Vol. 490 No. 5
83 Mrs. Owen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of committees, expert groups, outside agencies and study groups she has set up since July 1997; the topic each group is examining; the number of members in each group; when each group is due to report; and the costs, if any, associated with each group. [10685/98]
The information sought by the Deputy is as follows:
|
No. |
Group-Community-Agency |
Topic under Examination |
Number of Members |
When due to Report |
Costs, if any |
|
1. |
Irish Registered Non-Resident Internal Interagency-Departmental Working Group (Minister of State, Mr. N. Treacy) |
Problems posed by IRNR Problem |
12 |
Report presented 18 February 1998 |
Costs of £12,000 incurred by Forfas for consultancy report |
|
2 |
High Level Group of Officials plus Forfás Chief Executive (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
Enterprise supports generally and need for any restructuring of the indigenous enterprise development agencies |
4 |
Work completed. No Report Due |
|
|
3 |
Working Group on Sunday Working in the Retail Sector (Minister of State, Mr. T. Kitt) |
Examine possible solutions to divergent interests of employers and workers regarding the issue of Sunday working in the retail sector |
Variable, but normally 6 |
Mid-May 1998 |
|
|
4 |
North Mayo Enterprise Initiative (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
Response to closure of Asahi Ireland Ltd. |
Various interests brought on board as necessary |
No time limit. Work ongoing. Interim report submitted in November 1997 |
|
|
5 |
Tullamore Inter-Agency Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
Established following closure of Atlantic Mills |
as above |
as above |
|
|
6 |
Tralee Inter-Agency Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
Set up after closure of Klopman plant |
as above |
as above |
|
|
7 |
Leitrim Enterprise Project Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
To maximise employment in County Leitrim |
Under Chairmanship of County Manager (13 in all) |
as above |
|
|
8 |
National Advisory Council on Teleworking (Minister of State, Mr. N. Treacy) |
Teleworking |
20 |
30 April, 1999 |
|
|
9 |
Business Education and Training Partnership Forum (which includes an Expert Group on Skills and a Management Implementation Group) launched with the Minister for Education and Science (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
Skills needs, manpower forecasting and education for industry and business |
13 and 6 respectively |
ongoing |
|
|
10 |
Clonmel Task Force (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
To make proposals and advise the Tanaiste in reponse to the situation in Clonmel arising from the closure of Seagate Technology |
13 |
Interim Report submitted in April, 1998 |
|
|
11 |
National Minimum Wage Commission (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
The best way to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce a national minimum hourly wage |
5 |
Report submitted to An Tanaiste on 30 March, 1998 and published on 5 April, 1998 |
£27,898 to date |
|
12 |
Enquiry under Section 38(2) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990 (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
Mr. Phil Flynn and Mr. Dan McAuley were requested under the aforementioned Act to undertake an urgent enquiry into the current dispute between SIPTU and Ryanair |
2 |
Report expected shortly |
Not yet available |
|
13 |
Year 2000 Awareness Campaign (Minister of State, Mr. N. Treacy) |
To advise the Minister for Science, Technology and Commerce on the Year 2000 computer problem |
14 |
Ongoing |
|
|
14 |
Ad-hoc Working Group on Mainstreaming (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
To devise a workable model for ”mainstreaming” the learning from the Employment Initiative with a view to further application |
16 |
No specific reporting date |
|
|
15 |
Social Economy Working Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
To undertake a detailed examination of the potential of the social economy both in terms of employment and also in the supply of services |
24 |
Mid 1998 |
|
|
16 |
Ad-hoc Working Group on Seed Capital (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
Feasibility of setting up a joint public-private sector seed capital fund |
5 |
Work completed end May, 1998 |
|
|
17 |
Rate for the Job Advisory Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney) |
Application of "Rate for Job" concept to the Community Employment Part-Time Job Option on a graudual basis |
11 |
June 1998 |
£5,000 approx. |
