Written answers
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Job Creation
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he is satisfied that the measures in place to counter youth unemployment and emigration are adequate; and if he will make...
- County Enterprise Boards
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the current position on the future of microfinance from county enterprise boards. [2551/11]
- Departmental Agencies
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the proposal to merge the Competition Authority with the consumer agency was first made and when it will be completed....
- Public Sector Pay Agreements
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the savings that will be achieved through the Croke Park agreement within his Department and its agencies. [2583/11]
- INTERREG Funding
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress being made by him in consultation with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Assembly to draw up a joint...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the way cuts to enterprise development funding will be implemented; the way cuts to county enterprise development funding...
- Credit Availability
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he is satisfied that the existing examinership process is an effective instrument for protecting viable small businesses...
- National Wage Agreements
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the status of the review of the framework of registered employment agreements and employment regulation orders as outlined...
- Business Regulation
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he is taking to counter the problem of unnecessary red tape faced by small companies, in particular, in regard to...
- Job Creation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of new jobs announced, created and actually delivered in each of the counties of Cavan and Monaghan in the years...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made regarding the commitment given in the renewed programme for Government to establish community and...
- EU Directives
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the current position and time frame for the transposition of the services directive; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Business Regulation
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the systems he has in place to assess the cost of competitiveness impact on Irish business from Government legislation; and...
- Employment Rights
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns expressed at the long delays facing persons in having cases heard by...
- Industrial Development
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to introduce additional measures to assist the domestic non-export sector of the economy, over and above existing...
- Innovation Fund
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress to date in establishing the €250 million innovation fund overseen by Enterprise Ireland; the number of new...
- Credit Availability
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on whether any initiative is needed from him to improve access to credit for small business; and if he will make a...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he has taken or proposes to take to ensure utilisation of innovation and the knowledge based economy to further...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the extent to which he is developing Ireland's competitiveness and productivity by creating the conditions where enterprise,...
- EU Directives
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding the draft consumer rights directive; if he is satisfied that the existing rights of consumers here,...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has made decisions to implement the 21 priority recommendations identified by him from the outstanding recommendations...
- Economic Strategy
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the role he will play in the implementation of the recently published plan, Trading and Investment in a Smart Economy; and...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the efforts he and bodies under the aegis of his Department, such as Enterprise Ireland and the South Cork County Enterprise...
- Business Regulation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps being taken to counter the reported practice of non-qualified persons posing as auditors and signing off on...
- Departmental Reports
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he is satisfied with the progress in implementing the recommendations of the innovation task force. [2575/11]
- Employment Rights
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he will take to prevent the exploitation of domestic workers, particularly migrant workers in such positions; and...
- Job Creation
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans for State agencies to create 30,000 jobs this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2545/11]
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has any new proposals to encourage the start up of small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the current status of the work of the Company Law Review Group; the time frame for the publication of legislation following...
- Industrial Development
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the strategy being undertaken by him in conjunction with the Industrial Development Agency to secure 50% of investment...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when he expects to publish the legislation promised (details supplied) to clamp down on crony capitalism, to restrict...
- Retail Sector
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will consider amending the law to require major retail companies operating here to publish company accounts to...
- Departmental Agencies
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the date on which he intends to extend the voluntary 15-day rule relating to prompt payments to the Health Service...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made regarding the commitment given in the renewed programme for Government to undertake an independent review...
- Credit Availability
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the latest position regarding his discussions with the main banks to ensure that credit is made available to all businesses...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he intends to proceed with the provision contained in the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act that...
- Job Losses
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of meetings that have taken place by the inter-agency team set up in the wake of the job losses at Quinn...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to achieve the full year administrative efficiencies of €31 million, referred to in the budget documentation;...
- Construction Industry
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by sub-contractors in the construction sector when main...
- National Minimum Wage
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the way he intends to enlarge the scope of the inability to pay clause; the limits he intends to set on the number of times...
- Enterprise Support Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his plans to produce a policy paper dealing specifically with micro companies in view of their importance to the economy....
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 118: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the details on the number of consultancy contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2006 by each Government and State agency...
- Department of Education and Science
- Schools Building Projects
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of the permanent extension to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will proceed as a matter of...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 4 November 2010, when a response will issue; and if she will make a...
- School Staffing
Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding educational support. [2961/11]
- Teaching Qualifications
Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the options available for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; if they will be facilitated; and if she will make...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Staff
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which bonus payments have been paid to different grades in his Department and the amounts paid by way of bonus for each of the years...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered opening the selling market for the national solidarity bond and the proposed sovereign annuity bond to regulated intermediaries...
- Pension Provisions
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax forgone in pension relief for the latest available year; the amount of tax levied or paid on lump sum pension payments for the...
- Tax Collection
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason tax credit has been reduced in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Reports
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Finance if the report of the independent review panel chaired by a person (details supplied) which has now been completed will be published; and if he will...
- Flood Relief
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance if contact has been made with the Office of Public Works regarding flooding at a river at Ballycatlan, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan which has...
- Financial Institutions Support Scheme
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to create a platform for the servicing and wind down of impaired assets; the work that has been carried out on same; and if he will make...
- National Parks
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Commissioners of Public Works will complete a licence agreement with Kerry County Council to facilitate the extension of the Abbey Island...
- Public Service Pay
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is reasonable to enforce a 5% cut on individuals who are not public servants as has happened in the case of low paid school...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details on the number of consultancy contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2006 by each Government and...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Insurance
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to request the VHI to reduce its charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2801/11]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason Crohn's disease is not included under the long-term illness scheme and if, in view of the similar nature of this disease to...
- Child Care Services
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 15 December 2010, if she will provide an update on the matter; when she expects a decision...
- Health Service Staff
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant paediatrician ear, nose and throat surgeons attached to Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin; the average...
- Health Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for a person (details supplied) in County Cork to be assessed for a specific purpose. [2956/11]
- Mental Health Services
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason there are no Health Service Executive mental health rehabilitation training places in south Kildare; her plans to address...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be informed of their application for the fair deal package; and if she will make...
- Department of Transport
- Motor Taxation
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will consider the points raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will give an assurance that classic cars, which are off road or...
- Driving Tests
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has investigated the inclusion of the following elements in driver testing: driving outside a 50 km zone, driving on a motorway, or similar...
- Road Network
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport in respect of the N11 Olygate to Rosslare bypass, if all spending on this proposal ceased; if a decision on the route will be announced in the...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Citizenship Applications
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the length of time it normally takes for a person from another European state to have his or her application for Irish citizenship...
- Juvenile Detention Centres
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the schedule for the completion of the national children detention centre at Oberstown, County Dublin; if it will be delayed in...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will consider the points raised in correspondence (details supplied) on the reunification of a family; and if he will make a...
- Judicial Reviews
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of judicial review cases instituted to review the decisions made by him, or his officials, on immigration matters...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Passport Applications
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way he arrived at the figure of €80, the new fee now applied to passports issued to those aged 65 years, a large percentage of whom...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Redundancy Payments
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their statutory redundancy payment. [2929/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it takes for an appeal to be heard for someone applying for farm assist, carer's allowance or any other social welfare...
- Social Welfare Code
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will have investigations made into the way self-employed persons are actually accessed in respect of their incomes; if it is on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the progress of an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a back to education allowance in respect of a person (details suppled) in County Mayo. [2976/11]
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal regarding jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [2977/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a recipient of farm assist is offered casual employment lasting four days which will result in a net payment to them of €300 after...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on the invalidity pension application of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a...
- Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
- Sports Capital Programme
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport when a balance of sports capital grant will be granted to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry. [2926/11]
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 169: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if he will provide the details on the number of consultancy contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2006 by each...
- Arts Funding
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will support Ireland's working artists as a matter of urgency. [2994/11]
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Wildlife Protection
Question 171: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact of the extensive damage and destruction of native wildlife...
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be provided for the housing aid for older people scheme administered through the local...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the legal provisions in relation to private rental accommodation are adequate to...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Commonage Division
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if certain commonage lands parcels (details supplied) were inspected and assessed by two separate teams from his Department...
- Grant Payments
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in payment of a single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and...
- Aquaculture Licences
Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress, if any, that has been made towards the granting of aquaculture licences in the bays and estuaries around the...
- Grant Payments
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 12 January 2011, the position regarding an area aid payment in respect of a...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide the details on the number of consultancy contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2006 by...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Parliamentary Questions
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 4 November 2010, when a response will issue; and if he will make a statement...
- Job Creation
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his strategy to replace jobs lost throughout the economy in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the action he has taken or proposes to take to comply with the joint objections of EU Commissioners Barnier and...
- Departmental Mission Statements
Question 189: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the extent if any to which his Department is motivated to achieve its mission statement having particular regard to the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will outline, in order, the five most important issues affecting competitiveness in the manufacturing and service...
- Retail Sector
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the extent if any to which the use of alcohol as a loss leader is being used to promote sales at retail outlets; and if he...
- Employment Rights
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding claims made by employers to the Labour Relations Commission seeking to avoid paying agreed wage...
- Business Regulation
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will indicate the circumstances in which bodies can be exempt from the requirement of an audit and his views on...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide the details on the number of consultancy contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2006 by...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Coláistí Samhraidh Gaeilge
Question 200: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Comhionannais agus Gaeltachta cad é an líon daltaí a rinne freastal ar chúrsaí Samhraidh Gaeltachta (Coláistí Samhraidh Gaeilge) gach...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 202: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide the details on the number of consultancy contracts awarded to a company (details supplied)...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Remuneration
Question 203: To ask the Minister for Defence when the pay increase for army cooks Tech 11 to Tech 111 will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2950/11]
