Written answers
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Consumer Protection
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contact he has had with the National Consumer Agency regarding the large price differences for the same goods sold in... - State Bodies
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff employed by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; if he has an outstanding request for... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the growing strength of the euro, which is projected by economists to reach above $1.60 in the months ahead, is having an... - Employment Rights
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by SIPTU that the treatment of some foreign workers employed as... - Job Losses
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of types of employment that account for the job losses since the start of 2008; the way he accounts for the... - Financial Regulation
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that there are adequate legislative measures in place to deal with the issue of insider trading,... - Unemployment Levels
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will revise the projected unemployment figures for 2008; his views on the scale of increase in unemployment; his views... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to retrain the significant number of recently unemployed construction workers; if he has a strategy to migrate... - Services Sector
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the figures showing a decline in business activity in the services sector in the first three months of 2008,... - World Trade Negotiations
Question 20: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to ensure a positive outcome for Ireland in the current World Trade Organisation negotiations; and... - Employment Rights
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the national employment rights authority will be established on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on... - Grocery Industry
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that the abolition of the groceries order has resulted in the reduction in prices that were forecast by... - Job Losses
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of manufacturing and service jobs lost in each of the past five years to date in 2008; the number lost due to a... - Work Permits
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the proposed EU blue card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16738/08] - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason FÁS failed to train enough people to allow the safety certificate requirement to be implemented on time; and if... - Consumer Protection
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied with the work to date of the National Consumer Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - EU Directives
Question 30: 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... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that price competitiveness of industry here is improved; and if he will make a statement on... - Job Losses
Question 32: 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... - Tax Code
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the lengthening of the ten year look back period for the research and development tax credit that applies to... - Joint Labour Committees
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the impact the recent High Court settlement between the Labour Court and the Irish Hotel's Federation will have on joint... - Competition Authority
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of recommendations made to Government by the Competition Authority since 2002 to date in 2008; the number of... - World Trade Negotiations
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main obstacles to a comprehensive World Trade Organisation agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Minimum Wage
Question 38: 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 was... - Job Creation
Question 40: 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... - Official Engagements
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government Ministers from non-OECD countries he has met in an official capacity since his appointment as Minister; the... - EU Directives
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the EU Directive on the Posting of Workers, as referenced in the recent European Court of Justice... - Employment Rights
Question 47: 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 a request for... - Workplace Accidents
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the significant increase in the number of deaths recorded in workplace accidents in the construction sector... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he will support small to medium enterprises here to adapt to the changing economic environment; and if he will make... - Consumer Protection
Question 50: 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... - Site Investigations
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 691 of 30 January 2008, the further progress that has been made with the future... - EU Directives
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to the proposed EU Directive on Agency Workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16557/08] - Decentralisation Programme
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the programme of decentralisation in respect of his... - Job Protection
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the decision he has made on the request that the Government should guarantee a loan in respect of Waterford Crystal; the... - Job Creation
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by multinational companies which have located here for each year since 2005 to date in 2008; and... - Industrial Disputes
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene in a dispute at a hotel (details supplied) in Dublin where workers have been let go because of dispute... - Consumer Protection
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals for a consultation process regarding the prohibition of credit card and other relevant methods of payment... - Job Losses
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a dedicated section within his Department responsible for identifying plants that may be at risk, in order that... - Equality Issues
Question 69: 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... - Unemployment Levels
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned that according to figures published by the Central Statistics Office that 18 of the 28 towns with a... - Consumer Protection
Question 72: 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... - Employment Support Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 34 and 36 of 28 February 2008, if the reviews of the wage subsidy scheme and...
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