Written answers
Tuesday, 6 March 2007
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has fewer public holidays than the majority of EU Member States; if... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 5 December 2006, his plans to increase the number of community employment... - Ministerial Staff
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, being civil servants, who are assigned to the constituency office of Minister of State for Trade and... - Trade Missions
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on plans for a trade mission to Kazakhstan in 2007; if it is intended that there will be a Ministerial... - Employment Rights
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of the investigation on the disclosure that Polish workers employed by a contractor at the ESB power station... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that Irish export markets are sufficiently well placed to withstand competition; and if he will make a... - Export Data
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the annual reports published pursuant to the Control of Exports Bill will provide details of the quantities of goods... - Skills Development
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of the €2.8 billion allocated to skills development under the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 that... - Public Transport
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the... - Industrial Development
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take to address low Kerry disposable incomes and high live register figures as per Central Statistics... - Ministerial Staff
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of travel and maintenance expenses incurred individually in respect of each person by name in the employment of... - Job Creation
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans his Department has for increased employment in County Mayo; his views on whether that infrastructure needs urgent... - Ministerial Staff
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, being civil servants, who are assigned to his constituency office, whether based at his Department's... - Migrant Workers
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views, in view of the stark difference in the number of work permits issued to Romanian and Bulgarian nationals as... - Employment Rights
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on recent reports of film production companies here paying employees below minimum wage rates; if he is taking... - Departmental Bodies
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will enhance the powers and remit of the Competition Authority. [8582/07] - Equality Issues
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the provisions of employment law that discriminate against employees over 65 years of... - Departmental Staff
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in his Department and its agencies currently based in offices rented by, rather than owned by, the... - Departmental Appointments
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason, as indicated in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 31 January 2007, the remuneration of the State... - Industrial Disputes
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of industrial disputes that resulted in strike action in 2006 that related directly to his Department or its... - Job Creation
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for job creation in the south and south west following the recent high profile job losses at three companies; his... - Work Life Balance Initiatives
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on activities organised or funded by his Department for work life balance day on 1 March 2007; the... - Health and Safety Regulations
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that current health and safety legislation is adequate in preventing deaths in the workplace; his plans... - Ministerial Staff
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff, being civil servants, who are assigned to the Minister of State for Labour Affairs constituency... - Pharmaceutical Industry
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made on the recruitment of a consultant to stem the loss of jobs from Ireland's pharmaceutical industry; the... - EU Directives
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility, remaining to be implemented; the directives that... - Fair Trade Promotion
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to promote fair trade fortnight both within and outside his Department; and if he will make a... - Work Permits
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that current regulation of the work permits scheme is sufficiently robust to ensure against specious... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who undertook FÁS training courses in 2006; the percentage of those who were unemployed, who were in... - Overseas Trade Promotion
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the activities to date of IDA Ireland's China office; the number of joint Chinese Irish ventures... - Enterprise Incentives
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the differences in incentives, financial or otherwise, available to foreign direct investors versus indigenous industry in... - Employment Rights
Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will remove the exemption of sea-going vessels from the transfer of undertakings legislation which protects employee... - North-South Enterprise Policy
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made in negotiations with the British Government relating to a North-South enterprise policy; and if he... - Departmental Bodies
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will allocate additional staff to the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement. [8581/07] - Consumer Protection
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the Casual Trading Act, 1995; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7420/07] - Employment Rights Bodies
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional resources he has secured for employment rights bodies; and the way and the dates which these additional... - Migrant Workers
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to help improve and support the English language skills of immigrants here; and if he will make a statement on... - Proposed Legislation
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish legislation which will make a repeat of what happened in the Irish Ferries' redundancy deal illegal.... - Workplace Violence
Question 139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions study which... - Departmental Staff
Question 140: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there has been a negative impact on the work of his Department or its agencies from the Government's Public Service... - Energy Conservation
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions taken by his Department and its agencies to date to ensure maximum energy efficiency and minimum carbon... - Labour Inspectorate
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors currently employed by the Labour Inspectorate of his Department; the number of labour... - Telecommunications Services
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the service provided by broadband, cable television and telephone providers requires customer support... - Personal Injuries Assessment Board
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that almost 40% of assessments made by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board in the first two and a... - Migrant Workers
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that in the first six weeks of 2007, 17 of the 3,164 Romanians who entered Ireland and received... - Employee Rights Protection
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the exemption of doctors in training under Section 17 of the Protection of Employees (Fixed Term Work) Act... - Ministerial Staff
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name of the persons in respect of the category of Ministerial staff, including those attached to Ministers of State in... - Personal Injuries Assessment Board
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases currently before the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; the number of cases for which rulings have... - Job Creation
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Interdepartmental Group on Donegal,... - Environmental Support Schemes
Question 153: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dedicated supports available to companies from Enterprise Ireland aimed at increasing awareness of, and promoting, eco... - National Employment Rights Authority
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on progress made in the establishment of the office of the director of employment rights compliance; and... - Departmental Staff
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed by his Department; the number of staff as of 31 December in each year from 2002 to 2006; the... - Enterprise Regulation
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reduce the regulatory burden on small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Redundancy Payments
Question 158: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the dispute between Greencore and its former employees, who are still to receive their redundancy... - Company Law Enforcement
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of investigations by the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Employment Appeals Tribunal and other agencies... - Lisbon Agenda
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress his Department has made in implementing the Lisbon Agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Economic Performance
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the concerns of local community groups in respect of the factors that have led to the south east region... - Employment Rights Protection
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice of false contracting being used across a wide range of industries in order... - Irish Language
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to his Department of implementing the Official Languages Act 2003; the number of documents that were published in... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to further develop the community employment scheme, in particular to enhancing employment levels of the over... - Foreign Direct Investment
Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the recent contacts with representatives in the Eastern Bloc to promote Ireland as a suitable destination for investment;... - Public Procurement Policy
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the motion recently passed by Dublin City Council regarding fair wages; his views on the... - Official Travel
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the international flights taken by his Departmental staff on Department business during 2006; the number of flights to each...
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