Results 49,861-49,880 of 51,089 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: The work permit section of my Department took a decision to refuse this application on 13 June 2005 in line with Government policy, which is to only consider applications in respect of highly paid and highly skilled positions. The employer was notified of this decision in writing and of their right to appeal. To date no such appeal has been received.
- Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (22 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: The work permit section of my Department has informed me that they have no record of a work permit application in this instance. Since the accession of the ten new member states on 1 May 2004 it is Government policy only to consider applications in respect of highly paid and highly skilled positions.
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (22 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy cannot be provided within the timescale available. Officials of my Department are currently compiling a list of reports which have been published by my Department since June 1997. As a significant number of reports would have been prepared internally by Department staff, the proportion of staff time which related to the preparation of these reports...
- Job Creation. (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue of providing replacement jobs in Mitchelstown, County Cork. I have visited Mitchelstown on a number of occasions since I took up office to assist the town and its hinterland in its economic future and in creating new opportunities for its people by providing jobs in a diverse range of sectors. Enterprise Ireland's principal remit is to assist the...
- Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 380 and 381 together. Following the announcement on 4 May 2005 of the closure of the plant in Dungarvan, I met the Waterford county manager on 10 May 2005. At that meeting, I asked that particular emphasis be put on upskilling the existing workers where necessary and on creating an enterprise culture in the area. I also asked that emphasis be put on developing...
- Written Answers — Social Economy Programme: Social Economy Programme (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: A review of the social economy programme, SEP, was undertaken by WRC social and economic consultants. The report was published in October 2003 and is available on the websites of my Department, www.entemp.ie, and FÃS, www.fas.ie. On the basis of this report the SEP was the subject of a review at partnership level in the context of the overall review of the employment schemes operated by...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: My Department does not provide grants for groups to purchase lands for industrial use nor does it provide direct grant aid to businesses or business start-ups. Funding is provided to a number of enterprise agencies including Enterprise Ireland, the 35 county and city enterprise boards, CEB, and Shannon Development which collectively are responsible for the delivery of assistance to indigenous...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is an autonomous statutory agency set up under the Industrial Development Acts 1986 to 2003. The agency operates in accordance with the provisions of the Acts and under the aegis of my Department. 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...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: As outlined in the answer to the Deputy's previous parliamentary questions, the reduction of 5,000 in staffing levels as announced by the Government in 2002 applies to all sectors of the public service. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and its agencies, including FÃS, are expected to contribute to this reduction. In the case of FÃS, a reduction of 150 over a number of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: Shannon Development is the statutory agency with responsibility for indigenous industry in the mid-west area which includes north Tipperary. As Shannon Development owns the factory units, there is no rental cost due from the agency. Rent charged by Shannon Development to tenant companies is based on the market value for the unit, having regard to its size and location, and varies accordingly....
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: My Department does not grant-aid such developments directly. Enterprise Ireland has, in the past, managed schemes supporting community enterprise centres. Enterprise Ireland approved funding of â¬123,133 to Ballinasloe Area Community Development Limited for the development of an enterprise centre under its community enterprise centre, CEC, programme for 1989 to 2001, of which â¬107,904 has...
- Written Answers — Jobs Creation: Jobs Creation (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: A total of 12,305 new jobs have been supported by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland in the six Border counties over the past five years and details are set out in the following table. IDA Ireland has set a high level performance target for the BMW region, of which the Border counties are an integral part. This commits IDA Ireland to try to achieve a target of 50% of all new greenfield jobs...
- Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: As stated in the question, the judgment in this matter was received on 14 June 2005 and the document runs to 33 pages. The detail of this judgment is being studied by my legal advisers and officials at present. When that process is completed I will consider the next appropriate steps that are open to me. In the meantime I believe it is prudent not to engage in discussion of the content of the...
- Written Answers — Education Grants: Education Grants (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: A decision to fund a client company is a day-to-day matter for Enterprise Ireland and not one in which I am directly involved. Enterprise Ireland has informed my Department that Eurocollege Institute of Education, as an internationally traded service company, falls within the remit of Enterprise Ireland. Eurocollege Institute of Education received payments of â¬2,382 in 2003 and â¬160,000...
- Written Answers — State Property: State Property (21 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: The settlement negotiated with the company is subject to a confidentiality clause between all the parties and their agents.
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (16 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: The figures for Estimates allocations and expenditure for my Department for the years in question are as follows: Year Estimate Expenditure Amount surrendered â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ 1997 914,925,000 904,595,000 10,330,000 1998 1,025,287,000 973,579,000 51,708,000 1999 1,101,744,000 1,035,147,000 66,597,000 2000 1,060,380,000 1,007,318,000 53,062,000 2001...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (15 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: Based on the information available to me, I am satisfied that no person who is disqualified from holding a directorship of a private company is currently a member of any State board under the aegis of my Department.
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (15 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: The chairperson of the interim board of the National Consumer Agency is Anne Fitzgerald, who is chief executive officer of the Irish Association of Investment Managers and who served as the chairperson of the consumer strategy group. The members are Carmel Foley, the current Director of Consumer Affairs; Alex Schuster, who is a lecturer and barrister attached to the School of Law at Trinity...
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (15 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: To the best of my knowledge, the only inquiries initiated by my Department in the period in question relate to the area of company law inquiries. As the information requested by the Deputy is not readily available I will have to revert to the Deputy in the matter and will do so as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jun 2005)
Micheál Martin: According to the records of my Department, the total expenditure incurred in respect of courier or packaging services centrally in each of the past five years is as follows: Year Amount 2000 £31,422.65 2001 £24,270.71 2002 â'¬31,132.24 2003 â'¬41,290.74 2004 â'¬56,456.61 In the period 2000 to 2001, a sum of...