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Seanad: Industrial Development Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (6 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: I again thank Senators Coghlan and Leyden and other Members for their co-operation and facilitation of the speedy passage of this Bill. While it is technical in nature, it is an important Bill and I appreciate their co-operation and assistance at this time of year. I also thank my staff for the work they have put into this issue for some time.

Seanad: Industrial Development Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages. (6 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: I suspect they are particularly happy with the degree of facilitation shown in the House this evening.

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: Wait, Bernard.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (5 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The most recent Quarterly National Household Survey published by the Central Statistic's Office on 30 November, 2006, shows that for the third quarter of 2006, there were 533,500 people in employment in the Border, Midland and Western region. The corresponding figures in 2004 and 2005 were 489,800 and 512,700 respectively. This substantial growth in employment over that last two years is...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (5 Dec 2006)

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 temporary basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (5 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: Following the decision by the Board of IFI to put the company into liquidation, ICI and the State, the shareholders in IFI, while there was no legal obligation to do so, established a special fund with almost €24.5 million to provide ex-gratia severance payments to the former employees of IFI. Payments from the fund were made were in accordance with the basis for distribution determined by...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: Under the Government's decentralisation programme, FÁS is due to transfer its head office including some 383 posts to Birr, County Offaly. There is no sub-category for specialist posts. To date, a total of 102 FÁS staff have expressed an interest in relocating to Birr, broken down as follows: 26 FÁS staff have volunteered to move (outside of CAF) 6 FÁS staff have signed up through the...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (5 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits Section of my Department has indicated to me that, given the particular circumstances in this case, they are prepared to look favourably on this application and an officer of the work permits section will be in touch with the employer shortly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (5 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permits Section of my Department has informed me that the work permit has issued recently in this case.

Written Answers — Charitable Organisations: Charitable Organisations (5 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: Many charitable and voluntary organisations find the company code structure a suitable means in which to organise their activities. The favoured type of company structure formed is usually guarantee companies without a share capital and with limited liability. In return for the privilege provided by society in allowing such companies to organise themselves with limited liability, company...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (5 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: The table supplies the information requested by the Deputy in relation to the amount of expenditure by my Department on consultancy in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and the number of consultants engaged by the Department in those years. My Department operates to detailed guidelines when commissioning outside expertise from our consultancy or research budgets. In that regard, my Department interprets...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Dec 2006)

Micheál Martin: There is no upper age limit applied to membership of State Boards under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (30 Nov 2006)

Micheál Martin: Enterprise Ireland currently employs a total of 921 staff. The 666 Dublin based staff are currently located in four separate offices; 402 in Glasnevin, 158 in Strand Road, Sandymount, 52 in Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge and 54 in Wilton Place, Dublin. A further 125 staff members are located in Enterprise Ireland's overseas offices, and 130 are located in Irish regional offices. The Board of...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (30 Nov 2006)

Micheál Martin: The reversion of responsibility for indigenous enterprise from Shannon Development to Enterprise Ireland will involve the transfer of some 40 staff to Enterprise Ireland. The decentralisation of Enterprise Ireland's Headquarters to Shannon as part of the Government's decentralisation programme will not be affected by the transfer of functions from Shannon Development to Enterprise Ireland....

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (30 Nov 2006)

Micheál Martin: Statutory redundancy has been paid to the workers in the factory named by the Deputy. Ex gratia payments are a matter of negotiation between the company concerned and the workers, represented in this case by SIPTU. The Labour Court operates as an industrial relations tribunal, hearing both sides in a trade dispute. It then issues recommendations setting out its opinion on the dispute and...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (30 Nov 2006)

Micheál Martin: The furniture industry both in Navan and the country as a whole continues to face increased costs of production as well as competition from low cost economies. For some time now, the industry has been outsourcing part of its production in order to reduce costs and maintain competitiveness and this has had an adverse effect on employment. Enterprise Ireland continues to assist the furniture...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (30 Nov 2006)

Micheál Martin: The most recent data available is from the 2002 Census of Population. Based on an analysis of 15% of the addresses of place of work taken from that Census, the CSO estimates that approximately 55% of the County Meath labour force worked in the County. The percentage of those at work at that time was 93.4%. Job creation is dependent on a number of factors including the economic and labour...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (30 Nov 2006)

Micheál Martin: The data in the latest Quarterly National Household Survey is published by the Central Statistics Office on a regional rather than a county basis and they show that the numbers in employment have increased in the Southern and Eastern region from 1,264,000 to 1,501,000 in the period 2000 to 2006. The table below gives the number of job gains and job losses in Enterprise Agency Assisted Firms...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (30 Nov 2006)

Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Name of Body Statutory process for appointing Chair Statutory process for appointing the Members Legislative origin Irish National Accreditation Board Section 10 of the Industrial Development Act 1993 gives Forfás the authority to establish committees, including the Irish National Accreditation Board, and appoint...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (30 Nov 2006)

Micheál Martin: My Department or bodies in my Department have not directly leased any properties. All properties leased for my Department and for bodies in my Department have been leased by the Office of Public Works which negotiates all the terms and conditions associated with these leases.