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Written Answers — Small Business Forum: Small Business Forum (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Small Business Forum published its Report on 16 May 2006. Subsequently, it reassembled as the Implementation Body on three occasions to review progress on the implementation of the recommendations. The need for any further meetings will be kept under review.

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The Government was represented at the 98th International Labour Conference by Mr Dara Calleary.T.D., Minister for Labour Affairs who headed the Irish delegation to the Conference. A core aspect of this year's Conference concerned the Report of the Director General of the International Labour Office on Tackling the global jobs crisis: recovery through decent work policies. The Minister in his...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The table sets out year-on-year expenditure on the FÁS Science Challenge Initiative from its launch in 2003 to the latest available figures as at the end of April 2009. In December 2008, I commissioned an internal review of Science Challenge. The review was completed in April 2009. On the basis of its findings I directed that Science Challenge be closed down once all its existing...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: To ensure co-ordination across the agencies of my Department, Forfás was established in 1994 and is the national policy advisory body for enterprise and science. One of its functions is to ensure the coherence of policies across the development agencies supporting enterprise. The membership of the board of Forfás includes the CEOs of the development agencies of my Department including the...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (18 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The opinion given at last week's Committee of Accounts Committee hearing by the Head of Strategy and Programme Implementation at Science Foundation Ireland reflects accurately one of the main conclusions contained in the internal review of the FÁS Science Challenge Initiative, commissioned by me in December 2008.

Written Answers — Community Enterprise Boards: Community Enterprise Boards (17 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) were established by the Government to develop indigenous potential and stimulate economic activity at a local level, primarily through the provision of financial and technical support for the development of small and micro enterprises. The Boards form a nationwide support network for small business, and are responsible for areas not already covered...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (17 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I have arranged for the Employment Permits Section of my Department to compile the figures requested and I will forward them to the Deputy in due course.

Written Answers — Departmental Publications: Departmental Publications (17 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department's remit encompasses responsibility for devising and promoting Government policy in the areas of enterprise development and competitiveness, science, technology, innovation and intellectual property, trade, consumer, competition, commercial regulation, labour force development, employment rights protection, as well as the promotion of stable industrial relations. Our stakeholders...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Grants are not provided by my Department. Provision of grants is made by the Industrial Development agencies under the aegis of my Department and is a day-to-day operational matter for those agencies. I do not have any role in the day-to-day operational matters of the agencies.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department have examined the matter and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the redundancy payment has been processed and payment of the claim is expected to issue this week.

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: This application was refused on the grounds it is current Government policy to issue new work permits for highly skilled, highly paid positions or for non-EEA nationals who are already legally resident in the State on valid employment permits or where there is an officially recognised scarcity of workers of a particular type or qualification. Furthermore, newspaper advertisements for 3 days...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I am advised by FÁS that the funding arrangements for CE participants in education is under review.

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 71 together. The Government is, with the Social Partners, currently exploring possible measures in order to support people in employment who are at risk of losing their jobs.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Under the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 – 2007, employees who have two years continuous service with an employer, are aged 16 years or over and are in employment which is insurable for all benefits under the Social Welfare Acts, have a statutory entitlement to a redundancy payment from their employer in the event of being made redundant. Redundancy payment entitlement is two weeks wages...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department operates a taxi account with National Radio Cabs for the transport of officials of the Department/Offices of the Department on official business. This taxi account was set up as a result of a public tendering process in accordance with Public Procurement Guidelines. National Radio Cabs has a fleet of 982 taxis. 88 of their taxis are accessible for people with disabilities and...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: Companies in Ireland are free to establish and organise themselves in the most suitable form to promote and run their businesses, provided that they comply fully with relevant national and EU legislation. The requirements regarding the preparation and publication of the accounts of limited companies and groups are determined by the First, Fourth and Seventh EU Company Law Directives and by...

Written Answers — Company Buy-outs: Company Buy-outs (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The provision of financial support to individuals or companies is a matter for which the Enterprise Agencies have direct statutory responsibility. It would not therefore be appropriate for me to comment directly on individual cases such as the one raised in the question. In the meantime, I have kept in close touch with the developing situation at SRT, with a view to maximising employment...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: The staffing of FAS offices is a day-to-day management matter for FAS.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (16 Jun 2009)

Mary Coughlan: My Department has received by post an application for statutory redundancy in respect of one of the individuals in question. I understand that the second individual has just recently been made redundant and the company has been advised to complete this application online. I must advise the Deputy however that there is currently a significant backlog in dealing with redundancy rebate...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 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. The purpose of CE is to help unemployed people to re-enter the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to a...