Written answers
Thursday, 28 February 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employee Facilities
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to encourage employers to set up or to increase employee facilities, such as crèches and gymnasiums; if he has... - Skills Shortages
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is an analysis on the amount of emigrants leaving Ireland and of the skills possessed by such workers emigrating... - Companies Registration
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide estimates on the percentage of companies that are up to date in filing their returns to the Companies... - National Skills Strategy
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to encourage and facilitate the retraining of persons employed by companies that have a definite end life; and if... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has undertaken any assessment of the implications for industry, in regard to competitiveness and... - Trade Missions
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of foreign trade missions in the past five years; the follow up that takes place post trade mission; the number... - EU Treaties
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take to educate businesses on the Lisbon treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8506/08] - Employment Rights
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when cross-departmental joint labour investigation teams will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to introduce a national strategy to address competitiveness as recommended by the National Competitiveness... - Employment Rights
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date on the work of the National Employment Rights Authority; when the authority will be placed on a... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take to close the 23% price gap between the cost of consumer goods and services here and the rest of the... - County Enterprise Boards
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the future of county enterprise boards; if he is satisfied with the investment return in previous years; the... - National Minimum Wage
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that, of 296 breaches of the minimum pay legislation, detected during 2006 and 2007, prosecutions were... - Consumer Protection
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action being taken to implement the commitment in the programme for Government that steps would be taken to ensure that... - Work Permits
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made in reducing the time to process employment permit applications; and if he will make a statement on the... - Live Register
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department have analysed the increased number of people on the live register to determine the industries and... - Industrial Development
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on allowing local Irish businesses, small and medium enterprises included, to access lands at Industrial... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date on the implementation of the programme of decentralisation in respect of his Department and State... - Consumer Protection
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of proceedings initiated to date under section 83 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007; if he is satisfied that... - Industrial Development
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits to the Industrial Development Authority business locations in counties Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan... - Work Permits
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which he is taking to streamline the issue of work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8024/08] - Job Losses
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the continuing loss of jobs in small construction firms; the analysis his Department has conducted on this... - Employment Support Services
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 19 December 2007, if the Goodbody review of the FÁS wage subsidy scheme has... - Employment Appeals Tribunal
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to reduce waiting times for hearings at the Employment Appeals Tribunal ; if he has had any request... - Employment Action Plan
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the negotiations he has had with the Department for Social and Family Affairs on new initiatives to encourage people off the... - Job Creation
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional effort has been made by his Department for services since the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement to... - Industrial Relations
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it is acceptable for a company (details supplied) operating all over this island and with multiple... - Health and Safety Regulations
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the 34% increase in the number of deaths recorded in workplace accidents during 2007; the proposals he has to... - Employment Rights
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the growing number of construction companies refusing to employ direct workers and the... - Job Creation
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs he expects to be created during 2008 in regard to manufacturing and other sectors; the way these... - Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average industrial wage earned by a male worker and female worker respectively; the average male earnings and average... - Work Permits
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons granted green cards under the scheme for recruiting highly skilled workers from outside the EU; the... - Consumer Protection
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government that steps would be taken to ensure that... - EU Directives
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number, in respect of EU Directives for which his Department has responsibility, remaining to be implemented; the... - Employment Rights
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the practical measures his Department has taken to prevent or discourage the emerging trend whereby a number of well known... - Job Losses
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to his Department during 2007; the way this compares with the same period in each year... - Employment Rights
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his priorities for the meeting of the Employment Council of 29 February 2008; if he will raise the issue of the draft EU... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to recent comments by the European institutions drawing attention to a lack of... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on removing the cap of six years on participants over 55 years of age in community employment schemes, in order to... - Labour Inspectorate
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the decline from 2002 in 2006, to 1750 in 2007 in the number of inspections to check that the minimum wage... - Job Creation
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he proposes to take measures to encourage job creation in view of a downturn in this area in the past five years; and if... - Regulatory Reform
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has decided on a benchmark against which the Government's promise to cut business compliance costs by 25% can be... - Price Inflation
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on reports of recent substantial increases in the price of a range of food prices and forecasts that food prices... - Proposed Legislation
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the Employment Agency Regulation Bill, which had been on the list on legislation due to be published prior to 30... - Consumer Protection
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take measures to prevent English retail stores marking up the euro price of their products here. [8252/08] - Trade Union Recognition
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce measures that will oblige employers to recognise trade unions. [8249/08] - Labour Inspectorate
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of labour inspectors... - Consumer Protection
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of on-the-spot fines for breaches of consumer law imposed to date under the terms of the Consumer Protection... - Employment Rights
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to any situations in the past where companies based in the North and South of Ireland... - Consumer Protection
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there have been complaints made to consumer associations regarding the differential between the euro and sterling prices...
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