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Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (4 Jul 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 395, 402 and 403 together. 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 and towns 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...

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (4 Jul 2006)

Micheál Martin: One of my Department's main tasks is to ensure that Ireland remains an attractive place to do business, and to support the development of economic competencies higher up the value chain. Maintaining the capacity of the economy to consistently generate new employment opportunities is a key policy of this Government. We continue to work to maintain and enhance our framework competitive...

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 397 to 401, inclusive, together. My Department's information technology purchasing policy is based on the procedures set out in the public procurement guidelines issued by the Department of Finance. These latter are based on various EU public procurement Directives. In general, the EU Directives encourage a competitive process carried out in an open,...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (4 Jul 2006)

Micheál Martin: As I have indicated in response to previous Dáil Questions, following detailed consultations with the Board of Shannon Development, other stakeholders and regional interests, on 28th July 2005 I announced my decision on a future mandate for the Company. Under the terms of the new mandate, Shannon Development is being given a more focused regional economic remit that will complement the roles...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (4 Jul 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 405 and 406 together. The Work Permit Section of my Department received work permit applications in respect of the above named individuals on 23rd June 2006. The section has written to the employer seeking additional information so that the applications can be processed.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (4 Jul 2006)

Micheál Martin: Finding alternative employment for the workers in question is a priority for the Industrial Development agencies. To date, FÁS has briefed all employees on the range of services available to them and has been heavily involved in supporting both the company and its employees. Registration and guidance interviews on a one-to-one basis have been completed with 312 employees and training plans...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (4 Jul 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 408 to 410, inclusive, together. Figures relating to 2006 are not yet available for employment generated in companies assisted by the enterprise development agencies. Data on employment in agency-assisted firms is recorded at county level, so it is not possible to give figures relating to such employment in relation to areas within Co. Westmeath. The following...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (4 Jul 2006)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is an autonomous statutory agency set up under the Industrial Development Acts 1986-2003. The Agency operates in accordance with the provisions of the Acts and under the aegis of my Department. IDA Ireland has invested almost €11.5 million to date in developing the Carlow Business and Technology Park on the Dublin Road. Following receipt of planning permission, development of a...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (4 Jul 2006)

Micheál Martin: On 1 June, I met with the Northern Ireland Minister for Enterprise Trade and Investment, Ms Maria Eagle MP to discuss a number of issues concerning North/South economic co-operation. We reviewed progress on the comprehensive study that is currently underway to identify opportunities for further practical North/South co-operation on the development of a more competitive and prosperous...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (29 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: Community Employment is an active market labour programme designed to provide eligible long-term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in training and work experience within their communities on a temporary, fixed-term basis. In this way Community Employment helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (29 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: Implementation of the Enterprise Strategy Group Report is ongoing. The implementation process is overseen by the Enterprise Advisory Group (EAG), consisting of representatives of the business community under the chairmanship of Michael Buckley with the participation of Secretaries General from relevant Government Departments. The EAG is currently finalising its first progress report, which...

Written Answers — Corporate Law Enforcement: Corporate Law Enforcement (28 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) is required by law to keep confidential commercially sensitive information, which it obtains in the course of its work. However, the law also provides for the sharing of information between the ODCE and certain other regulatory authorities where the information is relevant to the remit of the regulatory authority. It also provides for...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (28 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permit Section of my Department received a work permit application in respect of the above named individual on 29 May 2006. The employer can expect to be contacted regarding this application within the next week.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permit section of my Department has informed me that it has no record of any valid application in this instance. Application forms are available on the Department's website at www.entemp.ie. It should be pointed out, however, that incomplete or incorrectly completed applications are returned to the employer concerned for amendment.

Written Answers — Grocery Industry: Grocery Industry (27 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Groceries Order was in place for 18 years and in that time it fundamentally altered the structure and composition of the grocery trade. While I do not think we should expect to see fundamental changes in the sector in the short term following the abolition of the Order, consumers are nonetheless seeing early benefits with one multiple announcing its intention over the coming months to...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (27 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Work Permit section of my Department informs me that the position of plasterer is on the list of occupational sectors eligible for Work Permits. However, information received from FÁS/EURES indicates that there is currently an adequate supply of qualified plasterers available from within the EU to meet all needs in this area. Accordingly, Work Permit applications are not currently being...

Written Answers — Employment Action Plan: Employment Action Plan (27 Jun 2006)

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, including the counties of Cavan and Monaghan, 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...

Written Answers — Capital Funding: Capital Funding (27 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: In respect of seed and venture capital programmes participated in by Enterprise Ireland, the industrial development agency that falls under my remit, and on 22nd May 2006 I announced a major injection of liquidity into the venture capital market by Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland will be investing €175 million, which will leverage an estimated €1 billion for investment into seed,...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (27 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: My previous responses on 25 April and 21 February 2006 to queries raised by the Deputy (Ref. No. 14490/06 and 6931/06 respectively) addressed the liquidation process and the need for the owner of the travel voucher to make the liquidator aware of the company's liability under the voucher. The receipt, analysis and determination of any report submitted by a liquidator under section 56 of the...

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (27 Jun 2006)

Micheál Martin: The policy in relation to the employment of people with disabilities in the civil service, including the setting of compliance targets, is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Finance. The Disability Act 2005 provides that the Minister for Finance, with the consent of the Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform, may specify compliance targets, and where no such targets are...