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EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The directive proposes to remove red tape by three measures. First, it proposes to carry out a systematic trawl of existing regulations in all 25 European Union member states and weed out the regulations that are unduly restrictive or anti-competitive. Second, it aims to allow businesses to register as a business in another country electronically via a single point of contact. Third, the...

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: ——after getting themselves unnecessarily worked up about the matter.

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: Even as the provision stood in the draft directive, many commentators — we were among them — and trade unions raised fears that the country of origin principle could lead to an erosion of standards, particularly in the matter of employment conditions and standards.

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: This was not an accurate interpretation of what was in the directive. There is a specific derogation from the country of origin principle for the posting of workers directive. In other words it is specifically the case that any employee sent to this country to deliver a service would have to work under Irish labour market conditions, including the minimum wage or other registered agreements,...

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: Furthermore, the country of origin principle would not apply to health and safety conditions in the workplace, to which Deputy Harkin referred. In this context, Irish law would apply. Deputy Rabbitte said this would apply to the bogeyman company to which he constantly refers in public discourse by means of which Irish employers would set up a Latvian company with Latvian workers and send them...

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: He is not anti-worker; he is pro-worker and the record exists for all to see.

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: We are as concerned as anyone else in this House——

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: ——with issues of standards, especially employment standards. This is why, for anyone who cares to look at the latest draft of the directive, one will see more than 300 footnotes of reservations, many of them from Ireland.

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: There are 300 footnotes overall.

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: May I continue?

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: We have been saying that for a long time but without using the kind of rhetoric employed by the Deputy which he is deliberately using to appeal to constituents for electoral purposes.

EU Services Directive: Motion. (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: I assure the House that as we go through the negotiations we will embark on a consultative process with the stakeholders, a process which has been totally open and transparent, as anyone who has taken the trouble to visit my Department's website will see and as Deputy Harkin has done. I say this because we have been consistently posting on that site all the developments that have been taking...

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

Micheál Martin: The work permit section of my Department took a decision to grant a work permit in respect of the above individual on 11 January 2006.

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

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. The promotion of individual areas, including towns such as Enniscorthy, is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency. While I may give general policy directives to IDA Ireland, I am precluded under the Industrial Development Acts from giving from giving...

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

Micheál Martin: The issue of job creation by companies supported by the enterprise development agencies is a day to day matter for the relevant agencies and County Enterprise Boards (CEB), and not matters with which I am directly involved. Enterprise Ireland recognises that there have been a number of significant job losses over the past number of years in County Wexford due to the closure of some key...

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

Micheál Martin: In considering changes to the immigration system in the context of the proposed immigration and residence Bill, the issues of family reunification and residence status for migrants are being considered fully. There is no system of "long-term resident" or "permanent resident" in the immigration system. A person can after a period of time obtain permssion to remain "without condition as to...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: The tabular statement sets out the losses in full-time jobs and the full-time job gains in companies assisted by the enterprise development agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA, in County Wicklow for the years 2002 to 2005. While these figures reflect the more difficult global market of the last few years, it remains the case that full-time employment in agency assisted companies in Wicklow...

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

Micheál Martin: State support for enterprise and job creation is channelled through the industrial development agencies, IDA Ireland, which has responsibility for foreign direct investment and Enterprise Ireland, which is concentrating on the development of indigenous industries. The Forfás Annual Employment Survey records jobs gained and lost in companies supported by the industrial development agencies. A...

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (25 Jan 2006)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 734 and 735 together. A total of 712 public appointments have been made by my Department since 1997. Details of the public appointments made, as well as the number of vacancies where they exist, are set out in the following tables: Interim Personal Injuries Assessment Board — 12 Appointments — Nil vacancies Appointee Term of Appointment Ms Dorothea...

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

Micheál Martin: Following the resignation of the Chief Science Adviser late last year, I announced that the post would be filled by open competition. The CSA is appointed by the Government and I intend to bring forward proposals to Government on this matter in the near future.