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Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (16 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland, including its regions and areas, apart from the Shannon free zone which is the responsibility of Shannon Development. Overseas companies that are clients of these two development agencies submit investment proposals to the agencies for consideration for state support. Typically,...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (16 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland, including its regions and areas. The following table provides details of the number of overseas announcements regard intentions to invest together with total associated job content and start-ups for the years 2002 and 2003 and to end October 2004. In 2003, 32 greenfield and...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (16 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland, including its regions and areas. According to IDA Ireland, Ireland has many attributes that continue to make it one of the most attractive and successful countries in the world in terms of attracting mobile investment. These include a low corporation tax rate; educated skilled...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (16 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: Clearly, a more attractive cost environment abroad will inevitably attract some firms that are unable to produce in the high-wage environment of modern industrial economies. The continuing structural transformation of our economy is inevitable. With this, some plant transfers and other adjustments are bound to come, but where relocation has occurred to date, it has largely been limited to...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: The matter raised is an operational issue for Dublin Bus. However, I am pleased to inform the Deputy that each of the three CIE operating companies has a customer charter in operation for a number of years. Copies of the charters are available from the respective company offices and can also be accessed on the company websites. Audits of the charters are carried out on an annual basis by...

Seanad: Competitiveness and Consumer Protection Policy: Statements. (10 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: I am delighted to have the opportunity to address this House as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, particularly on the vitally important areas of competitiveness and consumer policy, which fall within the remit of my Department. Last week, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise and Small Business heard from the chief executive of a major supermarket multiple on the reason...

Written Answers — Motor Fuels: Motor Fuels (2 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: The significant oil price increases that have occurred since the beginning of this year have been caused by a combination of strong demand, tight capacities, political uncertainty and some market speculation. The International Energy Association has warned that sustained high oil prices will adversely affect the economic performance of eurozone countries. Ireland has no control over world oil...

Written Answers — Community Employment: Community Employment (2 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 315 and 316 together. At present 1,815 community employment child care places are ring-fenced for clients on community employment directly involved in the delivery of child care services. These places have been ring-fenced for the past three years. Further numbers are involved in support and provision of other services for projects with child care facilities,...

Written Answers — Community Employment: Community Employment (2 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317, 318, 320 and 323 together. The community employment, CE, and jobs initiative, JI, programmes provide work experience and training opportunities for the long-term unemployed and other disadvantaged groups with the aim of progressing participants to a job in the open labour market. Participants move from these programmes after an agreed period of support...

Written Answers — Internal Audit Unit: Internal Audit Unit (2 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: A dedicated internal audit unit has been in place in my Department since the mid-1990s. The internal audit unit provides an assurance to the accounting officer on the internal control systems and the extent to which these systems contribute to the achievement of policy and business objectives in the most economic, efficient and effective way. The unit also has specific audit responsibilities...

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: I am not aware of company law infringements being at issue in the selling of the financial products in question. However, if the Deputy has any information on possible infringements he should bring it to the attention of the Director of Corporate Enforcement who is responsible for the investigation of suspected breaches of company law. As I understand it, the Deputy is concerned about the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (2 Nov 2004)

Micheál Martin: IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment, FDI, to Ireland and its regions. Support for job creation in individual counties is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency. IDA Ireland is actively promoting County Donegal for new investment and jobs on an ongoing basis. There have been nine site visits to Donegal since January...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2004)

Micheál Martin: In response to the first part of the Deputy's question, the following statistical tables provide the main sectoral breakdown of science and technology expenditure. The table is compiled from Forfás statistical data produced in the context of the Forfás publication entitled State Expenditure on Science and Technology, otherwise known as the science budget. A range of more detailed...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Oct 2004)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 to 379, inclusive, together. In regard to the infrastructure issues referred to by the Deputy, I have raised these with my colleagues, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and the Minister for Transport. I am advised that the national roads serving the north west have benefited from the major increase in investment in the national...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (19 Oct 2004)

Micheál Martin: My Department received a total of 59 applications for ESF funding under the EQUAL community initiative, by the closing date of 17 September 2004. The EQUAL selection committee will meet on 17 November 2004 for a preliminary review of the selection process. The selection committee will meet again on 1 December 2004 to approve approximately 20 development partnerships for ESF funding under the...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (19 Oct 2004)

Micheál Martin: The following tables show the following data: the number of IDA Ireland supported companies in each county from 1994 to 2003, inclusive; the number of employees in IDA Ireland supported companies in each county from 1994 to 2003, inclusive; and the amount of grant aid awarded to IDA Ireland supported companies in each county from 1994 to 2003, inclusive. IDA Ireland does not provide a...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (19 Oct 2004)

Micheál Martin: A work permit application was received in respect of the individual concerned on 27 September 2004. A decision will be made in this case shortly and the employer will be notified.

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (19 Oct 2004)

Micheál Martin: As part of the Government's decision in 1999 to restructure community employment, CE, future participation in CE by an individual was capped at three years, effective from April 2000. The three-year cap was amended in August 2001 to allow FÁS greater flexibility with regard to the retention of particularly disadvantaged persons on the programme. The terms and conditions of participation on...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 Oct 2004)

Micheál Martin: Support for job creation and retention in individual counties is a day-to-day operational matter for the industrial development agencies. The agencies are actively promoting counties Sligo and Leitrim for new investment and jobs on an ongoing basis, with IDA Ireland actively marketing the county as a location for additional foreign direct investment through its network of overseas offices and...

Written Answers — Social Partnership Policy: Social Partnership Policy (19 Oct 2004)

Micheál Martin: Account is taken in relevant policy areas within the ambit of the Department of the views of all of the social partners, including CORI.