Written answers

Wednesday, 31 January 2007

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

 
  • Tax Code
    Question 1089: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason community and voluntary groups with limited company status are not entitled to avail of an audit exemption up...
  • Health and Safety Regulations
    Question 1091: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the laws which protect public property in the vicinity of commercial explosive blasting at quarries; the distance the...
  • International Trade Relations
    Question 1092: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of trade with Taiwan; his plans to open an Enterprise Ireland office in Taiwan; his plans to increase the level...
  • Work Permits
    Question 1093: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the situation regarding obtaining a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Services Sector
    Question 1094: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce measures to properly regulate professional services to allow for greater transparency in pricing,...
  • Flexible Work Practices
    Question 1095: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of days a person who is working 10 hours per week are allowed in one year; if they have floating days; and if...
  • National Minimum Wage
    Question 1096: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in his Department currently earning the national minimum wage; the number of staff in his Department...
  • Debt Collection
    Question 1097: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has studied the arrangements whereby small businesses can recover bad debts through the legal system; his views on...
  • Site Acquisitions
    Question 1098: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the sale of IDA lands to Cork County Council particularly the lands in Kanturk, County Cork; and...
  • Mobile Telephony
    Question 1099: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the basis on which Regtel can describe itself as an independent regulator if as he stated in his reply of 14 December 2006...
  • Work Permits
    Question 1100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will re-examine the merits of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will support their appeal on health...
  • World Trade Negotiations
    Question 1101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the EU will offer least developed countries a round for free under WTO talks; if the EU is making trade liberalisation...
  • Work Permits
    Question 1102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reasons for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin being refused a work permit; if he will change this decision...
  • Industrial Development
    Question 1103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA assisted companies in Clare and in Ennis; the number of employees in these companies; the number of...
  • Enterprise Education
    Question 1104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application for funding has been received from an organisation (details supplied); if the application has been...
  • Work Permits
    Question 1105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision will be made on a work permit application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
  • Industrial Development
    Question 1106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, further to correspondence (details supplied), he will outline the progress to date on obtaining alternative employment...
  • Industrial Disputes
    Question 1107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if further to his discussions, support and commitments to the former workers of the Castlemahon Group, County Limerick in...
  • Compensation Payments
    Question 1108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 3 October 2006, the reason the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 1109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants and other staff employed in his constituency office; and the grade and remuneration of each....
  • Work Permits
    Question 1111: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a work permit renewal application will be approved for an employer (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1892/07]
  • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
    Question 1113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when an application for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be processed; the reason for the delay; and if he...
  • Debt Collection
    Question 1115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money owed to the unsecured creditors at a company (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when same will be...
  • Industrial Development
    Question 1117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made by the IDA to secure a tenant for the Business and Technology Park in Carlow currently owned by the...
  • An Teanga Ghaeilge
    Question 1119: To ask the Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta cá fhad ar an meán a thógann sé air litir a fhreagairt as Béarla i gcomparáid leis an méid ama a thógann sé air litir...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 1120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government will make a submission to the European Commission on its Green Paper on Labour Law Reform; the proposed...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    Question 1121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names and addresses of the members of a board (details supplied); when they were appointed; the duration of their...
  • Industrial Relations
    Question 1122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Section 4 (1) of the Competition Act, 2002 is being invoked by the Health...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 1123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in relation to pyramid schemes; the law relating thereto; if further changes in the law are necessary; and if...
  • Community Employment Schemes
    Question 1124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether there is a strong case to extend the time permitted for those on community employment schemes, who...
  • Financial Services Regulation
    Question 1125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the lack of competition in the credit card market as highlighted in the Herfindahl Hirschmann Index, which...
  • Energy Resources
    Question 1126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it is time for his Department and for Government to address the issue of rising energy costs for...
  • Job Protection
    Question 1128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in the course of the recent promotional trip to south east Asia, information was gathered with a view to addressing...
  • Work Permits
    Question 1133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits applied for in the past 12 months; the numbers approved, rejected or pending; and if he will...
  • Redundancy Payments
    Question 1137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason State level of redundancy was never awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in view...
  • Job Losses
    Question 1138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in 2006 in County Mayo; the number of jobs created in Mayo in 2006; and if he will make a...
  • Job Creation
    Question 1139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the assistance of Enterprise Ireland in County Mayo in 2006 with a breakdown of the jobs...

  • Question 1141: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job losses and factory closures announced in Youghal and Fermoy, County Cork respectively since 2002; the...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    Question 1142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 11 October 2006, the take up of employer grants and schemes which support the...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 1143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons engaged in project management in his Department that have recognised qualifications in that area;...

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