Written answers

Wednesday, 13 May 2015

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

 
  • Industrial Relations
    12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the legislation he has promised in relation to collective bargaining; if he will provide some...
  • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
    13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the chapters of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership regarding regulatory co-operation; if he will provide a...
  • Action Plan for Jobs
    14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which measures continue to be taken to monitor the jobs market, with a view to ensuring early detection, where jobs may...
  • Employment Appeals Tribunal
    15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if additional resources will be required to reduce current waiting times for Employment Appeals Tribunal hearings from the current...
  • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
    16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has given due consideration to the damage the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will create for Ireland and other...
  • Economic Competitiveness
    17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the competitiveness of this economy to attract foreign direct investment, while...
  • Industrial Relations
    18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when promised industrial relations legislation will be introduced on collective bargaining rights, and on enhancing existing...
  • Job Losses
    19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will ensure that the necessary support is being provided by his Department to the workers at Cadbury's in Coolock in Dublin 5,...
  • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
    20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the concerns raised in many corners regarding the human rights implications of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment...
  • Industrial Relations
    21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the forthcoming Industrial Relations Bill, which reportedly will restore some sectoral registered employment agreements, will also...
  • Employment Rights
    22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if it is his intention to bring in legislation to deal with zero and low hour contracts, particularly in the context of the ongoing...
  • Industrial Relations
    23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm that the July 2015 deadline for the introduction of robust collective bargaining legislation is still on track; and...
  • Company Law
    24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Companies Act 2014, which is to be commenced on 1 June 2015, will make provision for regulating aggressive and intimidating...
  • Construction Contracts
    25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the appointment of the chairman for the panel of adjudicators will go before the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and...
  • IDA Staff
    26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the appropriateness of the Industrial Development Agency's direct intervention in the upcoming same-sex marriage...
  • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
    27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of analysis undertaken by his Department, and agencies under the remit of his Department on the availability of existing and...
  • Research and Development Supports
    29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to encourage greater levels of research and development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18357/15]
  • Aer Lingus Staff
    30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he supports the position of Aer Lingus cabin crew staff and their union, IMPACT, in opposing the partial outsourcing of...
  • EU Directives
    31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is prepared to support the proposals for the seafarers directive, proposed by Liadh Ní Riada MEP, which aims to provide the...
  • Employment Rights
    32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of 62,000 workers registered in the construction industry as self-employed, that is more than 50% of the total workforce, his...
  • IDA Expenditure
    33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the element of Industrial Development Agency new investment, research and development expenditure, and...
  • Action Plan for Jobs
    34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the disability related action in the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs 2015. [18378/15]
  • Economic Competitiveness
    35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation considering he is the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs, the steps he will take following the latest National Competitiveness...
  • Investor-State Dispute Settlements Mechanism
    36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he supports the proposal of the European Commissioner, Ms Cecilia Malmström, to the European Parliament Committee on...
  • Employment Rights
    37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he will introduce to improve security for workers on zero hour contracts, low hour contracts and short-term contracts, and...
  • Employment Data
    38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will write to the Central Statistics Office to formally request it to compile official statistics regarding zero hour and low...
  • Enterprise Support Services Provision
    39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation under the Action Plan for Jobs, the concrete measures that will be taken to improve the supports for self-employed persons and...
  • Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
    40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the current status of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; the time-frame the Government is working...
  • Construction Contracts
    41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the chairperson and panel of adjudicators, as provided for in the Construction Contracts Act 2013, have been appointed. [18380/15]
  • Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives
    42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will explore the development of a cross-Border development zone with the Assembly’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade and...
  • IDA Site Visits
    43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits by potential investors to County Donegal in 2014; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Strategies
    44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that the consultation period for a successor to the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation was too short and too...
  • Job Creation
    45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress on securing an alternative tenant for the Bank of America facility in Carrick on Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will...
  • Industrial Relations
    46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is in favour of trade union representatives at the Cadbury-Mondelez plant in Coolock in Dublin 5 having full access to the...
  • Employment Rights
    47. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied that self-employed persons are afforded the same rights as pay as you earn workers; his views on concerns expressed...

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