Written answers
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Agencies
Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied with the resources available to the National Employment Rights Authority; and if she will... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made with the approved funding of €10 million by the FÁS board to provide training for... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recommendations of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme... - Legislative Programme
Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to update the current partnership law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40932/09] - EU Directives
Question 11: 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... - Employment Support Services
Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she is taking to facilitate the recently unemployed to start their own businesses; and if she will... - Labour Inspectorate
Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of fully trained and deployed labour inspectors with the National Employment Rights Authority; the... - Cross-Border Trade
Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the gravity model study by the Economic and Social Research Institute, which shows that trade... - Labour Inspectorate
Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections carried out by the labour inspectorate to date in 2009; the way this... - Enterprise Development
Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken to implement the recommendations in the Forfás report of the overview of the main... - Unemployment Levels
Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the high level of unemployment among persons aged 20 to 25 years; the measures she proposes to... - Export Sector
Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support exports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40910/09] - Redundancy Payments
Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of claims waiting to be processed within her Department at the latest date for which figures are... - Work Permits
Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to streamline the issuing of work permits; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Agencies
Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on misappropriation and misuse of public... - Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the continuing problems facing small and medium sized enterprises as a... - Work Permits
Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to review the work permit rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40890/09] - Departmental Agencies
Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in the interests of clarity and accountability she will in future ensure that all parliamentary questions... - Pension Provisions
Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the deficit in the Industrial Development Authority's pension fund; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Reports
Question 27: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on publication of the research report entitled Issues and Challenges in the Recruitment and... - Export Sector
Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support indigenous exporters; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 29: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the burden on small and medium sized companies of local authority rates; if... - Departmental Bodies
Question 30: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she last held a meeting with the Director of Corporate Enforcement; the issues discussed; and if she will... - Grocery Industry
Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on her proposed code of conduct for the grocery sector. [41052/09] - Pension Provisions
Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the deficit in the FÁS pension fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40964/09] - Industrial Development
Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of foreign investors she has, through the Industrial Development Authority, brought to each of the... - Departmental Reports
Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken to implement the recommendations of the report entitled Towards a Framework for... - Smart Economy
Question 36: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her intention to appoint an advisory council of business leaders as outlined in her smart economy document;... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to lower the business cost base here in view of the assertion of the Competition Authority that the... - Employment Statistics
Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created and lost by the Industrial Development Authority to date in 2009 on a county basis... - Services Sector
Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken to implement the recommendations of the services strategy group; and if she will make... - Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken to support small business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40909/09] - Live Register
Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the differential between the redundancy figures and the live register figures; and if she will... - Departmental Agencies
Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the former Director General of FÁS resigned voluntarily from his position; and if she will make a... - EU Directives
Question 45: 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... - National Skills Strategy
Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will report on the progress of the national skills strategy; if she will ensure that the implementation... - Cross-Border Initiatives
Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on references in the 2006 bilateral agreement on an all-island economy (details supplied) regarding... - Companies Legislation
Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made with regard to preparation of the promised legislation to ban cross-directorships and to... - Job Losses
Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement of the loss of 119 jobs at a plant (details supplied) in... - Departmental Agencies
Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recommendation of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes that... - Industrial Relations
Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the growing number of industrial disputes in which employers have ignored... - Departmental Programmes
Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support science and innovation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Enterprise Development
Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support enterprise development in the midland and western regions; and if she will... - Proposed Legislation
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish the legislation to amend the Competition Acts 1991 to 2006 to uphold right of... - Public Procurement
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to streamline the public procurement process for small business; and if she will make... - Job Protection
Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding she provided to maintain jobs in small industries which has been committed and paid out... - Departmental Programmes
Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recommendation of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes that... - Departmental Agencies
Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on FÁS published on 10... - Workplace Accidents
Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents and workplace deaths recorded in each year from 2002 to date in 2009; her... - County Enterprise Boards
Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to support the role of county enterprise boards; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Agencies
Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recommendation of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes that... - Job Creation
Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of company start ups there been since 1 January 2009; the way this compares to the figures from... - Departmental Bodies
Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied with the resources available to the office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and... - Departmental Agencies
Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recommendation of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that... - Employment Rights
Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken to address the exploitation of migrant workers; and if she will make a statement on... - Job Losses
Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the interim report of the mid west task force established following the announcement of job... - Redundancy Payments
Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies notified to her Department in respect of each year from 2002 to date in 2009; the... - Departmental Programmes
Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons participating in the graduate placement and short-term work schemes which were announced... - National Minimum Wage
Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received a report from the Labour Court regarding a possible change in the national minimum wage;... - Unemployment Levels
Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she will take to address the continuing employment crisis in view of the continuing high level of... - EU Funding
Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that have applied for assistance under the €100 million European Stabilisation Fund... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the International Monetary Fund's opinion that Ireland is the most expensive country in the... - Smart Economy
Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date by the high level action group on green enterprise; when she expects to receive this... - Departmental Programmes
Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on introducing a new type of work scheme for skilled workers in receipt of social welfare payments;... - Redundancy Payments
Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will honour the commitment made to allow employers to offset against tax a redundancy scheme refund... - Prompt Payment System
Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps taken to ensue compliance by Government Departments with the new arrangements announced on 20 May... - Departmental Programmes
Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will extend the work placement programme to support more workers in vulnerable employment; her views on... - Employment Support Services
Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the existence of a group (details supplied), an independent non-profit... - Retail Sector
Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she is taking to curtail the drop in volume and value of retail sales here since the volume of... - Job Creation
Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent she directly or in conjunction with other Departments proposes to put in place a job creation plan... - Industrial Relations
Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she will publish legislation to address employee representation at work which was promised by June 2009... - Export Credit Insurance
Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce an export focused short-term State supported credit insurance scheme to supplement the... - Job Losses
Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the announcement of the loss of 350 jobs at a plant (details supplied) in... - Departmental Programmes
Question 96: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the introduction of additional social economy or job initiative schemes to assist with the... - Consumer Rights
Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the report of the sales law review group on the proposed consumer rights directive; and if she... - Technical Employment Support Grant
Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who were assisted under the technical employment support grant since its inception; the... - Departmental Agencies
Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the recent report prepared by the Comptroller and Auditor General into management and control... - Job Protection
Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she is taking to protect and maintain a critical aviation engineering industry for air transport... - Export Sector
Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing exporters here in view of the recent strengthening... - Redundancy Payments
Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on a redundancy issue (details supplied). [41113/09] - EU Funding
Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 13 October 2009, if a college (details supplied) in County... - Redundancy Payments
Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will expedite payment of a redundancy payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [41152/09] - Departmental Agencies
Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the committees, sub-committee, monitoring group and advisory group below board level within FÁS where the... - Redundancy Payments
Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be awarded their redundancy payments in view of the... - Community Employment Schemes
Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 7 July 2009, if she will provide an update with regard to her... - FÁS Training Programmes
Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Clare will qualify for training under a scheme; and if she will make... - Departmental Agencies
Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when her attention was drawn to the problems in relation to FÁS in the north east; if she has received... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps, if any, she has taken to ensure that consumers here do not have to go outside the jurisdiction for... - Employment Statistics
Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost in the economy in each of the past 24 months and to date in 2009; and if she will... - Job Creation
Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she has identified the most salient issues creating a barrier to job creation; her... - Departmental Agencies
Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all of the groups, bodies or agencies under the aegis of her Department are accountable to her or the... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she proposes to take to reduce costs in the manufacturing and services sector; and if she will...
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