Written answers
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Agencies
Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the occasions, since 2000, in which spending on FÁS was included on a risk-register within her Department;... - Small and Medium Enterprise
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on her recent meeting with the Small Firms Association to discuss the difficulties facing... - Employment Rights
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when cross-Departmental joint labour investigation teams will be operational; and if she will make a statement... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken or proposes to take to improve the competitiveness of Irish goods and services traded... - Motor Fuels
Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to receive a report from the National Consumer Agency on the reason for high fuel prices... - Employment Support Services
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 34 and 67 of 28 February 2008, if the reviews of the wage subsidy... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to tackle the deterioration of Irish manufacturing exports. [44918/08] - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will carry out an independent review of the training and education programmes operating under the FÁS... - Health and Safety Regulations
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the significant increase in the number of deaths recorded in workplace accidents in the... - Departmental Appointments
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will review the appointment process of members of the board of FÁS. [44917/08] - Business Regulation
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage by which she has reduced the administrative cost of regulation to business; the extent to which... - Prompt Payment System
Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has met with representatives of the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises to discuss the issue of the... - FÁS Investigation
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the examination by the Comptroller and Auditor General of the effectiveness of management and control... - Industrial Development
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions either the industrial development agencies or her Department have had with senior management... - Departmental Agencies
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she last exercised the powers available to her under the Schedule of the Labour Services Act, 1987 to... - Departmental Appointments
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedures for the appointment of a new chief executive of FÁS; when she expects the process to be... - Job Losses
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department up to the end of November 2008; the way this compares... - FÁS Investigation
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grounds for her concerns in respect of FÁS; the scope of the investigation which she has asked the... - EU Directives
Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with regard to the implementation of the Temporary Agency Workers Directive, agreed at the... - Departmental Agencies
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her proposals for the merger of the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency; the savings she... - Employment Support Services
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 34 and 67 of 28 February 2008, the details of the budget and outturns... - Departmental Agencies
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she last gave her consent under section 7(2)(a) of the Labour Services Act, 1987 to the remuneration and... - Social Partnership
Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative measures she plans to introduce arising from the new social partnership agreement; the... - Job Creation
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the net number of jobs being created on a weekly basis in the economy; the extent to which this varies with... - Work Permits
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she intends to retain the requirement for nationals from Bulgaria and Romania to have work permits in... - Retail Sector Imports
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has made contact with the larger retail stores in relation to their practice of importing supplies... - Trade Union Recognition
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative or other measures she will take to uphold the right to collective bargaining and particularly... - Labour Inspectorate
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors employed by the National Employment Rights Authority; the number of labour... - Job Losses
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the further rise in unemployment reflected in the live register over recent months; the steps... - Departmental Agencies
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she will take arising from recent disclosures regarding expenditure by FÁS on foreign travel and... - Fuel Prices
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on recent EU figures which suggested that consumers here are being charged up to 20% more for... - Departmental Agencies
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of recent disclosures regarding expenditure at FÁS, she has plans to issue a direction under... - Official Engagements
Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on her recent official visit to the Gulf; the results achieved; and if she will make a... - Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average industrial wage earned by a male worker and female worker respectively; the average male earnings... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the reduction in the number of apprentices registered with FÁS, which has fallen from 29,273 in... - Job Creation
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs she expects to be created during 2008 in the manufacturing and other sectors; the way... - EU Directives
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility remaining to be implemented; the... - Employment Rights
Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to a television programme (details supplied) which outlined a systematic...
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