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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