Written answers
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Trade Relations
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the actions that he is taking to increase trade with Asia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24481/10] - Enterprise Support Services
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the programmes and policies in place within his Department or organisations and agencies under the aegis of his Department... - Employment Support Services
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the initiatives he has taken or intends to take to create incentives for employers particularly those taking on extra... - Enterprise Support Services
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made regarding the commitment given in the Renewed Programme for Government to expand the role of innovation... - Unemployment Levels
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he is taking to combat the continuing high level of unemployment as indicated by the live register figures in... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the options he will consider to reduce spending in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25443/10] - Retail Sector
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the recent number of cases highlighted by the National Consumers Agency in which some branches of the country's... - Corporate Governance
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the report, Mapping the Golden Circle, published by the research body TASC, which showed that Ireland's... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made regarding the commitment given in the Renewed Programme for Government to act on recommendations contained... - Legislative Programme
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when he intends to publish legislation to address employee representation at work which was promised by June 2009 under the... - Industrial Development
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the action he is taking to ensure that the targets set by the Industrial Development Authority to attract foreign direct... - Business Regulation
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the action being taken to assist struggling businesses who are finding it hard to file their accounts on time in view of the... - Job Protection
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will report on his meeting on 18 May 2010 with executives of a company (details supplied) regarding the future of jobs... - Enterprise Support Services
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made regarding the commitment given in the Renewed Programme for Government to establish community and... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he has taken to improve the competitiveness of the economy; if he will set out in order of one to five the most... - Redundancy Payments
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of redundancies notified to his Department in respect of each year from 2002 to 2009 and to date in 2010; the... - Prompt Payments System
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the level of compliance with the 15 day payment rule throughout Government Departments by percentage of invoices, as well as... - Credit Supply Clearing Group
Question 62: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the credit supply clearing group was established; the number of businesses which have made contact with the group to... - Corporate Governance
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when he expects to publish the legislation promised referred to in an interview (details supplied) to clamp down on crony... - Grocery Industry
Question 64: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made in drawing up a voluntary code covering the relationship between the major multiples and suppliers to the... - Small and Medium Enterprises
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the action being taken to make Irish Small Medium Enterprises aware of the European research and development fund FP7; the... - Job Creation
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the specific efforts he, the Industrial Development Authority or Enterprise Ireland have made to encourage or provide jobs... - National Minimum Wage
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has received any report from the Labour Court regarding a possible change in the national minimum wage; if not, when... - Legislative Programme
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding the work of the Company Law Review Group; the timeframe for the publication of legislation following... - Job Creation
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will elaborate on his policy for job creation, specifically the approach recently announced by the Taoiseach to... - Job Protection
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the efforts that are being made to retain jobs in existing industries especially in the small indigenous factories; his... - Employment Rights
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he will take to prevent the exploitation of domestic workers, particularly migrant workers in such positions; and... - Business Regulation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps that are being taken to reduce the incidence of and costs associated with red tape in relation to the... - Job Losses
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when his attention was drawn to the plan by a company (details supplied) to shed up to 785 jobs at plants in this country;... - INTERREG Funding
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress being made by his Department, in consultation with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Assembly, to draw up... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the business expenditure on research and development in each of the past five years; the percentage of this expenditure that... - Job Losses
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the announcement by the medical devices company (details supplied) to shed almost 200 jobs at its plant in... - Insurance Industry
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of meetings that have taken place by the inter-agency team set up in the wake of the job losses at Quinn... - Enterprise Support Services
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the supports that are available to young persons, in particular young unemployed persons, to start their own businesses; and... - Legislative Programme
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when he intends to publish the legislation to amend the Competition Acts, to uphold the rights of certain freelance workers... - State Agencies
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the progress made regarding the commitment given in the renewed programme for Government to undertake an independent review... - Corporate Governance
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his response to the consultation paper on corporate governance published by the Financial Regulator. [24347/10] - EU Directives
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of the EU directives for which his Department has responsibility that remain to be implemented; if he will list... - Economic Competitiveness
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the action that he has taken or proposes to take to bring competitiveness in the manufacturing, commercial and service... - Redundancy Payments
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when a redundancy payment will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford due to them as a... - Departmental Agencies
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if, further to parliamentary Questions Nos. 14 and 15 of 9 June 2010, in respect of the 53 fixed term contracts due to... - Redundancy Payments
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the position regarding an application for statutory redundancy in the case of a person (details supplied) in County... - Loan Guarantees
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the commitment from Government regarding guarantee for bank loans for small and medium enterprises is due to be...
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