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Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure
Andrew Doyle
498. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the funding allocated through the microenterprise loan fund scheme through Microfinance Ireland for a particular area (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if he will provide a breakdown of the figures; the number of applications received; the number approved; the total value of loans approved to each business; the number of jobs supported in each enterprise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37166/13]
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Industrial Relations
Andrew Doyle
499. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to reform the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001 to ensure the State's compliance with recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37291/13]
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Proposed Legislation
Andrew Doyle
501. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the consumer protection and competition Bill; if he will clarify if the legal drafting has been finalised; when he expects to be in a position to publish the Bill; when he expects to commence Second Stage of the Bill; if he will clarify the Oireachtas committee to which the Bill will be referred on Committee Stage in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37359/13]
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Departmental Functions
Andrew Doyle
502. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to move or relocate the Employment Permits Section of his Department and align it with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service under the auspices of the Department of Justice and Equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37362/13]
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Work Permit Criteria
Andrew Doyle
503. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that there is an adequate degree of separation between the deciding officers in his Department on matters of employment permits and the appeals officer, also within his Department, to ensure a fair, appropriate and transparent appeals mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37364/13]
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Work Permit Application Numbers
Andrew Doyle
504. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of work permits granted by his Department in each year from 2007 to present; if he will tabulate the nationalities of the workers in receipt of these work permits; the sectors for these work permits were granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37383/13]
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EU Meetings
Andrew Doyle
505. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the parameters of the discussions held with Ministerial colleagues at the Informal Competitiveness Council meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania on 23 and 24 July 2013; if he will detail any agreements reached; if he will provide an update on matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37413/13]
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Work Permit Criteria
Andrew Doyle
506. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will review the highly skilled occupations list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37455/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Product Labelling
Andrew Doyle
512. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current legal standing for products sold to Ireland to have country of origin on their labelling; if products are permitted to have "Made in the EU" labelling as opposed to labelling indicating they were made in a specific country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37541/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Trade Agreements
Andrew Doyle
513. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will discuss the recent EU trade deals that took effect with Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama; if he will detail the bilateral trade between Ireland and the three countries; if he will detail the way the joint labour and environmental standards will impact on Ireland; when he expects the trade deal to be expanded to Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37572/13]
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Consumer Protection
Andrew Doyle
523. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to other jurisdictions where a cooling-off period is in place before it is legal to accept payment for work touted from door-to-door sales; if such laws are currently in place here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38352/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Andrew Doyle
524. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps his Department intend to take to ensure semi-State bodies and other organisations and bodies under the remit of his Department advertise vacant positions through the Public Appointments Service and publicjobs.ie that is in a clear and transparent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39255/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Departmental Agencies
Andrew Doyle
530. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have the Pensions Board renamed the pensions authority and its chief executive renamed the pensions regulator; the person she intends to appoint to act as her representative on the authority; the process by which a chairperson will be appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37375/13]
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Proposed Legislation
Andrew Doyle
569. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection the main measures that will be contained in new legislation to have fathers' names on birth certificates becoming compulsory for the first time; if her attention has been drawn to circumstances where a couple have separated and the mother subsequently has a child with her new partner, before the divorce comes through on her first marriage; in view of the four-year waiting period in circumstances like these if she would be mandated to put the separated husband or the father of the child down on the birth certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37114/13]
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Social Welfare Offices
Andrew Doyle
573. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection if Intreo offices will be provided in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37123/13]
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National Internship Scheme Data
Andrew Doyle
580. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of internships through JobBridge have positions that have been advertised by the Health Service Executive to date since the start of the programme; the role of each of the positions advertised; the exact date each position was advertised, when it was filled, for how long each position lasted for; if any of the positions replaced existing paid roles within the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37159/13]
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Employment Support Services
Andrew Doyle
581. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to bring forward proposals that when persons go on the live register that they be supplied with an information booklet explaining exactly the way the social welfare system functions, rather than just receiving a social welfare card in the post, including information regarding resulting matters when one leaves the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37160/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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National Internship Scheme Places
Andrew Doyle
582. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection her views that it is appropriate for the new Education and Training Boards taking out paid advertising in regional and local media to attract applicants to the JobBridge scheme, if there is no possibility of employment at the end of their internship; her views that internships should only be made available for such boards if a job is available to the intern at the end of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37162/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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State Bodies
Andrew Doyle
595. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to have the Pensions Board renamed the Pensions Authority and its Chief Executive called the Pensions Regulator; the person she intends to appoint to act as her representative on the Authority, to work alongside the representative of the Minister for Finance; the process by which a chairperson will be appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37378/13]
Wed, 18 Sep 2013
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Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare
Andrew Doyle
596. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the report she commissioned (details supplied) will be used as part of the Departmental discussions in the allocation for her Department for Budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37379/13]