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Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (24 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: I brought this matter to the attention of the Chairman of the IDA Board and he arranged for an investigation, which commenced in October 2005. I understand that the process has proved to be more protracted than originally expected and no interim or other report has yet been received. The intention is that as soon as the investigation is completed the Chairman will inform me of the outcome.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Apr 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 — Corporate Law Enforcement: Corporate Law Enforcement (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) sought 20 additional staff, including 6 Gardaí. In advance of approval of these posts, full detailed costings have not been itemised. The full pay costs would depend on the exact grades and scale points which would apply to any additional staff allocated. The following table outlines the staff grades requested by the ODCE; the numbers at each...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: The objective of the Innovation Voucher initiative, which I launched in March and which is being administered by Enterprise Ireland, is to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers and small businesses to create a cultural shift in the small business community's approach to innovation whilst creating greater synergies between the two. This initiative, which is based on a...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: My Department is required to relocate 250 posts to Carlow under the Government's Decentralisation Programme and this is planned to occur by the end of 2009. As at 4th April 2007, there have been 321 applications to decentralise to Carlow with my Department. There are 108 Carlow-bound applicants assigned within the Department, with a further 73 Carlow-bound applicants yet to be assigned to...

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: I have been informed by the development agencies under the remit of my Department, that no funding or grant aid for the development of the Skellig Bay Golf Course (formerly Atlantic Links and previously Hog's Head Golf Course) in the townlands of Baslickane and Ballybrack, Waterville, Co. Kerry, was provided. All funding or grant aid pertaining to the development of sporting projects or...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: I understand that in 2003, the Drumshanbo Community Council received a grant for a Feasibility Study from Leitrim County Enterprise Board to a total value of €6,350. The purpose of this grant was to investigate the feasibility of renovating the Laird/Kepak Food Facility into a food village, now known as the Drumshanbo Food Hub. Drumshanbo Food Hub was also approved for assistance amounting...

Written Answers — Employment Statistics: Employment Statistics (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ireland and its regions. The marketing of individual areas for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency. While I may give general policy directives to the agency, I am precluded under the Industrial Development Acts from giving...

Written Answers — EU Regulations: EU Regulations (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Judgement of the Supreme Court delivered on the 29th March, 2007, in the case of Tector and Quinn, is confined to the issue as to whether the Minister for Agriculture and Food may amend Regulations which have statutory effect by further Regulations made under Section 8 of the Animal Remedies Act, 1993, or whether such amendments may be made by statute only. Accordingly, the Attorney...

Written Answers — Foreign Investment: Foreign Investment (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ireland and its regions. The marketing of individual areas for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency. While I may give general policy directives to the agency, I am precluded under the Industrial Development Acts from giving...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Early Warning System of potential job losses and firms in difficulty operating in my Department is an internal system based on material provided on a confidential basis through IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Shannon Development. Not only is the information confidential, but it is also very sensitive. Indeed, the information is provided initially by the relevant companies on the...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: The comprehensive STI Strategy launched by Government on 18 June last year, and supported to the amount of 8.2bn euro in the current National Development Plan, included a new Competitive Fund of 40 million euro for additional public sector research in 2007 and 2008. Following submissions to the Interdepartmental Committee on STI and consultation with the Minister for Finance, this Fund has...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (5 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: For the first three months of this year, 15 new employment permits were issued in respect of Romanian nationals, and 4 new employment permits in respect of Bulgarian nationals. I understand that for the same period the Department of Social and Family Affairs issued 6,265 Personal Public Service (PPS) numbers to Romanian nationals and 289 to Bulgarian nationals. My Department has been...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (4 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ireland and its regions. The marketing of individual areas for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency. While I may give general policy directives to the agency, I am precluded under the Industrial Development Acts from giving...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: The number of nominations from each gender to State boards is as follows: FÁS Female Male 2002 0 0 2003 0 0 2004 1 1 2005 6 13 2006 0 0 2007 0 0 Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Statutory Body since 2004) Female Male 2002 N/A N/A 2003 N/A N/A 2004 5 6 2005 0 0 2006 1 1 2007 0 0 Science Foundation Ireland (Statutory Body since July 2003) Female Male 2002 N/A N/A...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (4 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: Appointments to State boards are as follow: National Competitiveness Council The terms of reference of the NCC stipulates that four Members shall retire on May 31 each year, therefore, 4 new appointments will be made soon after this date. Patents Agents Registration Board/ Trade Mark Agents Registration Board Apart from the Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks the terms of...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (4 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: My Department is required to relocate 250 posts to Carlow under the Government's Decentralisation Programme and this is planned to occur by the end of 2009. In order to accommodate staff who wish to move earlier than the projected building completion date of late 2009, officials of my Department, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the OPW, as well as decentralising staff and...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (4 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: The Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2006-2013 contains a significant number of clear quantitative goals, progress towards attainment of which will be regularly tracked. Notable examples of these include the commitment to double our annual output of Science, Engineering and Technology PhDs to 997 by 2013; to increase the annual output of Humanities and Social Sciences PhDs...

Written Answers — Passports for Investment Scheme: Passports for Investment Scheme (4 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: The operation of this scheme, which was abolished by the Government in 1998, is a matter for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (4 Apr 2007)

Micheál Martin: The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio, including the purchase and disposal of property, is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency as part of the statutory responsibility assigned to it by the Oireachtas and not a matter in which I have a function. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that, in 1998, the Agency sold 1.3152 Hectares, on a leasehold basis, to...