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- Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: It will be published next year.
- Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The legislation will be published next year.
- Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: There are two Bills to be dealt with. The property services Bill is with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and will be introduced in this session. The other legislation has not been finalised.
- Order of Business (30 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Bill is currently in the Seanad.
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: As stated in question number 62 and 63 last week, IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. The marketing of individual areas, including Kildare, for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency. While I may give general policy directives to the Agency, I...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: While this is broadly an operational matter for Enterprise Ireland (EI), I understand that the primary benefit of locating Dublin based staff in a single location will be to significantly increase the level of collaboration and efficiency within the organisation which will enable Enterprise Ireland to deliver a more effective service to client companies. There are likely to be considerable...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (29 Oct 2008)
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 programme helps unemployed people to progress to the open labour market by breaking their experience of unemployment through a return to work...
- Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 189 together. Shannon Development, in common with all Government Departments and state agencies, were required to effect specified levels of savings in their Pay and Administration expenditure for 2009. All of Shannon Development's Pay and Administration costs are met from the Company's own resource income, generated mainly from its management of...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Enterprise Ireland (EI) is to move almost 300 posts to Shannon under the decentralisation programme. Progress on the full transfer of EI's HQ to Shannon, within the Government decentralization programme, will be influenced by factors (many external to EI) such as; the level of interest in the Shannon location expressed by CAF applicants and by progress made in discussions at a central level...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide eligible long term unemployed people and other disadvantaged persons (including those with a disability) with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities on a fixed term basis. The eligibility criteria and participation limits for CE are set by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: My Department operates a range of active labour market programmes and back to work measures, mainly through FÃS and Skillnets. The total programme allocation under the main measures in 2007 was â¬892 million. The projected programme budget for 2008 is â¬922.3 million and a breakdown of measures is set out in the table. A detailed breakdown, by measure, of the budget for 2009 is...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Government, with the National Training and Employment Authority, FÃS constantly reviews its labour market programme provision, taking into account client demand, placement, labour market trends and stakeholder feedback. Since 2007, my Department and FÃS have continued to implement a suite of active labour market and back to work measures with a particular focus on job-search, training...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: An additional â¬9.5 million has been provided from the National Training Fund in the 2009 FÃS budget to provide additional training for the unemployed. My Department, through its National Employment and Training Authority, FÃS has a number of measures currently under development that are designed to assist both those who have recently been made redundant as well as those who have become...
- Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: FÃS has provided a ring-fenced â¬500,000 budget under the Technical Employment Support Grant to fund customised and flexible training programmes for redundant construction workers to enable them to return to employment as soon as possible. The fund is targeted on the provision of retraining opportunities for redundant construction workers in emerging areas such as the installation of...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The scheme of performance-related awards in the civil service applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. Details of awards to individual officers under the performance related scheme are not disclosed on the basis that they are confidential to the officer concerned. A total of â¬168,000 was paid to 14 officers of my Department and associated Offices under the scheme...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (23 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The following table outlines the number of special advisers appointed by me since my appointment as Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Title Salary Scale 2 Special Advisers â¬86,168 â â¬106,582 1 Press Adviser â¬66,179 â â¬82,520
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (23 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are clients of the industrial development agencies. Information is collected on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2008 will not be available until early 2009. The numbers of jobs created by IDA supported companies in Dublin in each year over the period 2003 to 2007 are...
- Written Answers — Trade Missions: Trade Missions (23 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 63 together. IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. The marketing of individual areas, including Kildare, for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency. While I may give general policy directives to the Agency,...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (23 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64 to 66, inclusive, together. The range and make up of supports and services provided by FAS at local level is a day-to-day operational matter for FÃS. I understand that in early 2008 FÃS in completing its annual review of the Jobs Club programme raised concerns about the capacity of the Carrick-on-Suir Jobs Club to meet the agreed targets. Representatives...
- Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (23 Oct 2008)
Mary Coughlan: The Enterprise Development agencies under the aegis of my Department, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, together with the local County Enterprise Board, are responsible for promoting indigenous enterprise and attracting foreign direct investment to the area. The bodies are actively involved in addressing industrial development in South Tipperary in conjunction with the local County...