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Written Answers — Employment Figures: Employment Figures (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 to 97, inclusive, together. The only figures available to my Department are those in respect of job gains and losses in client companies of the enterprise development agencies. The agency employment figures are compiled annually in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey, the most up to date of which details figures for jobs lost and gained up until 2009....

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Following the Taoiseach's announcement in Dáil Éireann on March 23rd 2010 regarding the transfer of various Departmental functions, responsibility for the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (PRTLI) has now moved from the Department of Education and Skills to my Department. A comprehensive assessment process for PRTLI Cycle 5 was undertaken by an international panel and this...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Information on salary, allowance and overtime payments to named individuals working for a named employer constitutes "personal data" for the purposes of the Data Protection Acts as the individuals concerned are or can be identified from the data. Such data in respect of staff of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation is held for the purposes of paying appropriate levels of salary,...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I have been informed by IDA Ireland that from the beginning of January 2009 to the end of May 2010 there have been a total of 51 site visits to County Cork (including the City). Typically, a company is shown three or four selected towns, which can meet its requirements for skills, labour, site and/or buildings and infrastructure. In selecting locations to show companies, IDA Ireland seeks to...

Written Answers — Grocery Industry: Grocery Industry (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Renewed Programme for Government contains a specific commitment to "implement a Code of Practice for doing business in the Grocery Goods sector to develop a fair trading relationship between retailers and their suppliers" and "to review progress of the Code and if necessary to put in place a mandatory code". The introduction of a Code is intended to ensure that there is a fair balance in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: As the Deputy is aware, the name of my Department was officially changed on 2nd May last from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation. The estimated costs associated with this name change are anticipated to be in the region of €10,000. This includes the costs of stationery, signage and changes to my Department's website....

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The 35 County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) were set up in 1993 to provide support for micro-enterprises in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level. The CEBs deliver a series of Programmes to underpin this role and they can provide both financial and...

Written Answers — Employment Figures: Employment Figures (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 to 111, inclusive, together. The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Details of the number of new jobs created and jobs lost, as well as the number of people employed in IDA...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department does not provide direct funding or grants to businesses but provides funding to a number of State Agencies, including the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and Enterprise Ireland, through whom assistance is delivered directly to businesses. Subject to certain eligibility criteria new and developing micro-enterprises may qualify for financial support from the CEBs in the...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department does not provide direct funding or grants to businesses but rather provides funding to a number of State Agencies, including the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) through whom assistance is delivered directly to businesses. Subject to certain eligibility criteria new and developing micro-enterprises may qualify for financial support from the CEBs in the form of Priming,...

Confidence in the Taoiseach and the Government: Motion (15 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I welcome the opportunity to support the Government's motion of confidence in the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach has, during the past two years, led a united Government, supported by the majority of Members in this House in implementing courageous policies that have won praise at home and abroad and have set Ireland on the road to economic recovery. Our resolute action and determination to act as...

Written Answers — Israeli Imports: Israeli Imports (10 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: In 2009 Ireland imported goods from Israel to the value of €82.4 million. In addition, services imports from that country for 2008, the last year for which data is available, were valued at €75 million. I understand that a preferential customs status applies for certain goods traded between the EU and Israel but that goods exported from illegal Israeli settlements cannot benefit from...

Written Answers — Expo 2010 Shanghai: Expo 2010 Shanghai (9 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Department of An Taoiseach is responsible for coordinating the arrangements in relation to all aspects of our participation in Expo 2010 in Shanghai, including all decisions in relation to staffing and marketing. None of the Agencies that come under the aegis of my Department have a permanent operational presence in the pavilion. In relation to the Deputy's specific point on a strategy...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (9 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Directive 2006/43/EC was transposed by means of S.I. No. 220 of 2010 on 20th May, 2010. No amendments have been made to the Regulations since and no paragraphs have been deleted from Schedule 2 of S.I. No. 220 of 2010. In June 2007, the Department established a group consisting of the six Recognised Accountancy Bodies (RABs) and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority (IAASA)...

Written Answers — Advertising Agencies: Advertising Agencies (9 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I have no functional responsibility in relation to the regulation of advertising agencies and, hence, I have no plans to require that they be bonded. Advertising agencies, like all companies, are covered by the provisions of the Companies Acts and creditors, including SMEs, can exercise their rights in accordance with those provisions. If creditors are aware of any breaches of company law,...

Written Answers — Israeli Imports: Israeli Imports (9 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: In 2009, Ireland imported goods from Israel to the value of €82.4 million. Services imports from that country for 2008, the last year for which data is available, were valued at €75 million. The most recent figures for this year show that Ireland imported goods to the value of €11.1 million from Israel for the period January – February 2010.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: When Enterprise Ireland was established in 1998 it became a strategic objective to bring all Dublin based staff together in one location. This was achieved with the move to East Point Business Park in September 2008. Until this time, Enterprise Ireland occupied four office locations in Dublin, primarily as a result of the amalgamation of various state agencies into a single organisation over...

Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (9 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: As I outlined in my reply to the Deputy on 27 May, the outcome of the meeting was extremely positive. The takeover company has committed to investments already planned by the company acquired and this investment programme will be implemented over the next two years. Investment in new manufacturing technology is currently taking place and is due to be operational by the year-end in the...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (9 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualized basis and therefore figures for 2010 will not be available until early 2011. The survey shows that in 2007 nine new jobs were created in IDA supported companies in county Laois. There were no new jobs created in IDA...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (9 Jun 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 and 15 together. Enterprise Ireland has a network of 30 international offices. The staffing complement of these overseas offices by geographic breakdown for March 2008, 2009 and 2010 is set out in the tabular statement below. The Public Sector Recruitment Moratorium provides that until the end of 2010, no public service post, however arising, may be filled...