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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Under the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2002, where a purchaser does not pay for goods or services by the relevant payment date in a commercial transaction, the supplier is entitled to interest on the amount outstanding. In the absence of any agreed payment date, late payment interest falls due after 30 days has elapsed from the date of receipt of...

Written Answers — Enterprise Stabilisation Fund: Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (30 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The provision of grant assistance to individual companies is a matter for the development agency or body concerned, and not one in which I have a direct function. Notwithstanding this, for reasons of commercial sensitivity, Enterprise Ireland will not disclose either the names of companies who have applied for assistance from the Enterprise Stabilisation Fund or the areas within which these...

Written Answers — Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities: Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities (30 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: A draft comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities has been developed by my Department in discussions with key stakeholder representatives who form the consultative forum on an employment strategy established under my Department's sectoral plan. The aim of this strategy is to address the diversity of circumstances, needs and abilities of people with disabilities, and to...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (30 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The issues raised in the submission do not fall directly under the remit of my Department. However, the overall cost of doing business in Ireland is a particular concern of mine and of the Government. The issue of rent reviews lies within the remit of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy. Dermot Ahern. In relation to the Labour Party Bill dealing with the review of...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (30 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I presume the Deputy is requesting the above information for the period since my appointment as Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment viz, May 2008. The only print jobs carried out by companies based outside the Republic of Ireland for my Department and for the Offices of my Department since May 2008 relate to the printing of file covers and file folders. The company...

Written Answers — Cross-Border Initiatives: Cross-Border Initiatives (25 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The 2006 Comprehensive Study on the All-Island Economy sets out the economic rationale for North/South collaboration as well as making concrete proposals for economic initiatives. The case for an all island approach is made where market failure arises from the existence of the border or where public goods and services could be more efficiently produced on a co-ordinated basis. In the matter...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (25 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The review of the funding arrangements for CE participants in education is expected to be completed shortly.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Companies Registration Office in Dublin has been experiencing staffing constraints which have impacted on the rate at which applications for business names are being registered. The CRO is doing and will continue to do all it can, within the operative constraints, to meet the demands of business name applicants.

Written Answers — Fuel Prices: Fuel Prices (24 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Competition Authority is the statutory body responsible for the enforcement of competition law in the State. Section 29 (3) of the Competition Act 2002 provides that the Competition Authority is independent in the performance of its functions. Under section 30 (1)(b) of that Act, the Competition Authority is responsible for investigating any breach of the Act. As investigations are...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: In general, procedures governing the recruitment of persons into the civil or public service are a matter for the Minister for Finance. Subject to this, the following is the position in so far as my Department is concerned. In accordance with the terms of the moratorium introduced earlier this year, no public sector post may be filled by recruitment except with the approval of the Minister...

Written Answers — Enterprise Stabilisation Fund: Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (24 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government approved a total of €100m for the Enterprise Stabilisation Fund to be disbursed over 2009 and 2010. A total of €50m has been included in the estimate of my Department for this purpose in 2009. Under the scheme, Enterprise Ireland can give up to €500,000 to viable companies with robust business models that are facing difficulties as a result of the current economic...

Written Answers — Enterprise Stabilisation Fund: Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (24 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government approved an amount of €100m in total for the Enterprise Stabilisation Fund for the years 2009 and 2010. A total of €50m has been included in the estimate of my Department for this purpose in 2009. Under the scheme, Enterprise Ireland can give up to €500,000 to viable companies with robust business models that are facing difficulties as a result of the current economic...

Written Answers — Skill Shortages: Skill Shortages (24 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 86 together. I refer to the reply to Question Numbers 119 to 122 of 19 May 2009 wherein I stated that a revised total 2009 allocation of €16.595m was notified by my Department to Skillnets Ltd on 13 May 2009. While I understand that Skillnets Ltd subsequently informed individual networks of their final grant allocations for the remainder of 2009, the...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. CE helps unemployed people to re-enter the active workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a work routine and to...

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government's efforts over recent months in addressing the banking sector have had a central focus on the needs of the wider economy including the enterprise sector. A proper functioning banking sector is central to our economic recovery, as this will facilitate appropriate lending to our entrepreneurs, especially to SMEs. There are instances being reported of viable businesses being...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The amount paid by my Department in Delegate's Allowance for each of the past three years was as follows: 2006: €169,319.17; 2007: €158,526.38; 2008: €150,521.95. The amount paid by my Department in delegate's allowance from 1 January to 31 May this year was €63,878.68. Delegate's allowance is paid where an officer travels abroad as a member of a delegation representing Ireland at a...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: FÁS Job Clubs were introduced in 1999 to assist people who were actively seeking employment by providing support for the job search process and an environment in which it could be carried out. Independent sponsor groups are contracted by FÁS on a year to year basis to run the programme. Job Clubs are seen as an important resource and intervention for those who have recently completed...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has no record of an application for statutory redundancy in the case of the individual concerned. Under the redundancy payments scheme all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory redundancy lump sum payment on being made redundant. A redundancy situation arises in general where an employee's job no longer exists and he/she is not replaced. An employee is entitled to...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The revised employment permit arrangements that I announced in April 2009 came into effect as scheduled on 1 June. The introduction and implementation of these changes were the subject of representations from, and consultations with interested parties. My Department will monitor the operation of the employment permit arrangements on an ongoing basis, in consultation with relevant parties,...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (23 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The information sought by the Deputy on the number of overseas visits for each of the past five years and the months in which the visits occurred is presented in tabular form as follows: 2004 Ms Mary Harney TD to September Mr. Micheál Martin TD from September Month No. of visits June 4 July 4 August September 1 October 1 November 2 December 1 2005 Mr. Micheál Martin TD Month No....