Written answers
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant aid or other payments made by his Department to Chambers Ireland, IBEC, ISME and the SFA for each of the past five years. [52173/12]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of grant-aid or other payments
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers Ireland | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| IBEC | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | €329,298 from the Workplace Innovation Fund. The Workplace Innovation Fund consisted of three Strands. Strand 2 provided ‘Support for Capacity Building among Social Partners’ and was intended to support a range of social partner practices impacting on workplace innovation. IBEC used the Fund for the following publications- HR Best Practice Series, Essential Guide to Alternative Dispute Resolution, Essential Guide to Employee Engagement, Essential Guide to Change, Essential Guide to Reward and Recognition, HRM Survey, and focused on the following areas Development Programme: High Performance through Emotional Intelligence, New Approaches to Change Management, Innovation in 3rd Level Education, Innovation in Education and Training Provision, HR Best Practice (Launch Seminar), Engagement Seminar Information and Consultation: Regional Workshops Employee Financial Involvement: Regional Workshops Project Support: Executive Support, Resource Person |
| ISME | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| SFA | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil | €3,722 sponsorship of Work Life Balance Seminar. The National Framework Committee for Work Life Balance Policies, formerly known as the National Framework Committee for Family Friendly Policies was originally established under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness in 2000. The Committee was disbanded in 2010. The Committee comprised representatives from IBEC, ICTU, the Equality Authority, a number of Government Departments including the Departments of the Taoiseach, Finance, Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Social and Family Affairs and was chaired by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The Committee was charged with supporting and facilitating the development of family friendly policies at the level of the enterprise through the development of a package of practical measures. In this context the Small Firms Association received financial support from the Committee for organising a Work Life Balance seminar in June 2008. |
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