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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when rent support appeal will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37066/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent support has not been restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37067/10]

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (14 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent if any to which she has interceded with the banking sectors with a view to the provision of adequate overdraft or working capital facilities for the tourism, sporting and cultural sectors; the extent if any to which she has received any response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37069/10]

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (14 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport to indicate the extent to which she has had discussions with the employers throughout the sector for which her Department has responsibility with a view to safeguarding existing jobs and job creation, the extent to which a plan has been formulated if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37072/10]

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (14 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the degree, if any, to which she has examined the tourism, cultural and sporting sectors with a view to safeguarding the existing employment and or creating new jobs; the extent, if any, of her discussions in this regard with the principles involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37073/10]

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (14 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans if any for the utilisation of the tourism, sporting and cultural sectors for the promotion of the principle of job retention and creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37076/10]

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (14 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if her attention has been drawn to any trading difficulties experienced or direct assistance in response to the employment numbers in the arts, cultural and sporting sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37078/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (14 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent of her discussions with those involved in culture and the arts with particular reference to the determination of a policy in respect of job retention and creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37075/10]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (14 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if her attention has been drawn to the trading difficulties experienced by the hotel and catering sector in the current climate; if she has offered any encouragement or direct assistance in response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37077/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the extent to which he has examined the various sectors within the portfolio of his Department with a view to identifying at least ten key objectives to assist in a programme for economic recovery; the response expected from each sector; if specific objectives have been or will be set; the degree to which the manufacturing...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number and location of job creation and promotion trips abroad undertaken by him directly or by groups, bodies or others under the aegis of his Department in the past 12 months to date in 2010; the number of contacts, contracts or inquiries established or made in the course thereof; the number of contracts secured or...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of manufacturing jobs lost throughout the economy over the past three years; the extent, if any, to which any such jobs were relocated to other economies; the reasons given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36810/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of manufacturing jobs created throughout the economy over the past three years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36811/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of high tech jobs lost throughout the economy in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; if any were relocated to any other jurisdictions; the reasons given for such relocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36812/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of high tech jobs created throughout the economy in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; the origin of the investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36813/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of jobs lost throughout the services sector in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; the reason given for such losses; if any were relocated to other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36814/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of jobs created in the services sector throughout the economy in each of the past three years and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36815/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the extent to which he, his Department and or groups and bodies under his aegis have specifically intervened in the creation of jobs in specific sectors throughout the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36817/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he has taken to assist those with entrepreneurial skills or who have become unemployed with a view to encouraging job creation in the manufacturing and services areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36818/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Oct 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the extent if any to which he and his Department have identified jobs in the manufacturing and services sectors that might appear to be vulnerable in the current economic climate, having regard to the experience of the past five years; the steps, if any, taken or contemplated by way of positive intervention to improve...