some €50 million has been included in the Estimate of my Department for this purpose in 2009. Under the scheme, Enterprise Ireland may provide up to €500,000 to viable companies with robust business models that are facing difficulties as a result of the current economic...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Following extensive discussions with interested companies and employees in each FÁS region who wish to avail of the short-time training programme, training courses with FETAC certification are being developed and tailored by FÁS to meet local needs. It is not anticipated that individuals on systematic short-time working will take up a place on their training course until next month at the...

Written Answers — Entrepreneurial Activity: Entrepreneurial Activity (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 to 123, inclusive, together. The statistical information sought by the Deputy in relation to entrepreneurial programmes and entrepreneurial activity is not compiled or available in the format sought for the periods mentioned. Details in relation to the range of initiatives available in Ireland to support entrepreneurship were published by Forfás in...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The company in question has not been grant aided by Enterprise Ireland in respect of its operation in Freshford, County Kilkenny. The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has informed me that no other national or EU grant was paid to this company in respect of its plant at Freshford, County Kilkenny. I will set out the facilities operated by the company and the assistance received...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (15 Oct 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The total cost of official domestic travel incurred by all Ministers and Ministers of State at my Department from January 2007 to the end of September 2009 was as follows: 2007, €86,607.41; 2008, €121,543.63; and 2009 (to the end of September), €76,016.33. These figures include all identifiable costs incurred by the Ministers and Ministers of State which were paid for by my Department...