Written answers

Wednesday, 2 December 2009

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

 
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish the legislation to amend the Competition Acts to uphold rights of certain...
  • Workplace Accidents
    Question 44: 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 2008 and to date in...
  • Departmental Programmes
    Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of participants in the short time training scheme; if she has given consideration to adopting an...
  • Economic Competitiveness
    Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to reduce the cost of doing business here following a recent Forfás report; and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 47: 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...
  • Redundancy Payments
    Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of claims for redundancy payments waiting to be processed within her Department at the latest date...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the granting of pension top ups and discretionary payments to the former chief executive of FÁS was in...
  • Job Protection
    Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on guaranteed loans for small and medium enterprises with the view of supporting maintaining...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all the boards of State agencies under her remit which are required to implement the new code of practice...
  • Redundancy Payments
    Question 55: 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...
  • Economic Competitiveness
    Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the commitment in the Revised Programme for Government to act on recommendations contained in reports of...
  • Enterprise Stabilisation Fund
    Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that have applied to date for assistance under the €100 million Enterprise...
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the type of sectors that are being promoted for graduate work placements; if she will provide a breakdown of...
  • EU Directives
    Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the draft Consumer Rights Directive; if she is satisfied that the existing rights of...
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress she has made with the Department of Social and Family Affairs on aiding those unemployed back...
  • Tax Code
    Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions she has had with the Department of Finance regarding reducing VAT rates and PRSI rates; and if...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to refine and clarify national rules regarding enterprise eligibility for assistance, both financial...
  • National Minimum Wage
    Question 65: 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;...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 67: 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 Programme that...
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps, in view of the continuing level of unemployment indicated by the live register figures, she will...
  • Industrial Development
    Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts she is making to develop and promote industry in the Youghal area of east Cork; and if she will...
  • Pension Provisions
    Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a statutory instrument was used to grant additional pension entitlements to a person (details...
  • Prompt Payment System
    Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to ensure compliance by Government Departments with the new arrangements announced on...
  • Legislative Programme
    Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects to publish the legislation to clamp down on crony capitalism to restrict cross directorships...
  • EU Directives
    Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position and timeframe for the transposition of the services directive; and if she will make a statement...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated number of apprentices by category who cannot progress with their training due to the...
  • Grocery Industry
    Question 81: 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. [44601/09]
  • Departmental Bodies
    Question 82: 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...
  • Economic Competitiveness
    Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to address the ever increasing issue of falling competitiveness in this economy leading to...
  • Departmental Bodies
    Question 84: 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...
  • Employment Subsidy Scheme
    Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new eligibility criteria applying to the second round of the employment subsidy scheme will be...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 86: 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 Programme that...
  • Employment Subsidy Scheme
    Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has examined the reason for the low take-up of the Government employment subsidy scheme to date; and if...
  • Job Creation
    Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action her Department and State agencies are taking to generate employment in Youghal, County Cork in view...
  • EU Directives
    Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU Directives for which she has responsibility remaining to be implemented; if she will list the...
  • Departmental Bodies
    Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the work of the Company Law Review Group; the timeframe for the publication of legislation...
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to combat the problem of the responsibility gap in enterprise supports, identified in...
  • Job Initiative
    Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has given consideration to the introduction of any additional social economy and job initiative schemes...
  • Work Permits
    Question 95: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to review the green card rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44347/09]
  • Workplace Inspections
    Question 96: 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...
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons living in south Tipperary who have applied for the Work Placement Programme and the...
  • Redundancy Payments
    Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the redundancy payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [44752/09]
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her progress to date in implementing a work experience scheme as announced in the Supplementary Budget on 7...
  • Job Losses
    Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies reported to her Department for each of the past six months; a breakdown by sector;...
  • Redundancy Payments
    Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to statutory redundancy; and if she will make a...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    Question 103: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names, addresses and capacity of all FÁS training centres; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Redundancy Payments
    Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44683/09]
  • Fuel Prices
    Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will prepare a report on the impact on the economy of the current increases in oil prices; if...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons on FÁS courses who have completed the same FÁS courses in the past five years; and if...
  • EU Funding
    Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the application under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund on behalf of the...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to fund FÁS through 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44751/09]
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her progress to date in implementing a work experience scheme as announced in the Supplementary Budget on 7...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    Question 111: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding for a course (details supplied) has been withdrawn by FÁS to such an extent that only persons who...
  • Employment Support Services
    Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that numerous unemployed persons, not including unemployed...
  • Employment Subsidy Scheme
    Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details regarding the employment subsidy scheme which was extended to include non-exporting companies; if...
  • Community Employment Schemes
    Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she expects to increase funding for community employment schemes in 2010; and if she will...
  • Decentralisation Programme
    Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the costs incurred to date in 2009 by her Department arising from the Governments decentralisation proposals;...
  • Economic Competitiveness
    Question 116: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to manufacturing and service job relocation to more competitive economies in...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of extra re-training or upskilling places likely to be provided in 2010; the extent to which this...
  • Work Permits
    Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for work permits received in each of the past five years to date in 2009; the...
  • Consumer Protection
    Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the prices charged in supermarkets here compare favourably with price charged by the same supermarkets in...
  • Unemployment Levels
    Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken or proposes to take directly on indirectly to address the issue of unemployment...
  • Export Markets
    Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which she has identified positive trends in the export markets; the extent to which this will...
  • FÁS Training Programmes
    Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extend to which she expects training courses or SE schemes to be funded by her Department directly or...
  • Employment Levels
    Question 124: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs lost and created throughout the economy in each of the past 24 months to date in 2009;...
  • Economic Competitiveness
    Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the haemorrhage of the retail sector in the economy brought about by...
  • Tax Code
    Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received any correspondence requesting equalisation of VAT here with a view to addressing the...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the basis on which she allocated funds to the various bodies under her remit; if such funds are allocated on...

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