Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 February 2013
385. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline in tabular form the total cost of all conferences and seminars attended by his Department in 2012; the purpose of each conference/seminar; the location; the number of delegates that attended from his Department/agencies or otherwise that were represented; the total cost of each conference/seminar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5639/13]
View answerThere are strict procedures governing the approval of attendance at seminars/conferences by staff of my Department. These include that the topic of the event must be directly relevant to the officer's official duties and the numbers attending must be kept to a minimum. Prior approval of attendance must be given by the officer's Principal Officer (or higher) and by the Department's Learning & Development Unit.
In relation to attendance by staff of my Department, the details requested by the Deputy are given below. The title of the conference/seminar in each case indicates its purpose. I have referred this question to all State Agencies under the aegis of my Department for direct reply to the Deputy.
Seminars/Conferences attended by staff of DJEI in 2012
|
Name of Conference/Seminar |
Number of Dept. staff who attended |
Location |
Cost |
|
Variations to Marketing Authorisations |
1 |
London |
€504.44 |
|
Irish Corporate Law Forum: Key developments in Corporate Governance Policy & Practice |
2 |
Dublin |
€220.00 |
|
Effective Training Needs Analysis |
1 |
Dublin |
€395.00 |
|
Fundamentals of Euro Claim Drafting |
1 |
London |
€972.65 |
|
Academy of European Law: Seminar on European Competition Law |
1 |
Trier |
€588.60 |
|
Irish Society for European Law: Seminar on Competition Amendment |
2 |
Dublin |
€40.00 |
|
Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys: Webinar |
1 |
Dublin |
€68.87 |
|
Irish Corporate Law Forum: Company Law Compliance & Enforcement |
1 |
Dublin |
€475.00 |
|
Courtroom Skills |
1 |
Dublin |
€295.00 |
|
Supplementary Protection Certificate Seminar hosted by Irish Patents Office - Venue cost |
|
Dublin |
€1,344.00 |
|
Industrial Relations News: Annual Conference |
9 |
Dublin |
€2,760.00 |
|
Academy of European Law: Annual Conference on European Labour Law |
1 |
Trier |
€426.60 |
|
Name of Conference/Seminar |
Number of Dept. staff who attended |
Location |
Cost |
|
Law Society of Ireland: Draft Companies Bill |
10 |
Dublin |
€2,400.00 |
|
Institute of Internal Auditors: Annual Conference |
1 |
Dublin |
€300.00 |
|
Irish Exporters Association: Annual Conference |
1 |
Dublin |
€85.00 |
|
Annual European Law Conference |
1 |
Dublin |
€225.00 |
|
A new era for data protection |
4 |
Dublin |
€790.27 |
|
The future of HR in the Public Sector |
2 |
Dublin |
€455.10 |
|
Data Protection & Compliance |
5 |
Dublin |
€1,725.00 |
|
eProcurement & eInvoicing in Ireland |
2 |
Dublin |
€430.50 |
|
Current fundamental Issues in Employment Law |
5 |
Dublin |
€895.50 |
|
Union of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property: Non-Patent Intellectual Property Protection in Europe |
1 |
London |
€210.40 |
|
European Employment Forum |
1 |
Brussels |
€508.20 |
|
European Patents Office: Patent Information Conference |
1 |
Hamburg |
€570.00 |
|
Annual Conference on Public Reform & Economic Recovery |
1 |
Dublin |
€175.50 |
|
Name of Conference/Seminar |
Number of Dept. staff who attended |
Location |
Cost |
|
Senior Management Conference |
116 |
Dublin |
€2,043.60 |
|
Irish Small Medium Enterprises: Annual Conference |
1 |
Dublin |
€0.00 |
|
Total |
173 |
|
€18,904.23 |
The following conferences/seminar was attended by LRC as follows:
|
Name of Conference/Seminar |
Number of Dept. staff who attended |
Location |
Cost |
|
IRN (Industrial Relations) |
4 |
Dublin |
€1,180.00 |
|
Mediators’ Institute of Ireland |
1 |
Dublin |
€355.00 |
|
Total |
5 |
|
€1,535.00 |
Staff members attended the conferences for the purposes of information gathering and to keep abreast of developments in the industrial relations/mediation areas.
