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Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: The staff in my Department are deployed across the Tourism, Arts, Culture, and Sports Divisions and in the Corporate Services areas. The detailed breakdown by programme area, with staff from corporate services distributed proportionately, is set out in the Department's Annual Output Statement 2010 which is accessible on the Department's website www.tcs.gov.ie.

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: None of the State Bodies that come under the remit of my Department are commercial, and, accordingly, their financial reports provide details in respect of their income and expenditure rather than on their "annual turnover" as requested by the Deputy. Such financial information is published in the Annual Reports and/or Annual Accounts of each Agency each year following consideration by the...

Written Answers — Croke Park Agreement: Croke Park Agreement (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: The Croke Park Agreement has committed the Civil and Public Service management to working with their staff to increase efficiency and reduce costs across the public sector. In that regard, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation and its Agencies submitted Croke Park Implementation Plans last October to the Department of Finance and the Agreement "Implementation Body" for...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 474 and 475 together. My Department and the Offices that come under the aegis of my Department have carried out the following advertising campaigns, during the course of 2010, to promote policies or programmes being implemented by my Department or the Offices of my Department. Name of the Advertising Campaign/ Programme Total Cost (€) Labour Market...

Written Answers — Statutory Instruments: Statutory Instruments (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: All Statutory Instruments signed by Ministers or Ministers of State at my Department are published and are listed, from 1997 onwards, on my Department's website at www.deti.ie/legislation. The dates on which they are subsequently laid before each House of the Oireachtas are available from the Oireachtas Library and Research Service, and details of the dates on which each Instrument was...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: Forfás: Two appointments were made to the Board of Forfás in the period in question. Under the Industrial Development Act 1993, members of the Board of Forfás are appointed by the Minister with the consent of the Minister for Finance. Each year, the two longest serving members are required to retire from office. A retiring member is eligible for reappointment. Mr Eoin O'Driscoll was...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: On 18th October 2010 the then Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, Mr Batt O'Keeffe, TD, announced that Hollister would invest €65 million in expanding its current manufacturing facility in Ballina, Co. Mayo. This major development project will add approximately 75,000 sq ft to the company's existing manufacturing facility in Ballina and will allow the creation of 250 new jobs...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: Representatives of the Pharmaceutical Centre on Excellence (GPCE) met with the Taoiseach on 22 December last. At this meeting the Taoiseach reiterated his interest in the concept and welcomed the submission of a Business Plan as a significant step forward. An expert analysis of this plan is now being undertaken by an enterprise agencies team led by IDA and involving representatives from...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: The National Metrology Laboratory (NML) of the National Standards Authority of Ireland occupies a portion of the site in question. A new vehicular entrance is currently under development to facilitate the continued operation of the NML as a stand-alone entity on the site. Options regarding the future of the remaining portion of the site are being considered by my Department to determine its...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: Details are provided on the following table of mileage payments made by my Department to staff for travel purposes since 2007 to date. It should be noted by the Deputy that my Department processes travel expenses payments for the staff of certain Offices and Agencies under the remit of my Department and these payments are included in the figures provided. A list of the relevant bodies...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: Each Minister of State at my Department has two civilian drivers. It has not been possible in the time available to compile the other information sought by the Deputy. My Department has, however, begun the process of collating the information requested and I will communicate with the Deputy as soon as the exercise has been completed.

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (25 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: Since the implementation in my Department and Offices of the embargo on recruitment and overtime on 27 March 2009, 117 staff availed of either Maternity or Extended Maternity Leave. 4 staff availed of Carer's Leave. 210 staff availed of Term Time / Shorter Working Year Leave, with a further 118 staff applying in 2011. In addition, 20 staff availed of Career Breaks; this figure does not...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: The decision of the Government to combine the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Crawford Art Gallery and National Gallery of Ireland, while retaining their separate brand identities, was announced in Budget 2009 as part of an overall decision to rationalise agencies attached to several Government Departments. My immediate predecessor as Minister indicated subsequently to Dáil Éireann that...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (20 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: The range of financial assistance available from the CEBs to eligible micro-enterprises includes Priming Grants, Business Expansion and Development Grants and Feasibility Grants. Priming Grants and Business Expansion and Development Grants are the primary grants utilised by the majority of eligible micro-enterprises as these grants cover a broad range of legitimate business costs associated...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: My Department currently has 13 State Agencies supporting us in our work. These are: 1. Enterprise Ireland 2. IDA Ireland 3. Science Foundation Ireland 4. Shannon Development 5. County and City Enterprise Boards (35) 6. National Standards Authority of Ireland 7. InterTradeIreland (the North / South Business Development Body) 8. Forfás 9. National Consumer Agency 10. The Competition Authority...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (20 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: Representatives of the Pharmaceutical Centre of Excellence (GPCE) met with the Taoiseach on 22 December last. At this meeting the Taoiseach reiterated his interest in the concept and welcomed the submission of a Business Plan as a significant step forward. An expert analysis of this plan is now being undertaken by an enterprise agencies team led by IDA and involving representatives from...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (19 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: The terms and conditions of the Sports Capital Programme include a requirement, for grantees in receipt of allocations that cumulatively exceed certain threshold levels, to execute a Deed of Covenant and Charge, which is designed to protect the Minister's and taxpayers' interest in the grant-aided facility. The Department's legal adviser, the Chief State Solicitor's Office (CSSO), deals with...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (19 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: Payment of an allocation under the Sports Capital Programme is subject to compliance on the part of the grantee with the Programme's terms and conditions. Provisional allocations under the Programme cannot be formally approved until all legal requirements are met. The grantee in question was informed in the letter of provisional allocation on 9 May 2007 that no works should be carried out...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (19 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: Since 2006, my Department has awarded two consultancy contracts to the company in question, the details of which are as set out in tabular form below. Year Title/Purpose Cost Duration 2006 The provision of advice in relation to the National Conference Centre project â'¬10,200 12.5 Days 2008 An economic evaluation of the benefit to the island of Ireland of the London 2012 Olympic and...

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (19 Jan 2011)

Mary Hanafin: Government Policy in the area of support for the arts and artists is set out in the Programme for Government. This policy is to promote and strengthen the arts in all its forms, increase access to and participation in the arts, make the arts an integral and valued part of our national life, and maximise the potential for cultural tourism. Primary responsibility for the promotion of the arts...