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Employment Permits Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (3 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: A similar amendment was discussed on Committee Stage. It proposed a right to remain for eight weeks after the expiry of an employment permit. I undertook to give a statement regarding this matter on Report Stage. The position is that the right to remain after the expiry of an employment permit is a matter for the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. As such, it is not appropriate——

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (3 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: ——to the Employment Permits Bill and is a matter for consideration in the context of the forthcoming immigration and residence Bill sponsored by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. We have worked with that Department to dovetail many of the provisions of this legislation with the immigration and residence Bill. In practice, the position at present is that within three...

Employment Permits Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (3 May 2006)

Micheál Martin: I take it that the issue is with the date.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (27 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: Nationals of countries outside the EEA wishing to work in Ireland require either a working visa or work authorisation or a work permit. Applications to work in Ireland under the working visa or work authorisation scheme are processed at Irish embassies and consulates abroad and application forms are available from same. The scheme requires that particular criteria be met and is administered...

Health (Repayment Scheme) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: Apologies.

Leaders' Questions. (26 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: That is correct.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: There is no record of a valid work permit application in this case. Applications which are incomplete or incorrect are returned to the employer for completion. In the aftermath of EU enlargement, it is Government policy that employers should be able to source nearly all of their workforce needs from within the EU. Accordingly, only in cases where exceptional levels of skill and qualifications...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 and 410 together. In April 2005, the Commission published its proposal for the seventh framework programme, FP7, which will cover the period 2007 to 2013. Consideration of the Commission's proposal, which involves co-decision procedures with the European Parliament, is still under way. In this regard, divergent views exist among member states on the...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: Following a review of the operation of FÁS employment schemes — community employment, job initiative and social economy programmes — a number of changes were announced on 10 November 2004. The views and concerns expressed by key stakeholders, including the social partners, were taken into account in deciding on the new arrangements. The new arrangements are as follows. There are no...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: I did not travel abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: Arising from concern that all Turkish workers would have access to the money that had been transferred to their bank accounts in Finansbank in Amsterdam, I and officials of the Department met with senior management from Gama Turkey and Gama Ireland, the legal advisers to Gama Turkey and a human resources consultant, retained by Gama. At that meeting, I was assured by these senior managers,...

Written Answers — Company Ownership: Company Ownership (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: I am satisfied that the company concerned has had a business relationship with the Gama organisation such that it was controlled by Gama.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 416 and 417 together. IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment, FDI, to Ireland and its regions. The Forfás annual employment survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the industrial development agencies. Data are compiled on an annualised basis. Individual company data are...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: The core recommendation in the consumer strategy group report, Make Consumers Count, was the establishment of a new national consumer agency, a recommendation which was fully accepted by the Government. The establishment of the new agency will require primary legislation and work on the preparation of that legislation is well under way in my Department. In the interim period until the NCA is...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: I am aware of the correspondence to which the Deputy refers and I have written to the correspondent advising her of the current situation.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: New work permits are only being considered for highly skilled, highly paid positions which it is not possible to fill from within the EEA. In ethnic restaurants where there is significant investment, significant employment of EEA nationals and where a business case can be made for highly skilled and qualified non-EEA staff, my Department will consider such applications on a case by case...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: The Industrial Development Authority has been designated an autonomous body under the Industrial Development Acts. One of the functions assigned to the authority in this capacity is to foster the national objective of balanced regional development and this is being pursued within the framework of the national spatial strategy. I understand from IDA Ireland that regional development has been...

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: There are 13 county and city enterprise boards, CEBs, operating in the Border, midlands and western region. Under the BMW Regional Operational Programme 2000-2006 these boards are responsible for delivering the micro-enterprise measure throughout the BMW region. The BMW region's Objective One status allows the use of comparatively better rates of incentives to business and assists the region...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: The issues of job creation and retention in Enterprise Ireland supported companies are day-to-day matters for the agency itself and not ones in which I am directly involved. Enterprise Ireland has at its core the objective of supporting and stimulating balanced regional development, in line with the vision set out in the national spatial strategy, and to maximise national resources allocated...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (25 Apr 2006)

Micheál Martin: The work permits section informs me that individuals may transfer from one employer to another within the terms of their original work visa without contacting my Department.