Written answers

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

 
  • Employment Rights
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will develop the code of practise on access to part-time working to promote the entitlement to additional hours of work. [51894/12]
  • Emigration Levels
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the impact on the Labour Market of the increased levels of emigration experienced since this Government came to power....
  • Employment Rights
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he intends to safeguard the rights of migrant workers under the workplace relations legislation. [51889/12]
  • Enterprise Support Services
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation what has been achieved by promotion of the €10 million fund to attract inward entrepreneurial startups; the number of applications...
  • Public Procurement
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to increase access by the small and medium enterprises sector to Government procurement. [51885/12]
  • Action Plan for Jobs
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives that his Department is taking to address the structural nature of long term unemployment through job creation. [51896/12]
  • Departmental Bodies
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason behind the decision to abolish the office of the Chief Scientific Adviser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51812/12]
  • Proposed Legislation
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a timeframe for the introduction of the new workplace relations legislation. [51890/12]
  • Skills Shortages
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives he is taking in view of last months report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding...
  • Job Creation
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which his Department is working with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland to promote job...
  • Action Plan for Jobs
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has examined the potential for a national community investment fund as promised in the Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a...
  • Job Initiatives
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultation he has had with the Department of Social Protection regarding the jobbridge scheme; his views on whether the current...
  • Job Creation
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency over the past five years and the total number of these additional and new...
  • Business Costs
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he proposes to reduce costs for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51850/12]
  • Visa Applications
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is considering the introduction of a new, dedicated visa for citizens of other countries to come to Ireland to take up employment in...
  • Enterprise Support Services
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support enterprise development in the midland and western regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Job Creation
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which job creation potential has been maximised under the heading of innovation and technology in each of the past three...
  • Enterprise Ireland Investments
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made on the women in business startup drive since the end of the application period in September; and if he will...
  • Enterprise Support Services
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he proposed to help startups in the healthcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51839/12]
  • Local Enterprise Offices
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason business organisations were not included in the consultation group on the future of local enterprise boards; his views on the...
  • Scientific and Technological Fund
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the recent claims that demands by Science Foundation Ireland that State supported research must deliver an economic or social...
  • Industrial Development
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the mechanisms that have been developed to promote and deliver early stage investment by the Irish diaspora in new indigenous and inward...
  • Job Creation
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of jobs welcomed by his Department for each of the past three years, and the number of these additional jobs in situ by...
  • Employment Support Services
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact recent declines in chemical and related projects may have on employment and Departmental strategy. [51901/12]
  • Action Plan for Jobs
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will account for the delay in implementing nine measures of the action plan for jobs that were due in Quarter three of this year....
  • Sick Pay Scheme
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the research has been carried out by his Department on the impact on jobs and business viability of increasing the...
  • European Regional Grant Aid
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the changed economic environment, if he has sought to renegotiate the European regional grant aid regime that governs the grants...
  • Action Plan for Jobs
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of actions in the action plan for jobs that have been implemented to date; his estimate of the number of jobs that have been...
  • Local Enterprise Offices
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way funding will be distributed across the proposed LEO network and the way this will reflect local levels of unemployment and need....
  • Action Plan for Jobs
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investment and employment goals that have been achieved by collaboration between Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development...
  • Job Creation
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation having regard to the various job creation initiatives put in place in the past two years, if particular areas of job creation have...
  • Credit Availability
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that the small and medium enterprise sector is receiving the credit it needs; the uptake to date regarding the credit...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is concerned that Ireland is overly reliant on the pharmaceutical sector for its exports; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Youth Unemployment
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken by his Department to create employment for young people who are not in employment, education or training. [51882/12]
  • Employment Rights
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is assured that all Exchequer funded construction projects are completed in accordance with registered employment agreements; and if...
  • Job Creation
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his responsibilities in relation to policy on job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44103/12]
  • Economic Competitiveness
    To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has received a copy of the EU study on competitiveness across the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45659/12]

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