Parliamentary questions

Trade Missions Participation

Micheál Martin

238. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he has made arrangements to ensure that he includes within his official delegation on future trade missions persons who can represent the scientific community here. [40269/12]

Media Mergers

Catherine Murphy

239. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his views on the fact that the recommendations of the 2008 Advisory Group on Media Mergers, which called for a more robust and sophisticated defence of the importance of diverse ownership and content, have not yet been implemented; if he intends to follow the recommendation that there should be a reduction in the role of the Competition Authority in relation to media ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35516/12]

Media Mergers

Catherine Murphy

240. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if the proposed Consumer and Competition Bill, which was promised for early 2012, will be published; if not, if he will consider publishing the provisions relating to media mergers in advance of the completion of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35517/12]

Job Creation Targets

Richard Boyd Barrett

241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he has targets for creating jobs so as to reduce unemployment over the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39029/12]

IDA Portfolio

Brendan Smith

242. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 19 July 2012, if he will clarify his statement that the Industrial Development Agency had assured him that it would consider opportunities to utilise its property portfolio in County Cavan to attract other non-traditional type of investments to the region which do not fall under the general remit of the IDA or Enterprise Ireland; if he will outline the range of such non-traditional type investments the IDA have in mind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42014/12]

Economic Competitiveness

Bernard Durkan

243. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he and or his Department has monitored or identified possible issues affecting competitiveness in the manufacturing or services sectors; the extent to which costs have been reduced or otherwise in this area in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42052/12]

Job Losses

Bernard Durkan

244. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate the most recently quoted reasons for job losses in the various regions throughout the country in each of the past three years to date; the action taken to address any such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42053/12]

Economic Growth Initiatives

Bernard Durkan

245. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate the factors deemed most likely to affect economic growth and as a result job opportunities in the coming year in view of the experience of the past two years and previous projections for the period; if it is intended to take any particular action to specifically focus on issues likely to affect job retention and or creation and commercial activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42054/12]

Job Creation

Bernard Durkan

246. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which innovation has featured in the creation and or retention of jobs in the manufacturing and services sectors in each of the past three years to date; if he expects to take particular action to address any obvious issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42055/12]

Work Permit Application Numbers

Bernard Durkan

247. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate the number of applications for work permits received in his Department in each of the past four years to date; the number of such applications which met the criteria to qualify; the number of applications granted, refused or pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42056/12]

Work Permit Criteria

Bernard Durkan

248. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the criteria affecting the approval of application for work permits in the course of the past three years have altered in this or other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42057/12]

Job Creation

Bernard Durkan

249. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created arising through innovation in the manufacturing and the services sectors in each of the past three years to date; the perceived potential in this area in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42058/12]

Job Creation Data

Bernard Durkan

250. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the total number of service jobs created indigenously in each of the past three years to date; the specific area or areas in respect of which growth is most obvious; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42059/12]

Job Creation Data

Bernard Durkan

251. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the total number of manufacturing jobs created indigenously in each of the past three years to date; the specific area or areas in respect of which growth is most obvious; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42060/12]

Upward Only Rent Reviews

Bernard Durkan

252. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which upward only rent reviews have been recorded as a factor causing job losses in the commercial or retail sectors in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42061/12]

Economic Policy

Bernard Durkan

253. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Irish firms continue to access and benefit from innovation and technology assistance directly or indirectly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42062/12]

Economic Competitiveness

Bernard Durkan

254. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will indicate arising from any discussions he has had with employers the extent to which he is in a position to provide incentives for employers in the services sector to increase their labour force in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42063/12]

Economic Competitiveness

Bernard Durkan

255. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which various costs continue to act as a disincentive to job expansion in existing enterprises in the manufacturing and services sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42064/12]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

256. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will list all the current positions, where the appointment was made by his Department held by retired senior civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42669/12]

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals

Bernard Durkan

257. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason an oral hearing was not granted in respect of an application for supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41229/12]