Written answers
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Research Funding
Question 612: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action taken by his Department to promote the EU's Seventh Framework Programme among industry and academia; the... - Work Permits
Question 613: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will be assisted. [36095/07] - Community Employment Schemes
Question 616: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the regulations that prevent FÁS from employing an individual aged 59 for a period in excess of seven years in a community... - Pension Provisions
Question 617: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all employers when registering as self-employed were notified of the construction workers pension scheme by the relevant... - Job Creation
Question 618: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies the Government is employing to increase the number of early stage entrepreneurs here; the support structures... - Departmental Agencies
Question 619: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the precise role of the Central Co-ordination Unit or CCU in relation to the County Enterprise Boards; the Department... - Judicial Reviews
Question 620: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to and the damages paid by the State in relation to judicial reviews that his Department were responsible for in... - Pension Provisions
Question 622: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied with the operation of the construction workers pensions scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Industrial Relations
Question 623: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Joint Labour Agreements may apply to the self-employed and undertakings as well as employees; and if he will make a... - International Trade
Question 625: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an explanation of the legal term inter-state trade to the extent that it affects company and competition... - Employment Agencies Regulation
Question 626: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the systems in place to regulate recruitment agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1149/08] - Industrial Relations
Question 628: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that the Joint Labour Committees are compatible with the Competition Act 2002; and if he will make a... - Employment Rights
Question 630: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the impact a recent European Court of Justice decision in the Viking Line case has on Irish company law; and if he will... - National Minimum Wage
Question 631: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the month and year that the national minimum wage was first introduced; the numbers in employment at that time; and the... - Legislative Programme
Question 632: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Acts passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas sponsored by his Department in each year from 2003 to 2007; the... - Job Losses
Question 633: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Cork would qualify for redundancy, unfair dismissal or other payment. [1332/08] - Research Funding
Question 634: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on funding a number of bio-incubator labs on publicly owned land in Youghal, County Cork for the purposes of... - Industrial Development
Question 637: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of land owned by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland in Cork east; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Properties
Question 638: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Department owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys,... - Industrial Development
Question 639: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of out of State companies that located in County Kerry and County Cork respectively, between January 2002 and... - Job Creation
Question 640: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of itineraries arranged by the IDA of out of State industrialists between January 2002 and December 2007 in... - Work Permits
Question 643: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when an appeal to refuse work permits will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if... - Services Sector
Question 645: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to deal with the widespread problem of tickets for concerts and other events being resold at inflated prices; if... - Data Protection
Question 646: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of and the records kept by his Department of attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious... - Employment Rights
Question 647: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the findings by the European Court of Justice in the Laval case; and the implications the findings may have... - National Minimum Wage
Question 648: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the European Trade Union Confederation's warning to the European Central Bank to stop its crusade against fair... - Industrial Development
Question 649: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is envisaged the transfer will be competed of six hectares of lands at Demense Castlerea, County Roscommon to... - Telecommunications Services
Question 650: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has discussed with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources making Tipperary Town a wireless... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 651: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of FÁS schemes that can not fill vacancies due to the six year cap for those over the age of 55 years; if he... - Work Permits
Question 652: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an appeal will be opened in relation to a work permit for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1868/08] - Community Employment Schemes
Question 653: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on making a change in relation to the six year regulation for people over the age of 55 years who are employed on... - Health and Safety Regulations
Question 654: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to tackle the problems in the electrical contracting industry, namely, the practice of sub... - Work Permits
Question 655: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit can be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 656: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on media monitoring or press cutting services for each of the years 2002 to 2007; and if... - Job Creation
Question 657: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits by prospective employers to IDA sites in Tipperary south in 2007. [2008/08] - Work Permits
Question 658: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the EU agency workers directive; the reason the Irish Government is still opposing the introduction of this... - Unemployment Levels
Question 659: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the unemployment rate in each of the years 2003 to 2007 in the border, midland, west, Dublin, mid-east, mid-west, south... - Industrial Development
Question 660: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investment by the Industrial Development Authority and Enterprise Ireland in each of the years 2003 to 2007 in the... - Data Protection
Question 662: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of all instances since 1 June 2002 where personal data held by his Department or any agency under its auspices... - Accountancy Regulation
Question 663: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action a person can take where they are not satisfied that an accountant or auditor has discharged their... - Proposed Legislation
Question 669: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the Companies Act 1990 to prevent developers from writing unfair terms in the memo and arts of residential... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 670: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of the people who attended the Skills Olympics in Japan in 2007 who travelled business class at the expense of... - Employment Support Services
Question 671: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the all of the applications for Skillnets funding; the county, where applicable, the... - Industrial Development
Question 674: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will confirm that an agreement was reached, and when it was reached, for the IDA to purchase the site in east Cork... - Company Closures
Question 675: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a company (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [2265/08] - Employment Agencies Regulation
Question 676: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will establish a code of standards for recruitment agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2266/08] - Industrial Development
Question 677: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount a company (details supplied) has received or will receive in grants from Enterprise Ireland to establish a... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 681: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being encountered by participants and sponsors of community employment... - Barriers to Trade
Question 682: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns that the proposed micro-generator scheme being introduced in the UK places... - Redundancy Payments
Question 683: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has not been awarded redundancy. [2411/08] - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 684: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the services to the business division of FÁS are withdrawing funding in... - Industrial Development
Question 685: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of new IDA supported jobs created in each county in 2007; and the number of jobs per 10,000 of population this... - Labour Inspectorate
Question 686: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of fully trained and deployed labour inspectors with the National Employment Rights Authority; the corresponding... - Work Permits
Question 687: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of green cards issued each month in 2007; when details of the procedure regarding permanent residency will be... - Garda Investigations
Question 690: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to bring to a satisfactory conclusion to the ongoing efforts by a person (details supplied) to have... - Site Investigations
Question 691: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 16 October 2007, if a group has been established to examine the potential use... - Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 692: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 23 May 2006, if he is satisfied that his Department has met the 3% employment... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 693: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil and other public servants based in Dublin in his Department and agencies who have applied for... - Job Creation
Question 694: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in respect of IDA backed jobs, he will provide a breakdown of the number created in Limerick and the mid-west, Dublin,... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 695: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of civil servants and other public servants, who have relocated to locations outside of Dublin under the...
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